CE Project Agreement for IV-C-5 (001)

Repair books

Word version of this agreement

Purpose: Learn basic book repair.

Name of library:

Today’s date:

Proposed completion date:

Core skill: IV-C- 5 Perform basic, simple repair of materials in various formats

Eligible participants: Librarians

Repeatable?: No

Learning component: Attend a workshop or skim through each resource below. Write down the name of each resource, the supplies recommended in each and a list of the repairs in each.

• Manual of Basic Book Repair by Mary Ann June. CE Project IV-C-5 (001)
  
• Basic Book Repair with Jane Greenfield video CE Project IV-C-5 (001)
• Book Repair by Kenneth Lavender Project IV-C-5 (001)
• Conservation book repair: a training manual at tinyurl.com/2xcvbe (Wayback)
  
• A simple book repair manual at tinyurl.com/8ljez (Wayback)
  

Library work component:

1. Identify 20 damaged books with at least 5 different types of damage.
2. Skim through the learning resources looking for instructions to repair the 20 books.
3. When the proper instructions are found, write down the needed supplies for repairing the books.
4. Photograph the damaged books. This can be a group photograph with the damage showing.
5. Purchase the supplies needed to repair those books.
6. Repair the books following the directions in the workshop or in the manuals above.
7. Photograph the repaired books. This can be a group photograph showing the repairs.
8. For credit, submit to CKLS Head of Continuing Education

• The photographs of damage and repair.
• A filled-out CE Project Agreement Evaluation form. (Word document)