Guidelines for Dust Jackets on Books
Scope: Describes practices for including and discarding dust jackets during receiving, cataloging, and shelf preparation processing.
Contact: @Natalie Sommerville
Unit: Resource Description
Date last reviewed: Sep 26, 2025
Date of next review: Mar 31, 2026
Guidelines for Books with Dust Jackets*
Please follow the instructions below for handling dust jackets on books.
1. Leave dust jacket on book, apply barcode to dust jacket, and insert appropriate flag for the following:
New and Noteworthy
Lilly Current Literature
Duke Authors
Conservation O.Ref. (always insert Colibri flag)
2. Remove and place dust jacket inside book for:
Lilly
Music
IAS Reference
Duke Marine Lab
3. Remove and discard all dust jackets for remaining locations
*Follow special instructions for Duke University Press books processed for the Rubenstein Library.