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Book care training with the aim of helping you keep your collection in circulation longer. Includes protection and repair techniques and offers hands-on experience with tried-and-true methods.
We’re partnering with Demco to offer a free book care workshop with Kimberly Young, the Book Doctor
Course description
Book Doctor Workshops provide book care training with the aim of helping you keep your collection in circulation longer. Training includes protection and repair techniques and offers:
• A hands-on experience
• Ideas for protecting books ahead of circulation
• Tried-and-true methods for a variety of repairs
Workshops typically cover how to do basic page repairs, tip-ins, hinge and spine repairs, book jacket and laminate applications, and how to reinforce spines.
Course notes with links to other free resources such as how-to videos, product directories,
and a repair guide will be provided.
Course materials
Hard cover and soft cover books, and small tools will be supplied for you.
Course instructor
Your Book Doctor is Kimberly Young. She’s worked in a wide variety of library settings across regionally, socially, and culturally diverse areas of the U.S. Her work focuses on collection development, material processing, and book care. As the Book Doctor, she’s traveled the country helping hundreds of attendees build a range of new skills, a better understanding of processing books, and confidence. Kimberly loves meeting all the new people who are as passionate about book care as she is.
Our mission is to provide you with open access to the world of information and ideas, encouraging lifelong learning and personal growth in a welcoming environment.
