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Day 1 |
 | Introduction to the topic, review of damage and importance of
collection maintenance. |
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| Overview of preservation and basic care of collections. |
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| Review of book structure, causes of book structure failure. |
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| Discuss repair decisions and basic repair techniques with emphasis
on appropriateness for circulating collections. |
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Vendors of supplies for book repair |
| Video: How to Operate a Book |
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| Lunch |
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| Discuss various repair options including commercial binding. |
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| At OSU : Video about Commercial library bindery, then trip to OSU
Libraries Collection Maintenance Department to learn about repair
decisions, brittle books programs and their commercial library bindery
concerns. |
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| At KSU: Trip to ICI General BookBindery to learn about commercial library
binding and decisions |
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| Overnight
assignment: Read Gaylord's
Guide to
Collections Care Section #4 and BookCraft.
Both distributed at beginning of class. (2 hours) |
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Day 2 |
| Hands-on repair decisions and techniques |
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| torn pages |
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| tip in loose pages |
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| Pamphlet binding - single and multiple signatures |
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| Lunch |
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| repair simple spine damage |
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| reattach broken hinges |
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| Construct simple phase boxes |
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| distribute post class assignment, wrap up class, evaluation |
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Course Outline |
Course Links |
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