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gilding gilding or colouring edges may be done either at the time of trimming the edges or after cutting the boards the purpose of gilding or
attaching coversregardless of the sewing method used the sewn book must be knocked up to be square at head and spine by hammering along the
sewingbefore sewing the pages of a books must be pressed firmly to expel air and also to crease the folds of the sheets books are to be
collationcollation is the first task in the binding processes all the parts and the pages of a volume have to be correctly sequenced in the case
binding processesthe binding of books is both a craft and an art although the artistic aspect has receded to the background in modem binding
choice of bindery factors to be considered outside binders are normally selected through competitive bidding or through free selection whatever
home bindery vs commercial binderythe decision whether to send material to a commercial binder or to have a binder in the library is to be decided
pamphlets-binding policy for librariespamphlets are paper covered materials of fewer than fifty pages most libraries collect pamphlets and if
fictionfiction needs most careful consideration in view of heavy demand and use and its ephemeral nature still its heavy use may prompt
newspapersnewspapers of all the library materials the newspaper is probably the most comprehensive the easiest to collect and the most
periodicalsnow let us discuss the type of documents that need binding in libraries among these periodicals need to be bound for their archival
binding policy for libraries most libraries acquire various kinds of materials which need differential handling and care the question is what is an
library binding a historical sketch historically the purpose of binding has been the preservation of the written word prior to the
purpose and objectives of binding unlike private collection books in libraries are to be used by successive groups-be it a public library or an
binding and preservation workpreservation and binding are those aspects of librarianship that have frequently been neglected it is generally
elements of bindingthe wear and tear of books and other documents are normal features of most modem libraries binding and repair of damaged books
weeding in course of time some books in the library become outdated eg books with statistics some time later research result into making
withdrawal - library managementa book may be withdrawn from collectionfrom the stock register and shelf list if bull it is outdated bull
measures to minimise book lossessteep rise in cost of books ill-organised indian book market which makes replacement of lost material difficult
responsibility for loss of booksin a majority of libraries of the western countries librarians are not held responsible for books losses but many
loss of books - stock verification loss of books loss of books is inevitable in open access libraries wherein the users have
advantages and disadvantages of stock verificationsome of the advantages and disadvantages of stock verification are listed in
methodsfollowing is a brief description of the prevalent methods of stock taking stock verification by accession numbers the accession
stock verificationstock verification implies the physical check up of the articles on record this is a common practice in all organisations
shifting and reshifting books in order to take away the monotony of appearance of shelf arrangement and to introduced an element of novelty