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- Evaluate damaged materials to offer to the Division of Rare and Manuscripts Collections in appropriate collecting areas
- Transfer books with brittle paper to the Brittle Books Program for reformatting or replacement
- Transfer books that cannot be treated in the lab due to split bindings, broken sewing or missing covers to the Commercial Binding Department
- FullBookrepair.pdfRepair books with broken joints (link to full repair manual guide) joints and damaged spines (link to partial repair manual guide).
- Build marginal material cases (link to manual guide) for items that cannot be repaired or commercially bound
- Build contour cases (link to manual guide) to house items of different shapes and sizes together
Student employees , under the direction of the Book Repair Coordinator, are responsible for book repair treatment and protective enclosures during the academic year.
Contact: Roger Clearwater,rtc1@cornellPat Fox, paf3@cornell.edu, 607 255-5766