HomeUnderstanding and caring for bookbindings
Preservation Advisory Centre Training Day
Thursday 7 November 2013
British Library Centre for Conservation
96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB
Location Details
This training day will help librarians and archivists understand the types of bindings in their collections and will provide guidance on handling and describing bindings and on appropriate conservation techniques. Participants will be given an overview of the history of Western bookbindings, with examples drawn from British Library collections. There will be a an opportunity to visit the studios in the British Library Centre for Conservation. At the end of the day participants will be able to:
- recognise different bookbinding structures and materials
- describe bookbinding styles and structures
- understand why bookbindings deteriorate
- minimise the risk of damage to bookbindings
- commission appropriate conservation work.
Feedback from previous participants
- I will handle the books with more care and look at the bindings and the coverings of the books. It is not just the text that is of value. I didn't know there was so much variety.
- I have a better appreciation of historic bindings and will be able to catalogue my bindings.
- I will buy more supports and make their use commonplace, revise photocopying guidelines and supply bookmarks. I will emphasise making/buying enclosures for several items rather than rebinding a few.
Programme
| 10.00 | Introductions and welcome |
| 10.15 | Binding types and structures and their significance David Pearson, Guildhall Library |
| 11.45 | Break |
| 12.00 | Handling bindings: the use of supports and protective enclosures Sarah Hamlyn, British Library |
| 13.00 | Lunch |
| 13.45 | Describing bindings Karen Limper-Herz, British Library |
| 14.25 | The conservation of bookbindings Roswitha Ketzer, British Library |
| 15.25 | Break |
| 15.40 | Tour of the Centre for Conservation |
| 16.00 | End |
Registration form
Please copy the form below into an email, complete it and send it to blpacevents@bl.uk.
Alternatively, print out, complete and return the form by post to the address at the bottom of this page.
I would like to book a place on the Preservation Advisory Centre training
day ‘Understanding and caring for bookbindings’ on
7 November 2013.
Training day fee (including refreshments and lunch):
£105.00 +
VAT = £126.00
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Terms and conditions
You will be invoiced for the full amount on receipt of the registration form. Invoices must be paid within 30 days of the date of the invoice. All payments must be made in UK pounds sterling, without deduction of bank charges. Payment can be made by cheque, credit/debit card or by bank transfer. Cancellations will not be refunded. A substitute delegate is acceptable if notified to the Preservation Advisory Centre. This registration form constitutes a legally binding contract. In the unlikely event of the training day being cancelled the organisers will make a full refund of the training day fee received but disclaim any further liability.
Please send this booking form to:
Preservation Advisory Centre
The British Library
96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB
Tel: +44 (0)20 7412 7612
Fax: +44 (0)20 7412 7796
Email: blpacevents@bl.uk
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