There are still seats available in the half-day Advanced Book Repair: Hardcover Techniques workshop on June 3rd at the Middletown Library Service Center. To register access the Continuing Education Calendar of Events @ http://evanced.info/cslib/evanced/eventcalendar.aspAdvanced Book Repair: Hardcover Techniques – June 3rd @ MLSC
Would you like to save money by getting more uses per book? Have you already done all the easy repairs and have a shelf left over of difficult broken spines on hardcover books? Do you have staff time to do repair work, rather than budget money to replace or rebind books? This workshop is appropriate for a library staff member or volunteer who has done basic book repair or taken a basic book repair workshop and is ready to try some advanced repair techniques. Emphasis will be on spine repairs for hardcover books, where professional rebinding is not an option due to brittle paper, or lack of access to a bindery or the funds to pay for rebinding. The purpose is on getting books back into circulation, rather than on archival or long-term
preservation techniques, although conservation-friendly reversible repair techniques will be the focus.
Topics covered will include:
Hardcover book construction
Types of hardcover spines
Materials needed for advanced book repair and where to get them
How to repair a cracked or broken spine
How to make a new spine
How to re-attach covers to hardbound books
Hollow-tube spine repair method
Interior hinge repair
**HANDS-ON: ONE BOOK WILL BE PROVIDED TO EACH PARTICIPANT FOR PRACTICE REPAIRS – YOU MAY BRING ADDITIONAL DISCARDED BOOKS TO WORK ON THAT ARE NOT VALUABLE (Hardcover repair workshop books may not be suitable for returning to a library collection – it takes some practice!) Some supplies will be available for sharing. Optionally, you may also bring your own book repair tools to work with, such as scissors, box cutter or Xacto knife, ruler, bone folder, glue stick, and/or glue brush.**
Monday, June 3, 2013
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Middletown Library Service Center Meeting Room
Fee: $15.00 Limit: 12
Kris Abery
Continuing Education Coordinator
Connecticut State Library
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Hartford, CT 06106
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