A Sticky Situation

Sticky notes. We know they are useful for conveying information…

I think they buried the lede with this sticky note.

They can be good for taking notes…

Thank you for not actually writing in our books….maybe?

But they can stain and leave adhesive residue…

Not a traditional method of edge painting.

The dyes are also not particularly stable…

Sun damaged sticky note. Exactly how long have these been in here?

Although some sticky notes are dang cute…they really can damage paper by bleeding onto the text block, leaving behind a sticky residue, or causing tears in brittle paper when they are removed.

We removed this purrrfect little sticky note from a book this week.

So please, if you use sticky notes in library books, please remove them as soon as you are finished with the book. That will reduce the damage down the road.