Books on books on books : An interview with librarian Amelia Grounds
Further rounding out the ABM staff is librarian and preservationist Amelia Grounds. Amelia has worked with rare books and special collections across the Bay, with UC Berkeley’s Preservation Department, and across the pond, where she earned her degree in Library and Information Science from University College London. With training and experience
Everything in here that isn’t a book: An interview with archivist Jae Mauthe
As plans for construction progress and programming content develops, changes are taking place on the personnel side of things at the AMB as well: introducing archivist Jae Mauthe! Jae has developed and led all aspects of large scale digitization projects with libraries at University of California, Berkeley, Northern Regional Library
Saturday’s Bookbinding Tutorial
This past saturday we held our first bookbinding tutorial here at the museum. 4 of our volunteers came out and learned how to do a simple pamphlet stitch as well as the more complex sewing over tapes with a french fold, then casing into a hard cover. Since one of
The American Bookbinders Museum: A Brief History of the Museum, Library, and Archive
Founder Tim James has been collecting bookbinding material for twenty years, but the initial hunt wasn’t always for a museum. He began the collection with the thought that upon retiring he could move up to the Gold Country, open a 19th century bookbindery, and become the town curmudgeon. Fortunately for
Tim James Interviewed on KALW!
Check out this interview with our founder Tim James! http://kalw.org/post/making-book-beginning-end-one-san-francisco-s-last-remaining-bookbinders
Why A Museum to American Bookbinding?
The American Bookbinder’s Museum There is nothing quite like the feeling of an old book in your hands, the smell of the yellowed pages hitting you as you open it. As you get comfortable and settle in to spending some time with this remarkable object, you may wonder at how