conservethis: Roses are red, Violets are blue, If you put tape on your books, I’ll never EVER love you. Roses are red, Violets are blue, The conservator is thinking: What’s up with this glue? 💖 💖 💖 Roses are red,Violets are blue,In-painting requiresA deftness with hue. 💖 💖 💖 Roses are red,Violets are blue,Come to the lab andWe’ll […]
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Today I’m working on a treatment that is basically the rare book equivalent of cleaning under the couch cushions. This 2-volume herbal was used by a previous owner as a plant press, and many leaves, flowers and other assorted plant parts were discovered in-between its pages by our special collections librarian. The plants had already […]
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No love for sticky-notes
💔 💔 💔 💔 No love for whoever used these pink heart-shaped sticky notes in one of our library books. They are now firmly attached to the page, even after only being placed there less than 8 months ago. Our circulation staff sent this book to Preservation after they tried to remove one of the […]
And this is also why the staff at the library will often stress that patrons should not attempt their own repairs of library books. The “repair” often does more damage than helps, and won’t actually save you from being fined for a repair or replacement fee. This was so heavily damaged that we ended up withdrawing […]
The results of a very productive three day bookbinding workshop, making board attachment models with the amazing Karen Hanmer. For more information on Karen’s work and teaching, check out her site!
Wow, whoever originally backed this 19th century publisher’s binding should’ve really taken a moment to calm down and take a deep breath first before continuing. They really beat the heck out of it with the hammer! Backing is “the process of shaping a ridge or shoulder on each side of the spine of a text […]
So I made a really big box, and I had to stand it on end when gluing the walls together. And while that was happening I started smashing some of my bone folders together and felt smarter for some unknown reason. Maybe it has something to do with this monolithic box…
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midwestconservator: msulconservationlab: We’ve recently upped our box making game, with a focus on making corrugated clamshell boxes for folio and oversize materials. As a result, we have tons and TONS of e-flute scraps. I’ve used some of it up to make smaller boxes, and I’ve used some to make “bricks” that can be used to […]
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The sound of Schmedt
Do you hate leather paring as much as I do? Then you’ll love the Scharffix. Also, this video really should be subtitled: “Schmedt After Dark”, because of the music.
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It’s tradition!
I’ve been working on condition reports all week, and this certain song is stuck in my head…because condition rhymes with tradition.