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a~ Next she examined the materials housed in the locked cabinet. She identified items that did not need special treatment and could be shelved in other locations. Ms McGrath noted that she was being very conservative in her selection, feeling we would more than likely find additional items that fell under this criterion. She also mentioned that minimum preservation practices were fine for the rest of the materials. However, since office space is very limited there is the concern of housing these items. There is also a concern about the amount of light to which these books would be exposed. Two important criteria to keep in mind came up during the last part of the meeting. The first is to remember that books published during the late 19th (post-1880) and 20tH Centuries by well known publishers (such as Edwards and Broughton, University of North Carolina Press, and Houghton Mifflin) do not need the protection of a locked cabinet unless they have some special added element like the author's signature. The second is to remember to keep the library's main clientele as well as the usage of the local history collection in mind when making collection development discussions.