LSM 12.1 : ELEMENTS OF BINDING AND PRESERVATION

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#1. What are the objectives of library binding ?

to enhance the life span of library materials by insulating against wear and tear

to improve the durable quality of library materials i.e.; maintaining them in good shape while being used

to improve their aesthetic qualities by creating a new book and thereby attracting readers to them

All of the above

#2. Which type of binding is of great value for university libraries and research libraries?

Home Bindery

Commercial Bindery

both a and b

None of the above

A home bindery is perhaps of great value in university libraries and some research libraries where the constant demand for the materials make it advisable to keep them on the premises.

Home bindery = having a binder in the library itself

#3. Regarding to binding process, which is true?

The production of binding is in two parts, i.e., Forwarding and Finsihing

All the processes of binding books before lettering and decoration, are known as `Forwarding' .

Finishing which embellishes a book with artistry, is regarded more difficult but forwarding is the most important

All are true

#4. How many processes are there in Forwarding and Finishing of a book binding?

Forwarding and Finishing include the following eight processes:

1.Collation
2.Sewing
3.Attaching covers
4.Endpapers
5.Gilding
6.Headbands
7.Hollow Backs
8.Finishing

#5. What is collation?

the correct sequencing of all the pages of a book before binding it

trimming the pages

sewing with a needle

pasting with cello tape

#6. What is whipstiching ?

It is a method for making a series of sections, then sewing all along them

stitching with a big needle

pasting pages to a tape

using heavy metal weights to press the papers

Oversewing (also called `overcastting or whipstiching’) was developed in the eighteenth century to hold
heavy plate books together firmly. It is a method for making a series of sections, then sewing all along them. Oversewing machines are the mainstays of modern library binders.

#7. What is Gilding?

sliding the book

punching the book

colouring edges

trimming papers

#8. What is the process of fixing the letters of titles, call numbers, etc. On the leather or cloth binding with special lettering tools called?

titling

naming

tooling

trimming

#9. Which kind of binding is needed for books which are very expensive and rare?

Half cloth binding

Half-leather binding

Full leather binding

Full cloth binding

Usually reference books such as encyclopaedias, dictionaries, atlases, etc., are given full-leather binding

#10. Half-leather binding is suitable for..

dictionaries

Periodicals and magazines

atlases

encyclopedias

#11. What kind of binding is given to standard books and textbooks which are very heavily used?

Half-leather binding

Full cloth binding

Full-leather binding

Half-cloth binding

#12. Books which are slightly cheaper are given which kind of binding?

Full- cloth binding:

Half -leather binding:

Half cloth binding

Full-leather binding:

#13. The need to find a less expensive process for binding paperbacks led to the development of which type of binding?

Full leather binding

the perfect binding

Full cloth binding

Half cloth binding

`perfect binding’ – Considered as the most imperfect.

This substitutes an adhesive for sewing.

not suitable for large or heavy volumes or coated papers.

excellent for cheap and porous papers, for publications with narrow inner margins and where it is
desired for a books to open flat without undue strain on the spine.

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LSM 12.1 : ELEMENTS OF BINDING AND PRESERVATION

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#1. What are the objectives of library binding ?

#2. Which type of binding is of great value for university libraries and research libraries?

#3. Regarding to binding process, which is true?

#4. How many processes are there in Forwarding and Finishing of a book binding?

#5. What is collation?

#6. What is whipstiching ?

#7. What is Gilding?

#8. What is the process of fixing the letters of titles, call numbers, etc. On the leather or cloth binding with special lettering tools called?

#9. Which kind of binding is needed for books which are very expensive and rare?

#10. Half-leather binding is suitable for..

#11. What kind of binding is given to standard books and textbooks which are very heavily used?

#12. Books which are slightly cheaper are given which kind of binding?

#13. The need to find a less expensive process for binding paperbacks led to the development of which type of binding?

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#1. What are the objectives of library binding ?

#2. Which type of binding is of great value for university libraries and research libraries?

#3. Regarding to binding process, which is true?

#4. How many processes are there in Forwarding and Finishing of a book binding?

#5. What is collation?

#6. What is whipstiching ?

#7. What is Gilding?

#8. What is the process of fixing the letters of titles, call numbers, etc. On the leather or cloth binding with special lettering tools called?

#9. Which kind of binding is needed for books which are very expensive and rare?

#10. Half-leather binding is suitable for..

#11. What kind of binding is given to standard books and textbooks which are very heavily used?

#12. Books which are slightly cheaper are given which kind of binding?

#13. The need to find a less expensive process for binding paperbacks led to the development of which type of binding?

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