Charles “Chuck” Cline, a chemist, worked in the bookbinding industry for over 30 years before starting his own company. He discusses his roles in adhesive research and development, mentors, changes in equipment and the ...

Fritz James describes his career in bookbinding, from working at Hertzberg-New Method to purchasing LBS. He discusses how the industry changed over his time in the field. He talks about the many innovations in the industry ...

Jack Fairfield discusses his experiences as a bookbinder. He talks about how the industry has changed over time. He describes several different methods of bookbinding.

Janice Comer describes developing preservation equipment and preservation enclosures for libraries. She spends a great deal of time discussing how the preservation field has changed over time. She talks about her mentors, ...

Jim Heckman discusses being a manager of a bookbindery. He describes his career path from sales to general manager and partial CEO. He also spends some time talking about how the industry has changed and will continue to change.

Lee Odgen of the HF Group and Jeremy “Jerry” Glick of Glick Bookbinding Corporation (which ultimately became part of the HF Group) discuss their careers working in the commercial bookbinding business. They discuss changes ...

Barclay Ogden and Michael Foley recall their experiences working for the University of California-Berkley. They describe the history of preservation at the University, the relationship between the bindery and the preservation ...

Robert J. (Rob) Mauritz discusses his early career in printing and his roles at Archival Products, which is a division of Library Binding Services. He describes the growth and change in the company, his mentors, character ...

Robert Strauss discusses his career as the head of the University of Minnesota library. He describes several projects he has worked on. He also talks about what he did to improve his bindery.

Tim McKenna discusses being a salesman and mechanic for box-making machines. He helped many book binders over his career in this capacity. He also describes how the industry has changed over time, and will continue to change.