Use spotlights to illuminate art objects or particularly interesting books on your shelves. Keeping books safe Store books in places that are not damp or humid. Prolonged exposure to UV rays can damage books. In any room that has shelved books, filter or exclude the sun with blinds or curtains. Similarly, tobacco smoke harms books, so try to protect your collection from smokers.
Dust can smudge pages.
A good way to avoid this is to use bookcases with glass fronts. As much as possible, store books with the spine facing out. If the spine faces up, the book can pull out of its cover, destroying the spine. Don' t fold back pages to mark your place in a book. The paper fibers can weaken so that the corner of the page breaks off.