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Intermediate Hands-on Book Repair for Libraries – 2006An Infopeople WorkshopFall 2006: 

Intermediate Hands-on Book Repair for Libraries – 2006 An Infopeople Workshop Fall 2006 Instructor Gillian C. Boal gboal@library.berkeley.edu

This Workshop Is Brought to You By the Infopeople Project: 

This Workshop Is Brought to You By the Infopeople Project Infopeople is a federally-funded grant project supported by the California State Library. It provides a wide variety of training to California libraries. Infopeople workshops are offered around the state, and are open registration on a first-come first-served basis. For a complete list of workshops, and for other information about the Project, go to the Infopeople website at infopeople.org.

Introductions : 

Introductions Name Library Position Any previous experience or training with book repair? What repair set up do you have?

Workshop Overview: 

Workshop Overview Procedures and techniques to repair circulating collections in: Public libraries School libraries College libraries Not applicable to collections in: Special libraries Special collections Archives Rare book repositories Valuable historic collections

Why Do In-House Repair?: 

Why Do In-House Repair? Lower cost than replacement Faster turnaround Extends life of collection Prevents more expensive repairs and replacements Improves the look of collection Leads by example

When Making Repair Decisions Consider…: 

When Making Repair Decisions Consider… Condition Use and need Timeliness Value: provenance binding plates/illustrations

Also Consider…: 

Also Consider… Institutional policies Options available Cost comparison Staff ability vs. professional treatment

Book Anatomy Quiz: 

Book Anatomy Quiz Cover Hinge/Joint Text Block Section Fly Leaf/Free Leaf Gutter Fold-out Plate Hollow

More - Book Anatomy Quiz: 

More - Book Anatomy Quiz Stuck-on Endband Crash/Mull/Super Polyester Web Warp and Weft Handmade Paper Machine-made Paper

Conservation/Preservation: 

Conservation/Preservation Preservation is the protection of cultural property and the prevention of loss of informational content Conservation preserves and strengthens materials for continued use by examination, documentation, treatment, restoration, and stabilization

Intermediate Repairs with Inexpensive Materials: 

Intermediate Repairs with Inexpensive Materials Mending with wheat paste and Japanese paper Hinging foldouts Repairing sewing Hollow tubes and flat back spine repair Removal of staples, pressure-sensitive tape Testing inks for solubility Humidifying and flattening paper

Advanced Repairs : 

Advanced Repairs Advanced repairs requiring specialized knowledge, materials, and tools washing and deacidifying text blocks replacing spine with leather and vellum re-casing with new boards

Library Binding inCommercial Bindery: 

Library Binding in Commercial Bindery Text block loose from covers with sewing broken in several places Spine completely gone Covers torn or partially missing Hard covers for paperbacks – Mylar bind

Tools We Use: 

Tools We Use Knives: snap blade, scalpels Bonefolders: bone and teflon Brushes, microspatulas Erasers: Magic Rub, art gum, rubber cement pick up, dry-cleaning powders Most are easy to use, inexpensive, and easy to replace

Materials and Supplies: 

Materials and Supplies Wheat starch paste PVA – Poly vinyl acetate/methyl cellulose mixture Japanese Papers Western machine-made paper for hollow tubes

Repairs : 

Repairs Review paper grain Review cutting, tearing, and gluing Hinge in foldouts with Japanese paper and Tyvek

Slide17: 

Exercise #1 Cutting, Tearing, and Gluing

Slide18: 

Exercise #2 Hinging Inserts with PVA and Tyvek

Repair Sewing : 

Repair Sewing Sew section into pamphlet Sew sections back into book

Slide20: 

Exercise #3 Sew Single Sections

Slide21: 

Exercise #4 Sew Sections into Text Block

Reattach and Repair Spines and Textblocks: 

Reattach and Repair Spines and Textblocks Reattach broken text block Make a hollow spine

Slide23: 

Exercise #5 Reattaching Text Block Broken in Half

Slide24: 

Exercise #6 Hollow Spine

Repairs: 

Repairs Repair childrens’ books flat back binding Repair large paper losses

Slide26: 

Exercise #7 Children’s Book Flat Back Binding Repair

Slide27: 

Exercise # 8 Repairing Paper Losses Using Japanese Paper and Wheat Starch

Consolidation & Tape Removal : 

Consolidation & Tape Removal Review of cleaning consolidation of leather Removing: paperclips staples pressure-sensitive tape barcodes

Humidification and Flattening: 

Humidification and Flattening Humidification and flattening testing solubility of printing & manuscript inks in water spray humidification blotter damp pack

Slide31: 

Exercise #9 Testing Solubility of Inks

Slide32: 

Exercise #10 Humidifying and Flattening Paper

Workflow Ideas : 

Workflow Ideas Identify problems Round up the damaged books Communicate about damage Review candidates for repair and perform triage Work in batches Document completed repairs

Recommendations: 

Recommendations Order supplies from reliable sources Get samples before ordering large quantities Buy the best quality you can Buy in larger quantities for best prices or batch order with other libraries Keep all equipment and tools clean and sharp

More Recommendations: 

More Recommendations Always clean up your work area when finished for the day Develop book repair policies and procedures Train staff who are interested in book repair and who have some manual dexterity Integrate book repair activities into department’s responsibilities

HAVE FUN!: 

HAVE FUN! Be patient with yourself while learning It gets easier the more you do it AND The books and your users will thank you!

Acknowledgements and Thanks: 

Acknowledgements and Thanks Illustrations and information is mainly gathered from the following sources: Collection Conservation Treatment: A resource Manual for Program Development and Conservation Technician Training, Compiled by Maralyn Jones, Conservation Department, University of California Berkeley.1993 Lavender, Kenneth. Book Repair:A How to do it Manual, Neal-Schuman Publishers, inc. 2001 Carol Dyal, Pete Merrill-Oldham. Three Basic Book Repair Procedures. N.d. Gaylord Catalog. 2004 Special thanks to: Margit Smith for developing the Basic Book Repair course and laying the foundation for some of the handouts for Intermediate Book Repair. Archival Products for supplying samples of the materials The various suppliers for providing their catalogues

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