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

2. 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.

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

4. Workshop Overview Procedures and techniques to repair circulating collections in: Public librariesPublic libraries School librariesSchool libraries College librariesCollege libraries Not applicable to collections in: Special librariesSpecial libraries Special collectionsSpecial collections ArchivesArchives Rare book repositoriesRare book repositories Valuable historic collectionsValuable historic collections

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

6. When Making Repair Decisions Consider… Condition Condition Use and need Use and need Timeliness Timeliness Value: Value: provenanceprovenance bindingbinding plates/illustrationsplates/illustrations

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

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

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

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

11. 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

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

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

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

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

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

17. Exercise #1 Cutting, Tearing, and Gluing

18. Exercise #2 Hinging Inserts with PVA and Tyvek

19. Repair Sewing Sew section into pamphlet Sew section into pamphlet Sew sections back into book Sew sections back into book

20. Exercise #3 Sew Single Sections

21. Exercise #4 Sew Sections into Text Block

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

23. Exercise #5 Reattaching Text Block Broken in Half

24. Exercise #6 Hollow Spine

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

26. Exercise #7 Children’s Book Flat Back Binding Repair

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

28. Consolidation & Tape Removal Review of cleaning Review of cleaning consolidation of leather consolidation of leather Removing: Removing: paperclipspaperclips staplesstaples pressure-sensitive tapepressure-sensitive tape barcodesbarcodes

30. Humidification and Flattening Humidification and flattening Humidification and flattening testing solubility of printing & manuscript inks in watertesting solubility of printing & manuscript inks in water spray humidificationspray humidification blotter damp packblotter damp pack

31. Exercise #9 Testing Solubility of Inks

32. Exercise #10 Humidifying and Flattening Paper

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

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

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

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

37. 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 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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