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On Friday, June 3rd, I taught a Basic Book Repair Workshop at the Historic Yates Mill County Park in Raleigh. The workshop was held at a beautiful location with a very nice facility nicely tucked away from the hectic roads in Raleigh. The park is surrounded by NC State test farms, and hosts the last working gristmill in Wake County (still in operation).
The workshop covered basic topics for those who may attempt to repair items in their circulating collections: using heat-set tissue for paper tears and repairs; tipping-in loose pages; tearing and using Japanese paper for hinge repairs; spine replacements; paperback repairs and end sheet replacement. There were participants from Duke Law Library, Elon, Wilson Public, Appalachian State, Ayr Mount Historic House in Hillsborough, a UNC SILS Grad student, and a textile conservator from New Bern. The workshop was a great experience with engaged people. It is always nice to give people the skills they need to maintain their collections and find new ways to care for them.
7 Comments on ‘Basic Book Repair Workshop in Raleigh’
Thanks, Craig, this is important service for the NC library community!
Wow, great work, Craig! It looks like you had participation from all over the state!
Craig, it is so good that you can teach your skills to others!
Why don’t you do this workshop for us? I’d love to see what you do when you do what you do.
I’d be glad to teach this workshop for all my pals at ZSR!
The workshop was awesome! I’m so glad Wanda shared it with me and I had a chance to go to it. I did a blog post about it
okellylibrary.wordpress.com/2016/06/13/how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-fix-a-book/
Thanks for being a great teacher, and offering to help me more when i need it I’ll likely have more questions to ask as soon as we start getting some things ready at O’Kelly.
Luchrita, I’m glad you enjoyed the workshop and can use some of the skills in your work. You can ask me questions any time.