The Book Doctor Is In
Date & Time
May 30, 20244:15 pm - 7:15 pm
Description
The Mid-Hudson Library System is partnering with Dutchess BOCES School Library System to offer a free book care workshop with Kimberly Young, the Book Doctor from DEMCO. Book Doctor Workshops provide book care training with the aim of helping you keep your collection in circulation longer.
Training includes protection and repair techniques and offers:
- A hands-on experience
- Ideas for protecting books ahead of circulation
- Tried-and-true methods for a variety of repairs
Kimberly will tailor the 3-hour training to your specific needs but workshops typically cover basic page repairs, tip-ins, hinge and spine repairs, book jacket and laminate applications, and how to reinforce spines.
Hardcover and softcover books, as well as small tools, will be supplied for participants.
Course Instructor: Your Book Doctor is Kimberly Young. She has worked in a wide variety of library settings across regionally, socially, and culturally diverse areas of the U.S. Her work focuses on collection development, material processing, and book care. As the Book Doctor, she has traveled the country helping hundreds of attendees build a range of new skills, a better understanding of processing books, and confidence. Kimberly loves meeting all the new people who are as passionate about book care as she is.
Location
Dutchess BOCES
5 Boces Rd Poughkeepsie 12601
