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| From April 2010 photos |
On April 17, SOURCE at Rutgers hosted a highly entertaining and educational book conservation workshop with guest instructor, Maria Pisano (shown above). Maria provided us with loads of handy resources for conservation and preservation, and gave us a short history of some of the materials used in book preservation. Our workshop was primarily targeted toward students who might have an interest in working with special collections or with circulating books that require conservation.
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| From April 2010 photos |
The SOURCE group was a mix of first-semester MLIS students and those of us who are graduating now or in a semester. It was a well-attended event, complete with a yummy lunch.
Maria first taught us how to bind our own book using library board, heavy-weight acid-free paper, and linen thread. We later used the book as a place to display our material samples. (I took a boatload of photos of Maria's technique which are available on my Facebook page here.)
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| From April 2010 photos |
Maria also taught us how to cut and make our own rare/fragile book enclosure (shown above). When I did my independent study project last semester, I requested a few of these from Tim for the Suellen Glashausser artists' books.
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| From April 2010 photos |
She also showed us how to keep very descriptive records of conservation work, describing the paper, damage, printing, structure, repairs, etc. She showed us how to make mylar covers for books as well as clamshell boxes and self-closing wrappers.
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| From April 2010 photos |
Finally, Maria showed us how to use Japanese papers as well as filmoplast to repair tears in paper. She used dry techniques rather than wet ones due to the limitations of the space. I would have liked to have experienced some hands-on work with wet repairs, but I plan to gain this experience in another workshop, hopefully by the end of the summer.
Overall, it was very useful to have Maria Pisano show us these techniques and share with us her experience in the field. She is an excellent resource, and I hope that Rutgers brings her back to teach a semester-long course as part of a conservation track.
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