As book lovers and conservationists we don’t like to remove original
bindings. We work hard in the Preservation Room trying to save as many books as
possible from a new binding and restoring them to their original aspect whenever
it is possible.
Many times we don’t have a choice other than to remove the
original covers as the extent of the damage, or massive use, has made the book
unable to return to our stacks. Thus, we have been carefully rebinding
them in a stronger conservation cloth (Linen Buckram), in several different
colors, not only giving our books a new life but our patrons an almost new
book.
