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Talas http://talasonline.com/ On 6/21/2016 4:10 PM, Margaret Ericson wrote: > > Hello Wisdom. > > I know this is a simplistic question for a potentially complex set of > problems for those of us dealing with aging physical collections. But > here it is. We are an academic library, in a branch environment, with > book repairs / bindery operations coordinated centrally. Actually, our > library no longer has its own book bindery or repair operation, so we > outsource to a retired staff person who used to hold that job. We are > reviewing repair needs and costs, given the increased percentage of > books needing repair that are out of print and core. What suppliers do > you recommend for book repair cloth and supplies, especially those for > repairs to spines, hinges and edges. Does ARLIS have a best practices > document for binding and care of art books? Are supplies found in a > conventional library supply catalog (e.g. Gaylord, etc.) sufficient > for most art book repairs to already well-used books? > > In addition, with aging and increasingly out-of-print circulating > collections, have you found it more cost effective to repair, rebind > (of course one loses a lot with rebinding an art book) or replace? Has > anyone done a study of such things? > > Reply privately to: > > *Margaret D. Ericson|Scholarly Resources and Services -- Arts > Librarian|Bixler Art and Music Library|Colby College Libraries|5662 > Mayflower Hill|Waterville, Maine 04901|* > > *[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>* > > *(207) 859-5662*** > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] > <mailto:[log in to unmask]> For information about joining > ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/membership/join-arlisna Send > administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to > [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> ARLIS-L > Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org > Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: > [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/membership/join-arlisna Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~