Education and Training

American Academy of Bookbinding - Professional program for book binders and students. Course and information on program.
www.ahhaa.org/AAB.html

Designer Bookbinders - Non-profit UK promoter of the craft of British bookbinding through exhibitions, lectures and publications.
www.designerbookbinders.org.uk

Gigabooks Hand Bookbinding Supply - Information about and products for binding paperback books by hand. Hand-binding presses, computer-printable cover stock and how-to information.
www.gigabooks.net/

The History of Bookbinding - Company site offering informational page on history of bookbinding.
www.weitzcoleman.com/history.html

Knops Boekrestauratie - Information on various parts of a book and the way they are restored.
www.xs4all.nl/~knops/knops.htm

The Library of Congress: Concertina Book Instructions - Illustrated instruction for constructing books that were traditionally used for Buddhist sutras or for albums of calligraphy or paintings.
www.loc.gov/preserv/care/concertina.html

North Bennet Street School Programs - Offers two-year, full-time bench bookbinding program. Curriculum, facilities, and faculty. Boston, Massachusetts.
www.nbss.org/Programs/index.asp=3fpageaction=3dViewSinglePublic&LinkID=3d73&ModuleID=3d17

A Simple Book Repair Manual - Provides general advice and guidelines for in-house book repair, materials appropriate for book repair, ten simple repairs, and a book repair toolbox. The web version of the Simple Book Repair Manual was created by members of Preservation Services, Dartmouth College Library.
www.dartmouth.edu/~preserve/repair/repairindex.htm