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Good candidates for tip-ins have straight edges and fit well in the book.

1. Practice putting the page back in the book. Make sure the page lines up with edges of the book and that the page is in the right place


2. Put a small amount of paste on the very edge of the page


3. Fit the page back in the book, again making sure the page lines up with the rest of the book


4. Place waxed paper before and after the page


5. Put a weight on the book and allow to dry about 1 hour

Sounds Interesting. Should we get a formal time of instruction from Karl. How many times a week do you think you would be doing this? Could this be something a student could be taught to do when they have time?

Just in case anyone is wondering, after I e-mailed Joan with my question about whether we should write anything on the requests for pre-1850 books that are determined to be loanable (based on loaning status in Aleph, condition, rarity and value), she called and said that there was no need for us to write anything on a request for a pre-1850 that we determine it is loanable. It can go over in a bin without any notes made on the request.

The idea of us having the option to take care of some of the tip-ins ourselves sounds nice. It could be convenient when, for some books, needing a page tipped-in is the only reason we take it to Karl.

When I took a book up to Karl this evening to have him tip-in a loose page, he suggested that he could set us up with some glue and a paintbrush and we could do tip-ins ourselves. Anyone interested?