=Binding Records and Notes, Newark=
Rules followed in Newark Library in sending books to bindery.
Remove book slip, having first compared its number with the number on
the book pocket. This book slip is stamped with the word Bindery and
with the date, and then is filed with other similar slips, all being
kept in groups in accordance with the kinds of binding the books are to
receive. The slips for the books sent each month are also put together.
On the title page of the book underline with light pencil marks such
words as are to be gilded on the back. Make the title for the back as
short as it can be made without loss of identity. If the name on the
title page is a pseudonym, write the author's correct name beside it in
small letters.
Most books are sent in groups with a general note of instruction as
to the binding of the whole group. For example, a hundred books may
be sent in one lot with a note saying, "Bind in pigskin in the usual
style."
When special bindings are required, which call for special
instructions, tip slightly in the front of the book, usually on the
title page, a slip of yellow paper 3×5 inches. Bright yellow is chosen
because it is easily distinguished from the white paper of the book,
even at night, and yet writing on it is quite legible. On this slip
write the call number of the book, the special style of binding wanted
and other remarks when needed, such as the following:
Rush. If the book is to be returned in haste.
See sample. When book is one of two or more volumes and a special style
of binding is to be carried out through the whole set.
Do not trim at all. When the book is of some special character and it
is desired to preserve all the paper.
When books come back from the bindery stamp the date of their return on
the lower left corner of the back cover immediately on their receipt.
Add to this date the name of the binder if the library employs more
than one firm.
This date makes it possible to tell how bindings wear, how many years
they last, etc.
Note the style of binding of each book and look for its book slip among
the other slips for books of this style.
For some reasons it would be wise to keep the slips from all books sent
to the bindery in one alphabetical series. In the Newark Library this
proves not to be as convenient as the method described, of keeping it
first by days or months and next by styles of binding.
Examine the lettering and the numbers on the back to see if they are
correct, comparing with the title page. Examine also the binding
throughout.
If all is satisfactory, put pockets and book plates in all the books
which require them.
Mark the pockets. Open each book carefully and thoroughly that the back
may be loosened and made more flexible.
All magazines send with yellow slips containing directions as to style
of binding, etc.