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 ...
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 ...
Suzanne (Sue) Kellerman talks about her long career in preservation at Penn State University Libraries. She became the university's first preservation librarian in 1992. She built the program from the ground up. Disaster ...
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.
Walter "Butch" Wingo talks about the many bookbinding positions he has had across the country, including his role at the Government Printing Office. He discusses his mentors and apprentices, unions, bookbinding technologies, ...