[SLI-public] Plastic Free Question

[Timothy Sicurella]

We were also going to look into changing our book covering practices.
Thank you Jill for this vendor info!

Tim Sicurella

On Fri, Apr 29, 2022 at 11:45 AM Jennifer Russell via SLI-Public <
sli-public at lists.suffolknet.org> wrote:

> Wow! Thank you, Jill! That's great.
>
> On Fri, Apr 29, 2022 at 9:11 AM Jill Davis via SLI-Public <
> sli-public at lists.suffolknet.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi all
>> I can speak to that.  We tried not putting covers on books with not the
>> greatest results.  We found the Colibri System that uses ECO friendly
>> covers (made with sugar cane I think).  You have to invest in the
>> equipment, but it has been well worth it for us.  We use the leftover craps
>> in some of our craft projects.
>>
>> https://www.colibriusa.com/
>>
>> Be sure to tell them you heard about it from Hendrick Hudson Free Library.
>> Email or call if you have more questions,
>>
>>
>> Jill
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 29, 2022 at 8:49 AM sliadmin--- via SLI-Public <
>> sli-public at lists.suffolknet.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Good morning, SLCP Members.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I was asked about eliminating plastic covers from circulating books at a
>>> public library. Could anyone share their experience deciding to stop using
>>> plastic covers? Did you incur more damage to books? Reinforce corners? Did
>>> you remove plastic covers from children’s books also?
>>>
>>>
>>>
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Timothy Sicurella
Head of Adult Services
Sayville Library
631-589-4440 xt 314
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