Volume 9, Number 4
Jul 1985

Editor's Page

Corrections

• In the announcement of Thompson Conservation Lab' s Book Conservation at Mount Angel Abbey (Feb., p. 11), it is erroneously stated that the number of hours' work performed on some books was included in the catalog by accident. Actually, this information was included by design.
• RTSD is no longer issuing the RTSD Basic Preservation Library, a bibliography of in-print books and serials. It is updated and available from Susan Swartzburg, 38 Evergreen Circle, Princeton, NJ 08540.
• Lorraine Rutherford, Preservation Librarian at New York University (May issue, p. 47), writes that she is not yet a graduate of the Columbia program for preservation administrators. What may have caused some confusion, she says, is that last year she was the Mellon preservation administration intern at Columbia University Libraries.
• Richard Frieder wants to correct a couple of omissions in his article on book wrappers in the May issue:

  1. In the diagrams, the dotted lines denote creases.

  2. Some text revisions sent separately to the editor were apparently lost in the mail. Three passages are affected: the first paragraph on p. 51, the paragraph just below Diagram 1, and the footnotes. These passages are printed below, following the original (wrong) version, which is in reduced size.

  Rubber stamps can be used for the same purpose. Or a printed self-adhesive label can be attached inside the wrapper. Still another option is to use a simpler design with which confusion is less likely to occur.

  ...Rubber stamps and ink can be used for the same purpose. Note that using ink introduces the possibility of bleeding in wet conditions. A printed self adhesive label can be attached inside the wrapper. Again, by using such a label one introduces another adhesive, and thus a potential source of trouble. Still another option is to use a simpler design with which confusion is less likely to occur.

  We currently use rubber stamps and manuscript marking ink (available from the Library of Congress) to Indicate in what order the flaps should be closed. All corners are rounded with the exception of those on flap #1. These corners are left square to prevent a pressure point.

  We currently use rubber stamps and manuscript marking ink (available from the Library of Congress) to indicate in what order the flaps should be closed.^4a.

  FOOTNOTES

  4a. This ink seems to be somewhat water soluble, according to our spot tests. We are considering alternative methods of presenting closing instructions.

  5. Written instructions for the wrappers [etc.]

The Abbey Newsletter: Bookbinding and Conservation is issued six times a year and has about 950 paid subscribers. New subscribers automatically receive all issues published in the current year, unless they request otherwise. All subscriptions expire on the last day of the year. To initiate or renew a subscription, send name, address, and a check for $30 made out to Abbey Newsletter, c/o Preservation Department, Brigham Young University Library, 6216 HBLL, Provo, UT 84602. The telephone number is 801/378-2512 during the day and 801/373-1598 evenings and weekends. Note: the Newsletter is not part of the University or the Library.

No paid advertisements are accepted, but any notice that is appropriate and has news value will be printed if there is room for it. Written contributions and bits of news are welcome. Claims for issues which are defective or damaged in the mail, and for back issues paid for but never received, will be honored without question within a year of publication.

The Abbey Newsletter is indexed in Art & Archaeology Technical Abstracts, Institute of Paper Chemistry Abstract Bulletin and Graphic Arts Literature Abstracts (RIT).

The editor encourages readers to copy and pass around articles from the Newsletter, even entire issues; but before copying on a scale that amounts to republication, permission must be obtained.