Princeton Public Library: Book Anatomy

Princeton NJ

10 August, 2021

1:37 PM

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Press release from Princeton Public Library: Andre Levie August 10, 2021 Some time ago I noticed a diagram of pieces of a book pinned up next to a colleague's desk. She had found it via an online image search and kept it because in our line of work being able to refer to specific pieces of a book can be useful. For example, we may need to refer to a part of a book if we are doing a bit of book repair or if we need to return books, damaged in shipping, to a vendor. However, looking at this image was a reminder to me that despite working with books for years I had more to learn about the pieces of this ancient technology. After some research, I have come up with a few definitions that, if not all that useful in day-to-day library work, might be fun to drop in conversation at parties if you want to appear "book smart": It is amazing how well all these pieces work together. The next time you pick up a book at the library please take a moment to consider how long this format has lasted and how relevant it remains even in our high-tech world.   Public domain image from Wikimedia Commons.   This press release was produced by Princeton Public Library. The views expressed here are the author's own.