Sewing the headbands
A leather thong is sewn over as a headband at the head and tail of the book. Linen thread is looped around the leather thong in a pattern which produces the headband, more ›
By Craig Fansler
Inside ZSR
The template for the cover laid over a sheet of vellum
Because vellum is expensive, we made a template of our cover from 10 point board. more ›
Threading leather thongs through vellum
Connecting the vellum cover with the text block: the extra length of each thong is threaded through punched holes in the vellum cover. These thongs are then re-threaded inside the cover to secure them in place. This binding style was used during the 14th century, but is also similar to the Nag Hammadi bindings discovered... more ›
North Bennett Street School – Day 1
Limp Vellum Bookbinding The Limp (meaning the vellum is not stretched over a rigid board) Vellum Bookbinding course began with a discussion of this 14th century binding style. There is almost no adhesive used in this binding, since there is lots of sewing to hold it together. The binding is made up of a group... more ›
North Bennett Street School
On Tuesday, October 23, I journeyed to Boston to attend a workshop held at the venerable North Bennett Street School. The school was originally founded as a trade school in 1885 by The Boston Atheneum. NBSS now has full-time, 2 year programs in furniture, preservation carpentry, jewelry, violin-making, piano technology, locksmithing, and bookbinding. NBSS also... more ›
Part 2- Hurricane Preparedness/Solinet
On Wednesday, September 12, the second portion of Solinet’s Hurricane Preparedness teleconference was broadcast. The Disaster Committee was given homework after our first session which consisted of completing a building survey checklist, which Scott Adair and I completed. This checklist involved checking electrical, storage areas, structural, office areas, housekeeping, building exterior, and fire and safety... more ›
Solinet Workshop- Hurricane Disaster Preparedness
On Wednesday, August 29, members of the ZSR Disaster Committee gathered in the Tech Services Conference Room for a telecast workshop from Solinet. Hurricane Preparedness is something I’ve been interested in because North Carolina is in “Hurricane Alley”. Scott Adair, Leslie McCall, Mary Lib Slate and Craig Fansler attended the 2-hour session. The leader of... more ›
Recommendation – Digital Repository
ZSR needs one. Our internal materials that are born digital are not being preserved in any systematic way. There also may, in the future, be a scholarly publication archive developed that would need preservation. more ›
Session 4 – Cyberinfrastructure for the Humanities
Moderated by Joyce Ray, Assoc. Deputy Director for Library Services, IMLS Steven Wheatley, VP, American Council of Learned Societies, spoke on the ACLS Report – Our Cultural Commonwealth, in which he said ‘most expressions of human creativity in the US will be born digital’. Brett Bobley, Director, Digital Humanities Initiative, National Endowment for the Humanities... more ›
Keynote Presentation – Deanna Marcum
Digitization for Access and Preservation Strategies at the Library of Congress Deanna Marcum, Associate Librarian for Library Services, Library of Congress Deanna Marcum addressed issues in digital preservation: Digital media lacks permanence Depends on computers for readability Multiple formats Marcum suggested these strategic methods: Develop better digital media storage Refresh digita data Migrate to newer,... more ›