News From Utusan Malaysia Online, Malaysia says The National Library has received 8,000 complains about damages on books and printed materials in a four-year period between 2000 and 2004, but only one percent of them were due to vandalism.
Its deputy director, Dr Wan Ali Wan Mamat, said in most cases, the damages were due to the environment, books’ old age and low binding quality.
“We know that any printed material will be damaged after a while even if they are used carefully,” he told Bernama here recently.
However, there were a few cases of vandalism where materials were cut deliberately for personal use, he added.
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