It will be sufficient if he bill the books in some such way as this:
| 52 vols. Cowhide | 8 in. | @ | .45 | $23.40 |
| 16 vols. Buckram | 10 in. | @ | .65 | 10.40 |
| 6 vols. Imperial morocco cloth | 8 in. | @ | .50 | 3.00 |
| 2 vols. Morocco | 8 in. | @ | .70 | 1.40 |
| $38.20 |
Books may more easily be checked with such a bill than with an itemized one. The information may then be drawn off on a sheet, allowing a column for each material and size, monthly and yearly statistics being easily compiled from these sheets. If it is the policy of the library to send an itemized invoice of books to be bound the binder should return the invoice with prices for each volume added.
In large libraries, such as the large college and reference libraries and public libraries with many branches, more elaborate binding records than those just outlined are necessary. College libraries, which do not as a rule have book cards, will find it necessary to make out a slip of one kind or another for charging purposes. In large library systems books should be sent directly from the branch to the binder and returned to the branch. A record should be sent to the head of the binding department at the main library, showing the number of volumes sent with the date, also the date when the books were returned to the branch. Each branch should, of course, keep records in much the same way as a single small library, but the needs of statistics require further records at the main library.
It is probable that each large library will have to work out forms suitable for its own needs, but the following are suggested as feasible.
Binding slip. Size 6x4 in.
Material and color are indicated on the left by underlining. Author, title, volume number, etc., are written in proper panels.
Size 5 × 3 in.