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Bibliography

 Association of Research Libraries. Systems and Procedures Exhange Center. The Changing Role of Book Repair in ARL Libraries. Washington, DC: Association of Research Libraries. Office of Management Studies, 1993 (SPEC Kit 190)

Cunha, George Martin and Grant, Dorothy. Conservation of Library Materials: A Manual and Bibliography on the Care, Repair and Restoration of Library materials. 2nd ed. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1971. 2 vols.

Greenfield, Jane. Books: Their Care and Repair. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1983

Jones, Maralyn. Collection Conservation Treatment Berkeley, CA: University of California, 1993.

Kyle, Heidi, et. al. Library Preservation Manual. New York, NY: Nicholas Smith, 1983.

Milevski, Robert J. Book Repair Manual. Carbondale, IL: Illinois Cooperative Conservation Program, 1984.

Morrow, Carolyn Clark. Conservation Treatment Procedures: A Manual of Step-by-Step Procedures for the Maintenance and Repair of Library Materials. Littleton, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited, Inc., 1982.

Preservation and Conservation Workshop Manual. Baltimore, MD: The Milton S. Eisenhower Library, Johns Hopkins University, 1989.

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