Hello Michelle: Even though this title has been fully digitized at the Yiddish Book Center (see http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/books/search), there are times, as an author, when I prefer to do my research with hands-on paper sources. And so, my inclination would be to construct this kind of enclosure for keeping the book in one piece while on the shelf and to limit further physical damage:
https://www.nedcc.org/free-resources/preservation-leaflets/4.-storage-and-handling/4.5-protecting-books-with-custom-fitted-boxes . Quick fix, not too pricey. Quite a few of the older & more beat-up books at my workplace have this kind of enclosure around them. NEDCC also conducts "Preservation 101" workshops for those interested in learning how to care for fragile, damaged, or endangered books, files, and photos. Best of luck, Kimberley Shaw Wellesley College Library On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 8:02 PM, Michelle Sandler < michellegailsand...@gmail.com> wrote: > A Yiddish Book was donated to the Orange County Jewish Genealogy > Society. The book is old and falling apart. The title is > Jewish Landsmanshaften of New York (in Yiddish) by Yiddish Writers > Group of the Federal Writers Project published in New York by I.L. > Peretz Yiddish Writers Union 1938. > > Our societies Library has 138 Jewish Genealogy books and Avotaynu > magazine. What should I do with this book? Should I try to find an > outfit to repair it and who, or throw it away? Does it need to be > buried? > > I am a currently a volunteer Librarian at two Reform Synagogues in > Orange County California. I retired from a career college one person > library three years ago with a back disability. > > Sincerely > Michelle Sandler MLS > Westminster, California > __ > Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual > author > and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries > (AJL) > ================================== > Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: > hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu > To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: > https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu > Ha-Safran Archives: > Current: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > Earlier Listserver: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org > -- > Hasafran mailing list > Hasafran@lists.osu.edu > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran >
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