Not to give all my presentation at the upcoming PAIG session on the binding survey...there is great support of the library binding standard from our survey respondents. I don't really know what the timeline for updates to standards is other than "as needed" per the NISO website, but given it's been five years and in that five years a LOT has changed, it may be time for review.
------------------------------
Beth Doyle
Head, Conservation Services Dept.
Duke University William R. Perkins Library
She/Her/Hers
------------------------------
Original Message:
Sent: Feb 15, 2023 12:11 PM
From: Fletcher Durant
Subject: ALA Guide to the ANSI/NISO/LBI Library Binding Standard
Dear PAIG members,
I am posting this as a member of the Core Publications Coordination Committee. ALA Editions has been looking at older titles that have not been selling strongly to see if they need to be updated or are still relevant. One of the titles that has been recently noted is the classic Guide to the ANSI/NISO/LBI Library Binding Standard, which was last updated in 2000.
https://www.alastore.ala.org/content/guide-ansinisolbi-library-binding-standard
I recognize that several of our members are researching current library binding practices (sign up for the library binding survey report in early March!), but I wanted to reach out to the group to hear our members' thoughts on the Guide as a functional document and perhaps plant the seeds for folks to write an updated edition. Or not.
If anyone has thoughts about updating the Guide (or any other potential preservation monograph ideas), please reach out to me at
fdurant@ufl.edu. I am more than happy to talk about publishing through Core and how to get started.
Sincerely,
Fletcher