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Hi. I am Rebecca Elder, Adjunct Preservation Field Services Officer for Amigos Library
Services
and today we are going to mend the book with book repair tape. So, we have a torn book.
In some cases it's permissible to mend the book with tape.
You should never use tape on anything designated for permanent retention
or special collections,
but for circulating collections
a good quality book repair tape is acceptable.
filmoplast P
is the one that we use. Comes in a roll.
And what I always
start out by doing
is cutting off a piece
and cutting it into thirds.
The reason we're cutting it into thirds is a)
it's much more economical. and b)
it becomes a much prettier mend with a lot less tape.
If a conservator ever has to take that tape off,
it will be a lot easier for them to take off a small piece than a big one.
Then, I'm going to
cut my tape to about the size I need
and my little tear goes around a corner, so I'm actually going to use two pieces of tap.
the hardest part of this
is feeling the backing off the tape
idea that is
turned a corner over
temples hard with my phone
and that there's a check for me but it's really all about practice
promise you
it take you manage it and i want to do that and i didn't do it everytime
then i'm just going to put the tape count
use a bone folder
to make sure it's really get here
do the same thing mine
turn where it goes around the corner
dollars and make sure you have clean hands when you do this
because
otherwise you get fingerprints on the tape
and you'll be able to see them to do that
see how i love it hanging off the edge that's exactly what we want to do
for a book i'd always worked on both sides and we do the same exact
on the back side of it
two small pieces of tape
here's the first
becomes the second i'd overlap mike he's sixty five thousand feet and hands
not going to be able to get that far ahead
much better
and i believe that he had the estate telegraph newspaper round
because or end up with the phone
instead he went to take something like that he's a
water
sunlight wait kar
warn of something and stick it underneath
you're just a second insisting that
end-users sharp knife
generally induces the edge of the pages you straight edge
and gently trammell
access
why won't you help the beautiful man
no fault of their life
thank you very much and i say