Shannon Zachary, Head, University of Michigan Library Conservation and Book Repair Unit, and her staff, Ann Ridout, Annette Christian, and Len Muir.
Few libraries can or want to send all their damaged books out to a contract binder.
This workshop presents a slate of techniques that can be performed in-house in a library of any size and that can put a damaged book back into use for yet a while longer. Learn to recognize the basic features of modern publishers' binding structures. Learn basic principles for selecting supplies for a book repair program. Library staff who will have direct responsibility for performing in-house book repair and their immediate supervisors. Participants will each receive a kit of tools and supplies as part of the workshop fee.