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blueroofdesigns

  1. Bookbinding, and the Care of Books: A Handbook for Amateurs Bookbinders & Librarians by Douglas Cockerell bit.ly/KrgrNK
  2. Blue Roof Designs is open during VT's 20th annual Open Studio Weekend! bit.ly/KrgZTL Come for a tour, demos, & discounts on work!
  3. Calligraphy resource list by Alessandro Segalini bit.ly/JJ3wb6 Includes book arts resources
  4. Centre for the Artist’s Book Collection bit.ly/JJ3gZH includes over 500 artists’ books, multiples, ephemera and catalogues
  5. Alternative bindings bit.ly/JJ31Op
  6. Video about the English and Book Arts program at the University of Maine at Machias bit.ly/K5U8Nx
  7. Library Binding bit.ly/JcYCFa developed by the National Information Standards Organization and the Library Binding Institute
  8. Preserving Family Treasures: Internet Guide to Preservation Resources bit.ly/JcYrtx
  9. Trying to get my brain wrapped around the concept of "Magic Glitter Bookbinding Cloth" bit.ly/JJ15Fp
  10. The Conservation of a Photographic Album: Souvenir de Straits Settlement Singapore Malacca Penang bit.ly/KbpdvP by P.C. Leon Bravo
  11. Preserving Scrapbooks in the Archives bit.ly/KboPxc Jennifer Hain Teper
  12. History and Conservation of Albums and Photographically Illustrated Books bit.ly/KbotH0 by Gustavo Lozano
  13. The Tactility of Artists' Books bit.ly/J3c5iS Harry Reese
  14. 18th & 19th Century Euro. & Amer. Paper Binding Structures in the Amer. Museum of Nat. Hist. Library bit.ly/K0ICiZ by Barbara Rhodes
  15. Treatment 305: A Collections Conservation Approach to Rebinding bit.ly/J1DEsX by Brian J. Baird & Mick Letourneaux
  16. One-piece Post Binding with Interior Hinges bit.ly/J1DzFH by Elaine Reidy Schlefer
  17. Joint Tacketing: A Method of Board Reattachment bit.ly/J1Dxxj by Robert Espinosa & Pamela Barrios
  18. Case History: The Conserving of a Chained Binding bit.ly/J1DoKj By Scott Kellar
  19. The Movement of the Book Spine bit.ly/J1DmCo by Tom Conroy
  20. @SagoOnTuesdays Agreed - that is one big slotting machine. Not to be confused with a slot machine. :)