hands on bookbinding
Priscilla Spitler the fabulous design binder and graceful and precise edition binder can be visited at her new webisite.
digital preservation reformatting
“It is possible to suggest that the preservation function of a digital surrogate is embedded in its continuing relation with a persistent original. Three reasons for this recognition of digitization as a preservation reformatting method are (1) currently digital reformatting is predominately applied to special materials, (2) digital preservation reformats provide a different reading mode for the study of originals and (3) digital preservation reformats are intended to persist long enough to sustain parallel study of surrogate and original. ”
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new joint program, new course
The University of Iowa Center for the Book and the University of Iowa School of Library and Information Science have developed a
joint program. Included is a new course,
Structures for Book Conservation.
book craft book store
Susan Kapuscinski Gaylord is a book art teacher who has popularized book work as a learning path. Her rich website is a great resource both as an exemplar and reference.
“Over the years my teaching has evolved. In the beginning, I approached the book very much as a tool of artistic and personal expression. I came to see that what teachers need are ways to work within the curriculum. I now teach them how to make books that make learning facts and concepts and doing research fun. “