One important part of my job is to train new student employees, but one of my highlights is to teach book repair skills to others such as Gloria Diez, one of our 2014 Lennox Interns. Gloria was our intern for Audiovisual Preservation, so she had no prior book conservation experience. We designed her internship to include book repair and basic paper conservation, because these are useful skills for dealing with ephemera and other print materials when working in a film archives. Not all of our students and interns come with book repair knowledge or skills, so it can be a challenge when explaining and showing how to do a full repair to a book, or to construct a phase box. When our students or interns have a hobby such as origami, sewing, knitting, or drawing that requires some hand skills, all the better. And if they are a quick and eager learner like Gloria, it makes it fun for me, too.
We first started with the basics of simple enclosures such as pamphlets, CoLibri pockets, and encapsulation with Mylar using bookmarks, folded pamphlets, and other non-collection materials. When we worked on rebacks, recases, full repairs, and new cases, we used discarded library books so Gloria could take all her samples with her when her internship was completed, as a 3D portfolio of her repair work. Then Gloria learned how to make phase and tux wrap boxes to house her repairs in.
This one-on-one time with Gloria also gave me a chance to learn a little more about her. All Lennox Interns time must come to an end and it’s sad to see them go, but I’m glad to give a little of my talents at book repair in order to aid Gloria in her future endeavors. Good luck Gloria!
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What a fantastic experience for an intern – really useful experience in a wide range of items. Best of luck for the future Gloria!
I just found this post! Thank you so much Mindy for teaching me so many things!!!