[game_preservation] Book debinding

[Henry Lowood]

Devin,

I would advise contacting your library's preservation department to ask 
for advice.  There exist preservation book scanners (prism scanners and 
the like) that do not lay the book flat, and failing that, they can 
advise with best practices for removing the binding and then eventually 
repairing the book. 

Henry

Devin Monnens wrote:

> I got a rare Metroid strategy guide from Japan that has some artwork I 

> want to scan. IMO the book is overpriced collector's item, but I need 

> the pictures so that was that. Anyway, the book is impossible to scan 

> because it is VERY tightly bound (you can't even open it 50 degrees 

> without damaging the binding. I will therefore need to debind the 

> book, ideally by melting the glue. What is a good procedure for 

> debinding it with limiting damage to the book? I figure if we're 

> dealing with physical collections, someone here must have experience 

> with that... The next trick would be RE-BINDING, but I'll save that 

> for later.

>

> -Devin

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