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- Inherent vice
- Poor environmental conditions and/or fluctuations
- Poor or frequent handling
- Biological factors

4 Ingredients for Deterioration of Library Materials

Jank, D. (2021, September 7). Library Preservation: An Overview. Blackboard@Long Island University. https://blackboard.liu.edu.

Library Preservation: An Overview

- Badly designed book drops
- Lack of policies or policy enforcement regarding handling
- Poor use of book trucks
- Greasy banana peels or other horrors as bookmarks
- Storing/stacking books on floors
- No pest management/no enforcement of eating and drinking policies

Poor or frequent handling of physical information materials

Biological factors in the deterioration of physical information materials

The fundamental instability of an object because of its components, as opposed to deterioration from outside forces

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