Workshops on bookbinding and book repair

The Potomac Guild of Book Workers Chapter and the Preservation
Department at the Milton S. Eisenhower Library at Johns Hopkins
University, has organized two workshops with open registration for
any interested parties.

Adhesive Binding with Peter Jermann

This is a two day workshop: Saturday, August 9, 10am-5pm; Sunday,
August 10, 1pm-4pm. Enrollment is limited to 8 people. Participants
will learn the theory and practice of adhesive binding for the hand
binder and in-house library repair units. Desk-top publishing,
paperbacks, and the photocopier highlight the need for simple but
sound binding structures for publications on separate sheets.
Discussions and hands-on exercises will include the selection of
adhesives, the dynamics of adhesive binding structures, and
quarter-joint binding. Participants will make several binding models
illustrating structural variations.

Participants will need an apron, personal hand tools (if desired),
and a bag lunch for Saturday.

Projects:

    paperback rebind with cover on outside
    paperback rebind with cloth cover
    softcover quarterbind
    quarterjoint binding
    quarterjoint binding with support (demonstration, hands-on as
        time allows)
    rounded and backed case binding (demonstration, hands-on as time
        allows)

Cost: $90. Cutoff date for registration is August 1.

Pete Jermann, preservation officer for the Friedsam Library at St.
Bonaventure University, began researching adhesive binding
techniques ten years ago in order to develop efficient rebinding
structures for use in a small in-house library binding and repair
unit. He has published a study on book structures in New Library
Scene (August, 1994).

Japanese Paper Hinge Repair with Don Etherington

This one day session will be held September 13, 10am-4pm, and is
limited to 15 people. Don presented this at the GBW Standards
Conference a few years ago, so this is a good opportunity for those
of you who missed it.

The workshop will cover Don's technique for reattaching or
supporting weakened joints of leather bindings, particularly 19th or
20th century books. Participants will bring books suitable for this
repair technique. The spines should be intact and the boards in
generally good condition. Books should be no larger than 10" in
height and 1 1/2" in thickness.

Joints are reattached using strips of dyed Japanese paper and a
mixture of reversible PVA and rice starch paste. The technique is
particularly effective on books with tight spines which normally
require considerable expertise and time to reback.

Cost: $50. Cutoff date for registration is September 4.

Workshops will be held in the Conservation Department, 108 Kreiger
Hall, Milton S. Eisenhower Library on the JHU campus. Directions
will be sent with confirmation of enrollment. Make checks payable to
Milton S. Eisenhower Library and send to

    Jeanne Drewes
    Preservation
    MSE Library
    3400 N. Charles St.
    Baltimore MD 21218-2683

If you have any questions contact Jeanne at 410-516-5486, fax at
410-516-5080, email to jdrewes<-a t->jhu< . >edu.

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