[PADG:2303] Re: Damaged books

["John F. Dean" <jfd5@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Diana
You may wish to go to www.librarypreservation.org where you will find some 
useful information at 
http://www.librarypreservation.org/preservation/basicremedial3.htm.  For 
details on book repair click on "basic repair."



At 10:31 AM 3/3/2004 -0600, you wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I am the Bindery Coordinator at a mid-sized academic library.  Our 
> procedure on handling damaged books needs some tweaking.  These are the 
> books forwarded from Circulation that are in bad shape, but can't be 
> rebound or repaired for whatever reason.
>
> If there is anyone on the PADG list who would be willing to share their 
> experiences with this issue, I would love to hear how your library deals with
> these books.
>
> Thanks,
> Diane Westerfield, Bindery/Presrevation Coordinator
> Loyola University, Cudahy Library Bindery
> dwester@xxxxxxx

John F. Dean
Preservation and Conservation Librarian
Department of Preservation and Collection Maintenance
B32 Olin Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
Telephone: (607)255-9687
Fax: (607)254-7493