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This page last updated on
July 14, 2010
hese resources are periodically updated with information from the Standards of Excellence Seminars.
Reviews of many of the presentations are available in the GBW Journal. Back issues are available.
Future items will include bibliographies, presentation notes, photographs of techniques, and other informative resources.
If you have something you would like to post here, please contact Eric Alstrom, Communications Chair.
Seminar Handouts
Currently, handouts from the presentations are being uploaded to the site. These are linked to the list of presenters on the History page. We have many of the handouts from 1989 through 2005 (with some missing). If you have copies of missing handouts, please contact Eric Alstrom, Communications Chair.
Many thanks to GBW members Mark Andersson and Peter Verheyen for spearheading this project!
Sample handouts and other resources from Standards Seminars:
- Stitches and Sewings for Bookbinding Structures
by Betsy Palmer Eldridge
Standards of Excellence October 2008
(This is also available in a pamphlet layout if you wish to print and sew your own copy.) - Edge Gilding and Edge Decoration for Books
by Peter Geraty
Standards of Excellence November 2004 - Spring Back Ledger Bindings
presented by Richard Baker
Standards of Excellence October 2003
(Review by Peter Verheyen published in the Guild of Book Workers Journal, Summer 2005) - Chemise and Slip Case
by Monique Lallier
Standards of Excellence September 2002 - Vellum Over
Boards
by Peter D. Verheyen
Standards of Excellence October 2001 (expanded handout) - Oriental Papermaking
by Jim Canary
Midwest Annual Meeting and Workshop March 2001 - Foundations of Leather Bibliography
by Betsy Palmer Eldridge
Standards of Excellence October 2000 - Basic Paper Treatments for Printed Book Materials
presented by Betsy Palmer Eldridge
Standards of Excellence October 1989
(Review by Peter Verheyen published in the Guild of Book Workers Journal, Spring 1991)