Book Damage and Repair in School Libraries.

The author is a trained book conservator and frequently gives free book repair workshops to local public and school librarians. This study was a nationwide survey of American school librarians to inform future workshops. Participants were asked about the damage they found to library books and whether those damaged books were weeded, repaired, or left as-is. They were then asked to describe how they carried out specific repairs. The author added suggestions to supplement the repair techniques participants discussed. The author concludes that most damage from school library books can and should be treated in-house, which is preferable to discarding. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]