The Library Binding Committee will meet bi-monthly to discuss, review,
suggest, or enact uniform policy and procedure associated with
commercial binding of library materials.
The Committee will produce a library-wide Binding Policy Manual that
may be amended to new technological trends in the commercial binding
industry.
Methods to improve communications between units will be explored and
established.
The Committee will:
Review and discuss current procedures in all units.
Identify similarities and differences in procedures, resolve
problems and adopt most efficient operations.
Produce revised or new procedural documents in paper and HTML
Web formats monthly.
Generate a completed Binding Policy Manual.
Establish basic competencies and training for library binding
preparations and processing staff.
The Committee will continue to meet bi-monthly to monitor
binding operations and maintain communication. Frequent contact
through electronic mail and/or the Web will complement this
process.