Guide to the Library Binding Institute Standard for Library Binding

The growing interest in preservation of library collections has fueled the use of the "Library Binding Institute Standard for Library Binding". Because the "LBI Standard" is based on the assumption that the reader understands the machinery and processes employed by the library binding industry, descriptive text is minimal. This guide translates the technical language of the "LBI Standard" into usable information that should enable librarians to use the "LBI Standard" to its fullest advantage. The book is both a supplement and complement to the "LBI Standard". The numbering scheme parallels the "LBI Standard" to facilitate the side-by-side reading of the two documents and offers preservation information in concise format. Since the purpose of the guide is to clarify its parent document and to improve communication between librarians and binders, use of terminology has been strictly limited, so that terms correspond to those found in the "LBI Standard" and no analogous terms are substituted. The illustrations are used to enhance the text, in order to help readers better understand what they are seeing as they study the features of a bound volume.
Appendices are also included as a series of management and training tools.