Keeping the old skills alive

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Originally Posted by woody649

I'm old enough to remember when larger libraries in some corners of the U.S. had workrooms where they would repair or replace the hardcover bindings on some books when they became too worn to circulate. I'm pretty sure that doesn't happen any more.

I think you will probably find that some specialised libraries will still do this, but the skills are being lost, I'm afraid.