Someone folded up their library check-out receipt into a paper crane, and left it in the back of this book.
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Author: digitalcellulose
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Red circles on vandalized library books.
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Screenshot from our library catalog software, as I’m checking books back in after they’ve been repaired. Apparently, this book was quite delicious.
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3 examples of original paste paper from the 18th century.
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Holiday crafting with old library catalog cards.
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Did anyone lose their vacation photos? I found these stuck in the back of a book I was working on. No really, they were actually stuck to the back pastedown.
No, really, an “archival quality” pressure-sensitive tape does not exist.
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Filed under, “good idea, poor execution”
This book just finished getting repaired in our lab, and it featured an entire section on book-making, separate from printmaking! And because it’s old, you can read it online for free at the Internet Archive! Yay!
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Leather coloring that reminds me of autumn leaves. The inside is just as brittle as crisp autumn leaves, too, which is a shame.