Jim Larsen and Bruce Jacobsen discuss their experiences in the bookbinding industry. They describe how business has changed over time. They explain how much technology has affected this change and how technology itself has ...
Ralph Ocker and John Ocker, a father and son, describe their experience owning a family book binding business. They discuss how the industry changed over time, moving from handmade binding to automated binding. They describe ...
Julie Mosbo-Ballestro discusses her involvement in the development of National Preservation Week. She talks about her time as chair of the working group and of PARS. Drewes explains the beginnings of Preservation Week.
Lang Wightman discusses his career and the changes he has seen in the bookbinding profession. After two years at Hertzberg-New Method, he spent six years at Perfection Learning, where he set-up a complete bindery from ...
Laura Cameron recalls her experiences working for Stanford Libraries, Stanford University. She describes how she learned the trade of library binding, her mentors, the support she received from Stanford, and changes in ...
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 ...
Lori Foley talks about her previous career in book publishing and the process of starting to work in bookbinding, and her beginning in libraries. She talks about her work with the NEDCC and Heritage Preservation and how ...
Mark Hancock discusses his career in bookbinding. He describes the many roles he has played in his bindery. He also talks about what his bindery did that was different when compared to other binderies.
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 ...
Miriam Kahn talks about how she came to preservation and disaster preparedness. She worked with many vendors on emergency management. In 1992, she started teaching preservation workshops at Kent State University and later ...
Nancy Schrock talks about her career in conservation at the Winterthur Museum, the Rotch Architecture Library, Gaylord Brothers, Harvard College Library, and in private practice. Her interest in bookbinding emerged while ...
Paul Parisi and Maggie Parisi discuss their experiences in the bookbinding business. Paul was born into the industry and describes how much it has changed over time. They describe how they have managed their bindery during ...
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 Schnare walks through his entire work history throughout the Northeast of the United States, especially in New York, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. Much of his work touches on special collections, emergency management, ...
Robert Sibert discusses his career as a third generation bookbinder. He explains the history of the company and the many changes it has seen under his leadership. He describes a great deal of the technological advances ...
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.
Sanda Nyberg discusses her career and the different paths she took. She went from cataloging experience in library school, to hands on preservation work, to microfilming, and to her final position as grant writer for ...
Steve Roberts discusses being a marketer and CEO for a bindery. He describes the various roles and projects he has handled over his career. He offers a different view of the bookbinding industry with the view of it ...