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The digital revolution is changing the way in which the written word is being written, published, sold and read. Former director at the Library of Congress and the UC Berkeley Library, filmmaker Vivienne...
The research in this 14-minute video was made possible by Google’s book digitization efforts. Researchers Jean-Baptiste Michel and Erez Lieberman Aiden show in a light-hearted way that reading isn’t the...
This four part series explores the history of the printed book, with the emphasis on book design and illustration, from the first bibles to medieval masterpieces like Chaucer’s ‘Canterbury Tales’, and...
A 24-minute interview with Alan Rae, copyright adviser to the Scottish Association of Colleges. He discusses recent copyright issues in further education and implementation of the Copyright Licensing Agency...
Shows the correct handling of books to prevent unintentional damage. Discusses book structure and materials and shows in detail a range of practices to encourage books care. Particular attention is given to...
Gives guidelines on procedures necessary to salvage library materials which are damaged by flood or fire. Discusses staff training in the handling of damaged materials and suggests ways in which risks to the...
Discusses the care and handling of books as well as instruction on basic repairs that can be made to damaged books.
Shows some of the ways in which books and papers can be damaged by careless handling due to lack of thought or knowledge both in the library and the home. Shows some of the ways in which damaged material is...
The library at the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine contains many rare and beautiful books, some of them very fragile. The video shows a selection of colour illustrations from one of them,...
Part 1 stresses the need to preserve and extend the life of a book. Shows the way books are bound or cased by hand and the correct way to shelve them. Shows the damage that a poor environment and unsuitable...
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