The following are a variety of internet resources on book repairs. We recommend consulting the YouTube Channel of Syracruse University Library which offers a variety of video demonstrations on a large variety of repairs.  You may also be interested in this video prepared by Yale University in the 1980s.  If you have questions on the parts of a book, consult this pdf.

Specific Situations & Repairs

• Air Dry Wet Books
  
• Cleaning Books
  
• Corner Repair or try a YouTube - Corner Repair
• Detached Bookblock
  
• Hinge Tightening or try a YouTube - Hinge Tightening
• Replace Endsheet
• Spine Repair
  
• Spine Replacement or try a YouTube - Spine Replacement
• Tear Repair
  
• Tipping in a Page or try a YouTube - Tip-ins
  
• Torn Pages or try a YouTube - Taping a Torn Page
  

--- Additional YouTubes from Syracruse University Library

General Book Care

• A.I.C. - Caring for Books
• Basic Preservation (pdf)
• Book Arts -  Preservation & Conservation Links
• Book Care for Bibliophiles
  
• Canadian Conservation Institute
• Caring for Rare Books
  
• Conservation Book Repair: A Training Manual
• Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts
  
• Glossary of Bookbinding Terms
  
• Northeast Document Conservation Center
• Preserving Books in Your Home Library (pdf)
• Preserving Works on Paper: Manuscripts, Drawings, Prints, Posters, Maps, Documents

Equipment and Supplies

• Archival Products
• Brodart Library Supplies
• Demco
• Gaylord Supplies
  
• Kapco
  
• Talas
  
• University Products
  
• Vernon Library Supplies
  

Updated 4/13