Re: [BKARTS]

[Buckley Jeppson <buckley.jeppson@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I do a variation of this pretty often. Hymn books at my church get abused
over the years by restless children. The particular books have not been
bound particularly well. Whenever I sit in a pew that has a book in need of
repair, I depart with it after services, clean and repair it during the
week, and return it the next Sunday. I doubt no one has noticed and it makes
me feel good.

I'd say that if any group is capable of making responsible repairs--and
respecting the integrity of books enough to know where the book should be
left alone--it is this group. 

Buckley Jeppson

-----Original Message-----
From: Book_Arts-L [mailto:BOOK_ARTS-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Frances
Castle
Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 7:59 PM
To: BOOK_ARTS-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [BKARTS]

Has anyone on this list ever checked out a dilapidated book from a library
and re-bound it without telling them and then just put the barcode back on
and returned it like nothing ever happened? Have you ever heard of anyone
doing this?

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