Week 8: Mentoring, Managing and Decision making

Guests: Gary Wert - Wert Bookbinding & President of LBI

Topics:

• How to read and evaluate a contract

• Where does Library binding fit in Preservation Management

• Understanding the LBI (Library Binding Institute) standards

• Helping staff to select appropriate repair techniques

• Working with vendors and contractors 

• The importance of networking

Readings:

• Higginbotham and Wild – Preservation Program Blueprint chapter 5

• Giesecke – Practical Strategies for Library management chapter 5

• Merrill-Oldham and Parisi - Guide to the Library Binding Institute standard for library binding Read introduction, pages 39-62

• “Library Binding” by Toby Heidtmann in Managing Preservation: A Guidebook

• Consider the repair, binding and replacement options libraries and archives face every day. Create a decision tree to better illustrate options and decisions.  Write a memo that describes why this decision tree should replace current operations and how you will implement it.  (2 pages max)