The Vespiary Book Binding & Book Conservation

Here in Montana, you can still easily imagine the wildness that was the West during the 1800’s.  Something about the colors of the landscape, or the vast spaces between towns.  It’s intriguing to think that librarians were coming out here at that time as well - resourceful, passionate women with a love for adventure and [...]

I’m a loyal reader of the Metafilter collective blog, known affectionately as the “Best of the Web,” although vigorous debates as to the validity of that statement are as regular as the swallows of Capistrano.  A recent post pointed me to the new Flickr group called “My Day, Yesterday.”  Members splice snippets of video from [...]

I admit, I watch a fair piece of TV, but a recent episode of “Dirty Jobs” on the Discovery Channel called “Vellum Maker” was helpfully brought to my attention.  I’m still looking for a copy of the full episode, but in the meantime, these clips will have to suffice.
I came face to face with the [...]

The blogs have been a hoppin’ lately with book and conservation related goodies.  Here are some gems from a few of my favorites.
MAKE magazine recently posted a fun set of links about an art installation called “Breathing Books.” It appears that the Arduino mechanism that powers the breathing action caused a bit of a stir [...]