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Book Conservation
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Archimedes Palimpsest 
 A palimpsest is "a manuscript written on a surface from which one or more earlier writings have been erased as completely as possible." The tenth-century Archimedes Palimpsest is a source for two Archimedes Treatises, "The Method" and "Stomachion," and for the Greek text of "On Floating Bodies." Find background on the manuscript and its conservation, scholarship activities of the Walters Art Museum, and related news items. From the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. http://www.archimedespalimpsest.org Topics: Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts Last updated Aug 8, 2006 The Book Arts Web
Home of the Book_Arts-L mailing list archive as well as a collection of links to pages on bookbinding, paper arts, calligraphy, conservation and repair, typography, and more. http://www.philobiblon.com/ Topics: Librarian Specialties, Librarianship, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts Last updated Feb 6, 2005 Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
Online edition of "Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology," by Matt T. Roberts and Don Etherington, originally published in 1982. Searchable by keyword, and browsable by alphabet. Includes illustrations. http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/don/don.html Topics: Librarian Specialties, Librarianship, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts Last updated Aug 25, 2004 Regional Alliance for Preservation
The Alliance is a national network of preservation and conservation organizations dedicated to saving materials in cultural institutions. It's a great place for information, with a newsletter archived to 1997 and a Starter Kit for Collections Managers - a directory of sites with information on emergency preparedness and specific materials (e.g., books, ceramics, silver, paintings, paper, photographs, textiles, digital images). Some documents require Adobe Acrobat Reader. http://www.rap-arcc.org/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, Crafts, Librarian Specialties, Librarianship, Musical Genres, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts Last updated Dec 27, 2000 A Simple Book Repair Manual
This illustrated online manual includes tools needed; indentifying materials appropriate for simple repair, and ten simple repairs, including cleaning, erasing pencil marks, fixing torn pages, tipping in a page, and repairing spines and hinges. From the Dartmouth College Library, Hanover, NH. http://www.dartmouth.edu/~preserve/repair/repairindex.htm Topics: Librarian Specialties, Librarianship, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts Last updated Apr 28, 2003 |
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