Many times a year we are asked if there are any resources that would help someone 'do it myself'. We certainly understand the desire for this and have created the following resource lists for people to use. We wish you the best of luck and if you have any questions, please feel free to contact us and we can point you in the right direction.
NEW ! "How to repair your yearbook - Simple repairs
you can do " We are often asked about yearbook repair
and want you to know you can do alot of it yourself !
Click here to get the pdf file. I didn't do a video, but I
am sure there are people who give good demonstrations on 'You Tube'.
How to repair your yearbook - Simple repairs you can do (PDF format  ).
BOOK REPAIR/RESTORATION SUPPLIERS:
Talas:
Talas has an extensive online catalog. They have a large selection of just about everything. They also have a nice supply of marbled paper. http://www.talasonline.com/products/bookbinding.cfm
Hollanders:
Hollanders carries a full range of bookbinding supplies at reasonable prices and a nice website catalog.
For beginners, Connie likes to use their ‘custom split’ goat leather, which is already pared to a good thickness. But it is completely pared and many professionals feel this weakens the book joints. Once you've gotten good experience in paring the leather, then go ahead and order the regular bookbinding leather.
Hollanders basic bookbinding supplies link: http://www.hollanders.com/supplies/
Hollanders leather supplies link:
http://www.hollanders.com/supplies/BrowseCategory.aspx?CategoryID=1456c794-c5d7-4dec-b8a2-f9eeb64a6a56
Sic Press – Joyce Godsey:
Joyce offers a wide array of various bookbinding supplies. She also has several instructional online videos on how to use some of the products she sells. http://sicpress.com/
Skycraft papers for special marbled paper.
She can do a good job of having her papers look like the classics. Located in Estacada, Oregon.
http://www.skycraft.com/SkycraftContactInfo.html#contact
Colphon. Located in Olympia, Washington. Good supply of bookcloth, thread and needles.
http://www.colophonbookarts.com/index.html
Good list of other suppliers: http://www.philobiblon.com/suppliers.shtml
FORMAL TRAINING
Ahh Haa – Good conservation training. This school is the only one that several people have recommended to me. One of the instructors is Don Etherington, who is very well respected here in the US for book conservation.
http://www.ahhaa.org/AAB_courses.html
GREAT HOW-TO INTERNET RESOURCES
Indiana University – Repair and Enclosure Treatments Manual. Extremely well documented how-to. Connie’s favorite place to have people start out. http://www.indiana.edu/~libpres/manual/mantoc.html
Syracuse University Book Conservation Website. This department is headed up by a very respectable man – Peter Verheyen. He’s very active in the “Guild of Bookworkers” and puts out an interesting quarterly publication called the ‘bonefolder’ for the book arts community. http://library.syr.edu/information/spcollections/conservation/index.html
Bonefolder: http://www.philobiblon.com/bonefolder/vol2no1contents.html
Alaska conservation book repair manual. Good basic review of most of the repair techniques. You can download it as a pdf. http://www.library.state.ak.us/hist/conman.html
BookArts-L archives. You can also subscribe to their email list. A few conservation people reply to questions asked and I’ve gleaned some good tips from this list over the years.
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/byform/mailing-lists/bookarts/#archive
The Book Arts Web Preservation and Conservation Links. http://www.philobiblon.com/pressite.shtml
Coelacanth Books – Book Repair Links. Good collection of links to BookThink articles on book repair for booksellers. http://coelacanthbooks.pbwiki.com/Book%20Repair%20Links
BOOKS
These two are the ‘must have’ books for any serious book repair/restoration/conservation workshop.
“Bookbinding and Conservation by Hand A working guide” Laura S. Young
“The Restoration of Leather Bindings” Bernard C. Middleton
DVD's
These two organizations have put together really great book restoration DVD's. I highly recommend these DVD's for any serious book repair/restoration/conservation workshop. This is because you can revisit them time and again for help on specific topics that you may not do very often .... for example paper repair, leather rebacks, etc. Also they are extremely useful for training new employees. Either one of these organizations offers one on one training or a guided home study program.
Bookbinders Workshop http://www.bookbindersworkshop.com/dvd.htm
Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild http://www.cbbag.ca/HomeStudy.htm
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