In doing so she met several women from the WLA, joined the organization and began volunteering her time restoring damaged and worn books at Penrose Library. Barbara took her first course on book repair at a public library in Virginia thirteen years ago. The course was crude and taught by library employees using a glue gun, but her passion got the best of her and her talent for the art grew. Over the years she has completed book restoration courses, in addition to completing a course sponsored by the Smithsonian in Washington. Since January, Barbara has restored over 100 books many at her own expense.
Most restorations take one to three hours to complete.
All of the books that Barbara has repaired have been returned to the library s shelves and are currently available for use. Barbara Robinson hard at work giving new life to old books. Winter 2000 contents. Oh yes you do. Copyright 1995-1999, University of Denver .