Book Repair Basics (morning course)

Morning: Thursday April 24, 2025, 9:00am - 12:00pm (check-in begins at 8:30am)

This hands-on introduction and overview will equip library staff with the basics for maintaining their circulating hardcover book collection. Preservation expert Rebecca Elder will guide attendees through repair techniques for paper (surface cleaning, mending, tipping in pages) and books (hinge tightening and corner repair) and provide guidance for setting up a repair workspace, understanding book repair terminology, and engaging a conservator.

This in-person session is limited to 12 attendees to help facilitate actual book repair practice. To provide as many member libraries with an opportunity to participate, a limit of two registrations per institution is requested.

Due to the class size limit, a waitlist will be made available for sessions that reach capacity. For those attendees that register but whose plans change, please contact learning@amigos.org at your earliest convenience so that we can notify those interested from the waitlist.

A fee of $75 will provide brushes, scissors, cutting mats and other equipment that attendees will be able to take back to their institutions to continue their book repair practice. Attendees are expected to bring 2-3 deaccessioned hardback books in good condition to practice repairs on. If these requirements provide a hardship, please contact learning@amigos.org.

Courses will take place at the Amigos Library Services' offices (4006 Belt Line Road, Addison, Texas) with complimentary parking available.