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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
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        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>
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          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
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          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>
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          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>
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    <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
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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>
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    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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