Rasmuson Library is searching for a pneumatic book guillotine to help prepare books for scanning into ScholarWorks, the university's institutional repository.

Sometimes it is necessary to cut the binding off a book and then feed the paper through a document scanner. Library employees have been doing this by hand, but a guillotine would make the process more efficient. Also, the manual cutting procedure is hard on the hands, so using a book guillotine would reduce the chance of injuries.

If anyone can share a little-used book guillotine, please contact Marge Thompson, manager, Digital Photographic Services, Rasmuson Library, at mathompson@alaska.edu or 474-6344.