The Vespiary Book Binding & Book Conservation

Fixin’ books in the Wild West

Archive for the 'articles' Category

luthier, n. - a lute-maker

Our local weekly just published a nice article on local luthier, George Weisel. I’ve been scouring the CoOL and AIC databases for Montanan conservators of various kinds and have come up short, so it was nice to see that Missoula is home to not just one but three talented strnged instrument restorers, John Joyner [...]

calamity, n. - The state or condition of grievous affliction or adversity

The flooding in the Midwest and its effect on the libraries there have had general destruction on my mind. Not too long ago, I read My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk (recommend!) and there was a passage there that I copied down to put my role in the conservation world into perspective. [...]

durable, adj. - capable of lasting or continuing in existence

Who isn’t talking about digitization and the projected demise of the word on paper? My reading load and podcast schedule has been full of it lately, with some surprising arguments for paper as technology. On the Media recently had a whole program dedicated to the book, and one of the featured speakers was [...]

Timbuctoo - (1863) Town on the edge of the Sahara in West Africa, used as the type of the most distant place imaginable.

Looks like digitization projects in Timbuktu have made the New York Times again. Kevin over at Library Preservation had a post last year regarding efforts by various African governments to digitize the sea of rare books floating around the once and future intellectual hub of the African continent. This article focuses on the [...]

« Previous PageNext Page »