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Our Conservation team enjoyed hosting a visit from Moriki Papers last week! We shared how we use Japanese paper in our studio and learned about the art of Japanese papermaking.

#CULConservation #BookConservation #PaperConservation #JapanesePaper #PaperRepair #Papermaking
October 3, 2025 at 8:04 AM
brownbindery.bsky.social
Last few books that have been on the bench.
#brownbindery #brownbinderyconservation #bookconservation #bookandpaperconservation #leatherconservation #woodconservation #furnitureconservation #guildofbookworkers #guildofbookworkers2025 #sapfm
January 11, 2025 at 6:31 PM
gilliganem.bsky.social
When your book isn’t square. #conservationISpy #bookbinding #bookconservation #bigsigh
A t-square aligned on a piece of binders board next to the tail of an unbound book.
January 30, 2025 at 9:58 PM
gladlib.bsky.social
You can find the books still waiting to be Befriended when you click here www.gladstoneslibrary.org/befriend-a-b... (scroll down for Befriend a Book)

#Book
#antiquebooks
#rarebooks
#bookcare
#bookconservation
#befriendabook
#sponsorabook

📚 4/4
| Befriend a Book
www.gladstoneslibrary.org
December 13, 2024 at 1:47 PM
gilliganem.bsky.social
Usually #endbands are sewn directly onto a book at the head and tail. The book on my bench is mostly single plates- there’s no fold to sew through and anchor the thread. I’m sewing a “dummy” band on linen around a hemp core. I’ll glue the linen to the spine #bookconservation #conservationispy
Two skeins of embroidery floss. Two scraps of hemp twine. A piece of linen with a two-color, sewn-on endband. Two threaded needles
January 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
gilliganem.bsky.social
How to operate a Scrap Book. #scrapbooking #bookconservation #conservationispy
Two labels adhered in the lower right corner of a scrapbook cover. The yellow label on top is the manufacturer. The cream label on the bottom is directions for gluing items into the scrapbook
August 19, 2025 at 7:48 PM
theul.bsky.social
The visit focused on the exchange of experiences around the consolidation of pigments, looking at case studies from the UL’s amazing special collections.

#CambridgeUniversityLibraries #CULconservation #ConservationCommunity #BookConservation #PigmentConsolidation
The Cambridge University Library Conservation Department receives a visit from colleagues at the Oxford Conservation Consortium (OCC). We see a group of conservation colleagues looking at an old book in the studio.
January 7, 2025 at 10:33 AM
bigriverbindery.bsky.social
I had to cut strips of 10 point board for a preservation enclosure workshop. Thank god my board shear is just big enough for the roll. #bookbinding #bookconservation #cuttingmaterial
February 17, 2025 at 12:47 AM
kkconserves.bsky.social
Washed, filled, mended, re-bound ✅
Custom book box w/ built-in cradle ✅

#library #archives #bookconservation #paperconservation #restoration #binding #boxmaking
Restored book in custom book box with built-in book cradle
December 11, 2024 at 2:40 PM
iamkristine.bsky.social
Come and work with us! @theul.bsky.social 📚

#CULconservation #BookConservation @conservators.bsky.social
theul.bsky.social Cambridge University Library @theul.bsky.social · Aug 28
Applications are open for the post of Conservator (Book and Paper) at Cambridge University Library!

For full details and to apply, click here: https://loom.ly/VUgy3Uo

The closing date for applications is Sunday 7 September 2025.
August 28, 2025 at 12:39 PM
gladlib.bsky.social
You can find the books still waiting to be Befriended when you click here www.gladstoneslibrary.org/befriend-a-b... (scroll down for Befriend a Book)

#Book
#antiquebooks
#rarebooks
#bookcare
#bookconservation
#befriendabook
#sponsorabook

📜 4/4
| Befriend a Book
www.gladstoneslibrary.org
December 13, 2024 at 1:46 PM
cwjbrown.bsky.social
Bookish.
I’m a book, paper, and leather conservator in private practice.

#guildofbookworkers #guildofbookworkers2024
#brownbindery
#bookconservation
#bookandpaperconservation
November 14, 2024 at 11:35 PM
gladlib.bsky.social
You can find the books still waiting to be Befriended when you click here https://www.gladstoneslibrary.org/befriend-a-book

#Book
#antiquebooks
#rarebooks
#bookcare
#bookconservation

🛡️ 4/4
A later page in The Shield of Dissent showing black ink text and William Gladstone's pencil handwriting
December 13, 2024 at 1:57 PM
bigriverbindery.bsky.social
Who else has a collection of different weights for bookbinding? Soft, hard, heavy, and light, they all come in handy in the shop. #bookbinding #weights #bookarts #bookconservation #bookrepair
March 19, 2025 at 9:23 PM
gilliganem.bsky.social
Wish me luck. #conservationbinding #bookconservation #halfleather
A bound volume in the process of getting a new leather spine
February 20, 2025 at 7:28 PM
theul.bsky.social
Last year the Cambridge University Library Conservation Department received a visit from colleagues at the Oxford Conservation Consortium (OCC).

#CambridgeUniversityLibraries #CULconservation #ConservationCommunity #BookConservation #PigmentConsolidation #KnowledgeSharing
The Cambridge University Library Conservation Department receives a visit from colleagues at the Oxford Conservation Consortium (OCC). We see a group of conservation colleagues chatting in the studio.
January 7, 2025 at 10:33 AM
bigriverbindery.bsky.social
If a broken book has damaged thread inside, we will take it apart and resew the text block. It’s satisfying to have it strong and secure again. #bookconservation #bookbinding #bookart
December 7, 2024 at 12:35 PM
gladlib.bsky.social
You can find the books still waiting to be Befriended when you click here www.gladstoneslibrary.org/befriend-a-b... (scroll down for Befriend a Book)

#Book
#antiquebooks
#rarebooks
#bookcare
#bookconservation
#befriendabook
#sponsorabook
www.gladstoneslibrary.org
December 13, 2024 at 1:45 PM
gilliganem.bsky.social
Work cocktail #glaire #goldtooling #bookbinding #bookconservation
March 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
kkconserves.bsky.social
Washing pages of an old ledger to reduce staining and add flexibility back into the pages before losses are filled and the book is rebound 📖💧 #archive #archives #bookconservation #paperconservation #restoration
Disbound book signatures being washed in a tray
November 19, 2024 at 9:23 PM
gladlib.bsky.social
It quickly became the standard reference gazetteer for Scotland.

The final volume features entries from MAA to ZET, including Perth, Mauchline and Stornoway Castle. It is beautifully illustrated with plates and maps.

#antiquebook
#rarebook
#bookcare
#bookconservation

📖 2/3
A map of the Orkney Islands coloured in delicate pinks, greens and yellows
December 14, 2024 at 9:00 AM
theul.bsky.social
It’s all hands on deck in #CULconservation as our Conservation team prepares objects for the next exhibition, Curious Cures: medicine in the medieval world.

#CambridgeUniversityLibraries #BookConservation #CuriousCures
Manuscripts and books being carefully placed on their cradles for the Curious Cures exhibition.
March 26, 2025 at 4:54 PM
uolconservation.bsky.social
⚠️ Job Alert ⚠️

Closes on Monday, so don't delay!

❓ Assistant Conservator
📍 National Library of Scotland
🗓️ Closes 21 July
🔗 nls.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/...

#conservation #culturalheritage #heritage #conservationjobs #heritagejobs #libraryjobs #library #bookconservation #paperconservation
July 19, 2025 at 7:41 AM
gilliganem.bsky.social
Practice, practice, practice! #bookbinding #bookconservation #goldtooling #titlelabel
Brass tools for hand lettering and gold tooling. They are on a bench next to practice leather with blind tooled title panels
April 2, 2025 at 1:02 PM
gilliganem.bsky.social
So many days of tape removal! #bookconservation #tapeisevil #conservationispy
A woman’s head sitting at the edge of a table with a towel around the neck. Arranged to look like a detached head. The woman is making a silly face.
May 13, 2025 at 1:20 PM