Signature of firm.
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| Date when sent. | Lettering. | Class and No. | Instruction. | Date Returned. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Fig. 129.—Binding Sheet ([Section 342]).
Some libraries use vellum instead of leather corners, while others have the corners of the leaves neatly rounded like a pack of modern playing cards, and some have the boards rounded to correspond. It is a good plan to have the corners of the leaves slightly rounded, but added corners of vellum often result in the roughing-up of the cloth which fits down to their edges, and there is no great benefit arising from the rounding of the corners of the covers. Other points will doubtless arise in the practice of every library, and these must be provided for as thought best. Metal corner-pieces let in between the split boards are not recommended.
| Pro- gres- sive No. | Date of Des- patch. | Lettering. | Class. | Material. | Date Re- turned. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |||||
| 2 | |||||
| 3 | |||||
| 4 |
Fig. 130.—Binding Order Book ([Section 342]).
342. Records and Checks.
342. Records and Checks.—When a lot of books for binding is sent out it must be accompanied by a set of instructions to the binder, and a copy of this must be retained at the library as a record and to check the books when returned. The most usual plan is to send out a binding sheet, ruled as in [Fig. 129], on which are entered the particulars of the books requiring binding. These particulars are also entered in a binding book, ruled exactly the same as the sheets, and in the last column of this the books are marked off as returned. This result, and an actual facsimile copy, may be obtained by using a duplicating book, the sheet sent to the binder being so perforated as to be easily removable. The double copying involved in making out two separate sheets is thus avoided. It is usual to make the binder’s messenger check over and sign for every lot of books at the end of the page. Another method, which possesses the advantage of enabling the binder to distribute the work in his workshop, and makes every book carry its own instruction, is as follows: Procure a large book of perforated slips, with a counterpart page, unperforated, behind every page of slips, in the style of a manifold order book. Have these pages ruled as in [Fig. 130], and progressively numbered.
Or separate order slips, as under ([Fig. 131]), can be used, and their purport briefly entered in a binding book ruled to show title, class and date returned, with a column for a consecutive number, which of course would be written on the corresponding slip.
| No. | Date sent |
| LETTERING | |
| TITLE | |
| AUTHOR | |
| VOL. No. | |
| CLASS No. | |
| Material | |
| Other instructions | |