<div dir="ltr"><div>We were also going to look into changing our book covering practices. Thank you Jill for this vendor info!</div><div><br></div><div>Tim Sicurella<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Apr 29, 2022 at 11:45 AM Jennifer Russell via SLI-Public <<a href="mailto:sli-public@lists.suffolknet.org">sli-public@lists.suffolknet.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Wow! Thank you, Jill! That's great.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Apr 29, 2022 at 9:11 AM Jill Davis via SLI-Public <<a href="mailto:sli-public@lists.suffolknet.org" target="_blank">sli-public@lists.suffolknet.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small">Hi all</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small">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.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small"><a href="https://www.colibriusa.com/" target="_blank">https://www.colibriusa.com/</a><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small">Be sure to tell them you heard about it from Hendrick Hudson Free Library.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small">Email or call if you have more questions,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small">Jill</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Apr 29, 2022 at 8:49 AM sliadmin--- via SLI-Public <<a href="mailto:sli-public@lists.suffolknet.org" target="_blank">sli-public@lists.suffolknet.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US"><div><p class="MsoNormal">Good morning, SLCP Members.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">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?<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><table style="border-collapse:collapse;border:medium none" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="1"><tbody><tr style="height:148.5pt"><td style="width:233.75pt;border:medium none;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:148.5pt" width="312" valign="top"><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://sustainablelibrariesinitiative.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img style="width: 3.275in; height: 1.6416in;" id="gmail-m_8007229498938325356gmail-m_-5983379597568200420gmail-m_-2443078262836694923gmail-m_6602363781277077796Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:1807560a3185b006a1" alt="Sustainable Libraries Initiative Logo" width="314" height="158" border="0"></span></a><u></u><u></u></p></td><td style="width:233.75pt;border:medium none;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:148.5pt" width="312" valign="top"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Annemarie Gordon<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Sustainability Coordinator<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://portal.suffolklibrarysystem.org/" target="_blank">Suffolk Cooperative Library System</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:sliadmin@suffolknet.org" target="_blank">sliadmin@suffolknet.org</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">631-286-1600 x1355<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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