Preservation Unit
44 Library, MC-522
UIUC Library
1408 West Gregory Drive
Urbana, IL 61801
217-244-1626
Conservation Lab
Oak Street Library Facility
2nd Floor
809 South Oak Street
Mail Code 527
Champaign, IL 61820
217-265-4198
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Some repairs are stopgap measures intended to hold materials together until they can be sent out for commercial re/binding.
On paper-bound items we can apply tyvek tape to the outer spine to hold torn covers together.
First, we glue the edge of the torn cover onto the text block. Next, we place a length of tyvek tape around this torn edge to reinforce the glue joint.