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At my old district, I would do the same, but use DEMCO's Norbond glue. However, the textbooks were getting so bad that I told my principal I wouldn't repair anymore unless he bought me the glue and the book tape necessary to do the job. It got way too expensive to use my library budget to buy all the supplies I was using for textbooks. After looking into costs for rebinding books, he bought me the supplies. I did warn him that I was only buying a little more time because my repair job wasn't going to last forever.

Lauren Ochs

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On Jan 19, 2017, at 1:00 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info<mailto:islma at list.railslibraries.info>> wrote:

Hello.

Lately, many students have brought their textbooks to me for repair. The most common problem is that the spine has separated from the outside cover. I usually glue the spine back to the cover and then tape the insides with book tape. I put some rubberbands around the book for the glue to dry.

I have no idea if this is the best strategy for repairing large books. Does anybody have any better suggestions? Also, is there a special glue you use on the spine? I am currently just using Elmer's.

Thanks for any feedback!

-Amy Edrington
Central A&M


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