Our pop-up books are  usually children’s books. They are housed in the general circulating Children’s Collection, along with puzzle books (with actual puzzle pieces) etc.

Personally, I cringe when they are accessioned, because I know that in a short time span, they will be returned with missing pieces, torn and broken pop-up sections, and will wind up in our Mending department to be pieced back together, or discarded.

I wish we had a better option for housing them, so that patrons could enjoy them, but they wouldn’t so quickly be destroyed.

Maybe someone on the list will offer a great solution!

Anne Oyerly

Building & Stacks Manager

James White Library

Andrews University

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Hi all,
interested to hear how other libraries handle some of the more elaborate pop-up books in their collection or some of the interactive non-fiction with pull-tabs and pop-ups, etc?  We had some of them in a non-circulating reference area but I fear that they aren't even being seen.  Do you just have them in your general collection?

Amy Nolan

Children's Services Supervisor

St. Joseph Public Library

269-983-7167