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2. Tattle-Tape - Wikipedia

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   Tattle-Tape is a security system used in libraries to prevent theft of library materials. The tape consists of a magnetic metal strip embedded in a strip of thick, clear adhesive tape. This tape is usually affixed deep between the pages of a paperback book, or between the spine and binding for a hardcover book. When the magnetic strip in the ...

3. Punched pocket - Wikipedia

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   Three punched pockets. A punched pocket (UK English), plastic wallet (UK English), poly pocket (UK English), slippery fish (Sussex, England), sheet protector (US English), plastic sleeves (AU English), “page protector” (US English), or sometimes perforated document bag, is a flat, slit plastic bag with a perforated edge used to hold paper documents.

4. Library binding - Wikipedia

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   Buckram variety swatches that can be used to cover books. Library binding can be divided into the two major categories of "original" and "after market". The original category is as it says: the book was originally bound with the idea that it would be used in a library setting where the book would receive harder use than those usual trade editions sold to the public.

5. Pocket protector - Wikipedia

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   A pocket protector is a sheath designed to hold writing instruments and other small implements in a shirt's breast pocket, protecting it from tearing or staining. It may be used to carry pens , pencils , screwdrivers , small slide rules, and other small items.

6. Library-book vandalism - Wikipedia

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   Library-book or -materials vandalism, sometimes termed intentional destruction of books or materials [citation needed] or book or material mutilation [1] is the act of damaging or defacing library books or other library holdings. It is a considerable loss of resources for libraries with high rates of vandalism.

7. Bookmobile - Wikipedia

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   Street Books is a nonprofit book service founded in 2011 in Portland, Oregon, that travels via bicycle-powered cart to lend books to "people living outside". [ 52 ] Books on Bikes [ 53 ] is a program begun in 2013 by the Seattle Public Library that uses a customized bicycle trailer pulled by pedal power to bring library services to community ...