UpDate - Vol. 14, No. 5, Page 13
September 29, 1994
'Save the Books' campaign starts

     The University of Delaware Library, with the support from Dining
Services, is promoting a "Save the Books: Don't Eat or Drink in the
Library" awareness campaign through Oct. 11.
     "The University community is encouraged to help protect and
preserve the collections of the Morris Library by eating and drinking
only in the Library Commons," Susan Bryteson, director of libraries,
said. "The library wishes to provide library materials, services and a
handsome facility not only to today's library users, but also to
future library users and food and drink attract pests which destroy
books."
     Combination study and snack locations include the Commons in
Morris Library, study halls at Kent and Rodney dining halls and the
Harrington Commons atrium.
     During the campaign, users will be encouraged to finish their
refreshments before entering the library. Users will be asked to
remove food and drink from the library except the Commons.
     An additional recycling unit will be installed at the entrance to
Morris Library, along with signs requesting that food and drink be
disposed of before entering.