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Condition check: is your library's print collection looking..
"loved"?<br>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial">ANNOUNCING: The OLA Support Staff Division <span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"></span>and the Library Preservation
Round Table
will present an all-day Basic Book Mending Pre-Conference workshop
on Wednesday, April 16, 2014,
at the Oregon Library Association Conference in Salem.<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial">Help refresh worn books and add years to their
circulating lives!<br>
</span></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial"></span>This workshop will introduce basic book
repair methods and materials through hands-on instruction and is
intended for
beginners.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial">Procedures covered will include reattaching
loose pages, cover repair and reattachment, hinge and spine
repair.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Please note
that procedures in this class are
intended for circulating collections and not for rare or
valuable books and
documents.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><br>
</span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"></span>We will also
discuss
collection maintenance and strategies for avoiding damage and
streamlining conservation
processes.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The
materials fee for the
workshop provides a mending toolkit which participants may
take home; paper, bookcloth, and
adhesives will be provided. </span>Participants are
encouraged,
but not required, to bring their own books to work on.<span
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<p class="MsoNormal">Presented by Carolee Harrison<span
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(Special Collections and
Archives Technician) and Kristen Kern (Fine and Performing Arts
Librarian),
Portland State University Library.<br>
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">MORE INFORMATION about the pre-conference and
general conference: <span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New'"></span><a
href="http://www.olaweb.org/ola-conference-2014" target="_blank"
style="font-family:'Courier New';font-size:10pt">http://www.olaweb.org/ola-conference-2014</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">REGISTRATION and rate information (Early
registration rates until 3/16/2014!): <span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New'"></span><span
style="font-family:'Courier New'"><a
href="https://ola.memberclicks.net/index.php?option=com_mc&view=mc&mcid=form_148528"
target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt">https://ola.memberclicks.net/index.php?option=com_mc&view=mc&mcid=form_148528</span></a></span><span
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GRATITUDE: Rea Andrew, the Support Staff Division, and the
Preservation Round Table.<br>
<br>
Thank you, and see you in April!<br>
Carolee<br>
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Carolee Harrison
Portland State University Library
University Archives and Special Collections
503 725 5760
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:carolee@pdx.edu">carolee@pdx.edu</a></pre>
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