Tag: librarianproblems

Post author By digitalcellulose
Post date January 28, 2014

A really good example of a terrible cover-up job by a patron. We didn’t fall for it. Please note that they have colored in, with colored pencils, the filled-in area AND the roughed-up original boards. Also, the icing on the cake…the title of this book is “Too Big to Fail”.

Tags book, bookbinding, conservation, diy, fixed, librarian, librarian problems, librarianproblems, original content, repair, stahp

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Post author By digitalcellulose
Post date January 28, 2014

Here is a book a patron tried to repair…as if we wouldn’t notice the “fix”. Their dog ate the corner of this book, then they tried to “fix” it by gluing a piece of board into the hole and coloring over it with colored pencils. Our eagle-eyed circulation staff caught it, however, and the book was […]

Tags book, bookbinding, conservation, diy, helpful, librarian, librarianproblems, library, original content, repair, stahp