Book Repair

Sometimes this website actually needs to talk about library "stuff" (technical term, there). So even though I did just post a Christmas Carol quiz, I thought I would also post some info about book repair. I just did a workshop on Book Repair earlier this week. So here is some information I put together for those who attended. Maybe the list of resources would be helpful to you, as well.

Library supplies websites (this is not an endorsement for any of these businesses.)
Gaylord Brothers: www.gaylord.com
Demco: www.demco.com
Kapco: www.kapco.com
The Library Store: www.thelibrarystore.com
Highsmith: www.highsmith.com
Brodart: http://www.shopbrodart.com/default.us.aspx
Vernon Library Supplies: http://www.vernonlibrarysupplies.com

Used and Rare Book websites:
...Can be used in evaluating books worth repairing or not; or give repair info.

ACGWeb’s http://acqweb.library.vanderbilt.edu/acqweb/pubr/rare.html
Gowan’s Books http://www.gowanbooks.com/book_search/
Enoch Pratt Free Library http://www.epfl.net/slrc/hum/oldbook.html
Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com
BIP http://www.booksinprint.com/bip/
Half.com http://half.ebay.com/index.jsp
Making of America Books http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/moa.new/
Theologybooks.com http://www.theologybooks.com/site/index.cfm
Alibris http://www.alibris.com/home.cfm
Advance Book Exchange http://www.abebooks.com/

Book Repair websites
Simple Book Repair Manual
Procedures and treatments
Book Repair (Mid. Tenn. State Univ.)
Book repair bibliography
Book Care and Repair Resources
Care, handling and storage
SULAIR preservation department
More at Sulair
“Perfect Binding”
Extensive illustration of how to repair

Supplies for doing your book repair:
CLEANING SUPPLIES:
Bleach, diluted ½ and ½
Cloth bag with cleaning powder inside
Oil Flow
“Pink Stuff”*
Triple Crown leather cleaner

LIBRARY/REPAIR SUPPLIES:
“bone” folder (white or orange)
Book jacket covers
Book pockets/“flippies,” clear pockets
(due date slips)
Book press
Buckram (cloth not plastic) tape
Butterflies
Corners and Spine Corners
Cutting Board, trimmer
Double stitch tape
Easy Bind
“H” rubber bands
Hard Laminate, & h.l. scraps
Japanese Paper
Large Book tape Dispenser
Micro fiber tape
Norbond glue
Single stitch tape
Soft Laminate
White gloves

MISC. SUPPLIES
(scrounge your kitchen, garage, sewing & craft room, etc.):
Cheese cloths (for supers)
Covered brick
Clean, lint free rags
Disposable dust cloths (for supers)
Grocery sack paper (finer than sand paper)
Knitting needles (for gluing, shaping)
Paper towels
Q-tips
Quilters’ cutting board (self healing)
Quilting thread
Sand paper, (extra fine)
Scrapbooking papers – acid free
Small cheap (art) brush
Small box for spraying
Sponge
Spray Adhesive
String (various weights)
Un-do
Wax paper/ backs of soft laminate sheets
“Yogurt cup” (for water)

OFFICE SUPPLIES:
Gold ink calligraphy pen
“Kraft” paper (or acid free paper)
Rotary cutter
Rulers
Scotch tape
Scissors/shears
Silver ink calligraphy pen
White ink pen
X-acto Knife

TOOLS:
Awl
Cutting board, trimmer
Dowel rods (for shaping)
Drill, small drill bits
Hack saw
Needles
Paring knife