tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1196388063768443379.post6960786823032690964..comments2024-03-05T06:22:55.364-08:00Comments on Library History Buff Blog: Gaylord Bros and Book RepairLarry T. Nixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10859160864287059311noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1196388063768443379.post-63116109942994412452013-02-13T18:01:47.348-08:002013-02-13T18:01:47.348-08:00I recently commented to a younger colleague about ...I recently commented to a younger colleague about something being the color of a Gaylord box. She just looked at me without an ounce of comprehension. I added, trying to provide a clue, "you know, the ORANGE color." No, she hadn't a clue. "What's a gaylord?" she asked. I changed the subject.<br /><br />Does anyone else remember the vivid orange boxes in which all things from Gaylord were stored? Nelda Moorenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1196388063768443379.post-61982092041807793912013-02-13T14:37:07.948-08:002013-02-13T14:37:07.948-08:00Just the other day, in a conversation, I was wonde...Just the other day, in a conversation, I was wondering what had happened to in-house library mending. I remember, especially from 1953 to 1959, when I worked at the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore, that one of several menders would visit the branches where I worked and, on a set schedule, spend a day or part of it, mending books that we had set aside. I always thought it would be a fun job -- and would not be hard on ones feet, as children's librarianship (my specialty) was. On the other hand, it was probably lonely but perhaps a good job for people (always women, in my experience) who wanted to serve people without dealing with them -- and there are people who like that combination!<br />Now, as a user primarily of the Chicago Public Library, I note that someone writes in a book, "Missing pages 153-159," or some such, and the user is warned that stuff is not there, but no effort appears to be made to mend what is there. I do glue text blocks back in place if needed, glue in loose signatures, etc., but I have a feeling that no one appreciates that. On the other hand, I also think people appear to be easier on books than they were when I was a young librarian in the 1950s and later.<br />Peggy Sullivannoreply@blogger.com