[BKARTS] Summer Book Arts Workshops at GSLIS

[Marianne Steadley <steadley@xxxxxxxx>]

The Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of 
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is pleased to offer several  NEW Book Arts 
Workshops this summer.

What is a book worth? A workshop on the evaluation of books

Date: May 27, 2007   Time: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Location: LIS Building Room 131
Cost: $69 ($62 for GSLIS students, staff, and alumni, and previous 
workshop attendees)
Faculty: Sid Berger, Ph.D. Simmons College

What is a book worth? And how do you know? And what do you mean by the 
"worth of a book"? Books have dollar value and intrinsic, research 
value. This workshop will discuss both. Many things add to--or detract 
from--the values of books. What are the variables? Many tools exist out 
there to help us determine what the going rate for a book is. What are 
those tools? How can we use them? The tools themselves are fallible. 
How? What kinds of fudge factors must we employ when we use the pricing 
guides so that we don't pay (charge) too much for the books we are 
buying (selling)? Is there a difference in the evaluation of a book for 
purchase from the evaluation of it for insurance or estate purposes? How 
should I evaluate a book if I want to sell it as opposed to buy it? Is 
there a difference between "insurance value" and "replacement value"? 
What about buying books at auction? What are the opportunities and 
pitfalls? How can you protect yourself and wind up with a good deal? 
Should I get my books from booksellers? eBay? thrift shops? relatives? 
How do variant copies of the same title vary in value? These are some of 
the questions you will hear the answers to in this valuable workshop.

Tackling Simple Book Repairs in the Library and at Home

Date: June 9, 2007  Time: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Location: Conservation Lab, Oak Street Library Facility, 809 S. Oak Street
Cost: $109 - includes $38 materials fee ($99 for GSLIS students, staff, 
alumni, and previous Book Arts workshop attendees)
Faculty: Jennifer Hain Teper, Conservation Librarian for the UIUC Library

Ms Teper will lead a workshop on the basics of book structure, 
identifying different types of damage, and conduct a hands-on tutorial 
for simple repair techniques for books, which can be used in libraries 
or at home*. Techniques to be covered include inserting loose pages, 
mending torn pages, cleaning, consolidating frayed corners and 
tightening loose hinges. All repairs can be accomplished with a small 
number of tools and supplies and do not require any large, specialized 
book binding equipment. Supplies to perform all repairs covered will be 
provided to each participant to take home and will include: a brief 
manual, a practice book (pre-"broken"), archival mending tape, a bone 
folder, small scissors, archival quality paper, a brick (to make a book 
weight), materials to make a light weight, vinyl eraser, soft brush, 
glue brush, polyvinyl acetate adhesive, skewers and Plexiglas rods (used 
for tightening hinges), and sheets of waxed paper. *These repairs are 
durable and not appropriate for very old or fragile materials, or those 
of high value.     Class size is limited to 12.

Bookbinding: East Meets West

Dates: Saturday/Sunday, July 14 and 15, 2007   Time: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 
p.m. each day
Location: UIUC campus - specific location to be announced
Cost: $199- includes $20 materials fee ($180 for GSLIS students, staff, 
alumni, and previous Book Arts workshop attendees)
Faculty: Bea Nettles, Professor, UIUC School of Fine and Applied Arts, 
www.beanettles.com <http://www.beanettles.com>

Day One: Eastern Traditions: A discussion of various styles including 
scrolls, Venetian blinds, and Japanese binding. Hands on production of: 
Punch Binding and Hardbound Accordion
Day Two: Western Traditions: Samples and discussion of western style 
codex binding. Hands on production of: Hardbound exposed spine binding 
on tapes

Students will bring basic tools like pencils, rulers, scissors, and mat 
knives. Items such as awls, self-healing cutting mats, and needles will 
be provided.    Class size is limited to 15.

Hand-Sewn Book Headbands/Endbands

Date: July 21, 2007   Time: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Location: Conservation Lab, Oak Street Library Facility, 809 S. Oak Street
Cost: $99- includes $20 materials fee ($89 for GSLIS students, staff, 
alumni, and previous Book Arts workshop attendees)
Faculty: Jennifer Hain Teper, Conservation Librarian for the UIUC 
Library In this workshop, participants will learn to hand sew two to 
three models of headbands: a traditional plain double headband, a silk 
headband with a single bead on the front edge and a French double 
headband, if time allows. Workshop attendees will use prepared 
second-hand books as models, or may bring their own unbound, sewn book 
on which to sew their headbands. Needles, leather and hemp cords, as 
well as colored silk and undyed linen threads will be provided.      
Class size is limited to 12.

For additional information and to register:
http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/programs/mbms/workshops.html

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