[Conntech] Advanced Book Repair: Hardcover Techniques (MLSC)

[Kris Abery]

The Connecticut State Library, Division of Library Development, presents
a NEW workshop:

Advanced Book Repair: Hardcover Techniques
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!)**

Sandy Brooks is a librarian, teacher, and musician. She has her MLS
from Southern CT State University and her Masters in Music from the
University of CT. Her library career has included positions as Assistant
Director of Eastern CT Libraries (a multi-type library consortium),
children’s room assistant at the Willimantic Public Library, and
library assistant in the music libraries at UCONN and Wesleyan
University. At Wesleyan she was also apprenticed to the preservation
librarian to learn book repair and preservation techniques to assist in
the maintenance of Wesleyan’s library collection. She is currently the
Head of Technical Services at Eastern CT State University in
Willimantic.

Friday, December 14, 2007
Middletown Library Service Center Meeting Room
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Fee: $15     Limit: 12

REGISTRATION: Access the Continuing Education Calendar of Events at:
http://evanced.info/cslib/evanced/eventcalendar.asp . The events that
require sign up are designated by the underlined event titles. To
register for a workshop, click on the underlined event title. Enter the
following information: FIRST NAME, LAST NAME, PHONE NUMBER, EMAIL
ADDRESS, NAME OF YOUR LIBRARY, SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS REQUIRED, NOTES
(for additional instructions). Click on COMPLETE REGISTRATION when done.
First time users will be prompted to enter an address. Please enter YOUR
LIBRARY ADDRESS.  Once completed you will receive an event confirmation
form. You will be mailed an invoice for the workshop. Please include a
copy of the invoice with your payment. Checks must be made payable to
the Connecticut State Library and sent to: Fiscal Services, Connecticut
State Library, 231 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT 06106. IMPORTANT NOTE:
Cancellations require 72 hour notice (3 business days, excluding
weekends & holidays) or you will be invoiced. (Attendee will
automatically be placed on a waiting list if they miss 3 events in 6
months that require 72 hour cancellation notice.) It is therefore
important that you sign-in on the workshop attendance sheet. For more
information contact: Kris Abery at kabery at cslib.org 

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