[PADG:2218] Re: Fwd: FYI: New book binding machine

[Jacob Nadal <jnadal@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I believe this is the Powis-Parker "fastback" desktop binder 
(http://www.powis.com/index/index.asp). I'd love to have one for 
utility binding, but after trying a  few different books in one of 
these, I can't see it as a replacement for conservation or library 
binding.

The last sales rep I met with was able to tell me that the glue was a 
hot melt EVA. The initial binding is fairly strong and flexible, but 
the most generous estimate for life span that I've heard is around 20 
years (arguably better than a lot of the bindings we're getting from 
publishers these days... :).

Best,
Jake

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Jacob Nadal
Head, E. Lingle Craig Preservation Laboratory
Indiana University Libraries
(812) 855-6281 | mailto:jnadal@xxxxxxxxxxx
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On Jan 19, 2004, at 8:56 AM, Barbara B. Eden wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> Has anyone checked this machine out?
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>
> Barbara
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> To: Barbara Berger Eden <beb1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> From: Peter Hirtle <pbh6@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: FYI: New book binding machine
> Cc: "Anne R. Kenney" <ark3@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Barbara:
>
> Have you heard about a new desktop-sized print-on-demand and book 
> binding machine?  According to one account I read (at 
> <http://www.rssgov.com/archives/000087.html>), "The system can also 
> rebind existing books with new covers at costs ranging from 28 cents 
> to a dollar, less than a one-quarter of the cost to libraries of 
> sending books out. Library technical services departments will come to 
> resemble a Kinko's."
>
> The was also an NPR story, Book-Binding Techniques Could Revive Rare 
> Texts <http://www.npr.org/rundowns/segment.php?wfId=1593646>.
>
> Peter
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>
>
> Barbara B. Eden 
> Cornell University Library                      phone: 607-255-5291
> Associate Director                             fax:    607-254-7493
> IRIS/ Department of Preservation
> and Collection Maintenance
> B15 Olin Library
> Ithaca, NY 14853
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> email:  beb1@xxxxxxxxxxx