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Pressing MatterSpring, 2007 Number 1 The Publication of the Deleware Valley Chapter of the Guild of Bo

I am excited about the opportunity to ser ve as President

of the Delaware Valley Chapter (DVC) of the Guild

of Book Workers for the next two years. I was very

impressed by the level of participation in our election.

Approximately 50% of our members se nt in both their

nominations and votes. So, I know that you are out there

and that you are interested in our chapter. This brings

me to my rst goal: I want to see more of you! I amgoing to try to organize more events that will bring us

all together. Recently, it was brought to my attentionthat the Guild of Book Workers is primarily a social

organization. I want to fulll the Guilds mission ofestablishing and maintaining a feeling of kinship and

mutual interest among our members.

Fromthe President

Meet the new DVC ofAnnual Meeting Marc

A special thanks to Denise Carb

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Secondly, I want to see our tiny chapter gro

smallest chapter with 28 members current

one time we had about 40 members. We w

together a survey to nd out what people wChapter. I also plan to send our rst newsto local GBW members who are not Chapt

an enticement to join. Our rst gatheringMeeting is in March. I am hoping to gathopinions and ideas then. I look forward

and hearing your ideas and comments.

Jennifer W

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who supported

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already on their

And Im not goiThanks, Denise

New Chapter Ofcers from left to right: Jennifer Woods Rosner, President; Hedi Kyle, ProgramDirector; Alice Austin, Secretary/Treasurer; Sharon Hildebrand, Newsletter Editor

In This Issue:

DelawareValleyChapterGuildofBookWorkers

c/oTheMcLeanConservationDepartment

TheLibraryCompanyofPhiladelphia

1314LocustStreetPhiladelphia,PA19107

AreA hAPPenings

Seminar in American Bookbinding HistoryFriday, March 9, 2007

9:00 AM 4:30 PMMusic Room, Goodhart Hall, Bryn Mawr CollegeRegistration fee: $40; Student registration: $10. Registration fees include lunch.Deadline for registration: March 5, 2007.

The Bryn Mawr College Library is sponsoring a one-day seminar to stimulate research in the historyof bookbinding in America by reporting on current studies, identifying gaps in our knowledge of

the eld, and proposing promising areas of research. The seminar will be moderated by Jim Green,

Librarian of The Library Company of Philadelphia, and will feature presentations by 10 scholars

on aspects of the nineteenth-century American and Canadian bookbinding trades. Presentations

will be followed by discussion and sharing of ideas among all attendees. This event is being

held in connection with the Librarys exhibition, Bound and Determined: Identifying AmericanBookbindings, on display from January 30 to June 3, 2007.For more information:www.brynmawr.edu/library/bindingseminar.shtml

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The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, the Yale

Arts of the Book Collection and the Whitney Humanties

Center invite you to participate inAt the Turn of the Centuries:

The Inuence of Early 20th Century Book Arts on Contemporary

Artists Books, a symposium to be held on April 13, 2007, on

the campus of Yale University.

Registration is free, but required for planning purposes.

Space for the afternoon breakout working groups is very

limited, thus registration is mandatory for these sessions.

The deadline for registration is Monday, April 2, 2007. For

more information visit:

http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/centuries/index.htm

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Jennifer Rosner brings morethat 25 years of experience to

her position as the Chief of

Conservation at The Library

Company of Philadelphia,

where she is responsible for

overseeing the conservation and

preservation of approximately

500,000 books and 50,000 prints

and photographs. In addition

to her responsibilities at the Library

Company, Jennifer was also was a lecturer

on bookbinding at University of the Arts

for more than a decade. Her publicationsinclude the article Pre-Ornamented

Bookcloth on Nineteenth Century Cloth

Case Bindings, which she co-authored

with fellow conservator Andrea Kruppand was published in The Papers of the

Bibliographical Society. Jennifer has also

assisted with curating two exhibitions,

Making a Case for Cloth: Publishers Cloth

Case Bindings 1830 -1900 and Hidden

Treasures: Decorated Papers.

ABook Conservator for

The Library Company of

Philadelphia, Alice Austin

combines her knowledge

of bookbinding with her

interest in unusual book

forms. She creates artist

books that often function

without words, using a

sculptural approach to

surprise and delight the

viewer. A rich tapestry of

color and texture make for

complex, yet simply appealing artwork.

Alices books have been exhibited

internationally and are in both publicand private collections.

Hedi Kyle is Conservator Emeritusof the American Philosophical So-

ciety and Adjunct Professor at the

University of the Arts, both in Phila-

delphia. At the University she teaches

book structures to MFA students of

the Graduate Program in Book Arts

and Printmaking. Hedi Kyle gradu-ated from the Werk-Kunst Schule in Wiesbaden, Germany. After a brief

career as a graphic designer, her

interest turned to book arts

and book conservation. Herone-of-a-kind constructions

have been exhibited inter-

nationally, and are in private

and public collections. She

is co-founder of Paper and

Book Intensive (PBI), and has

given workshops in the U.S.,

Canada, and Switzerland for

the past twenty years.

AnnuAl meeting scheduledFormArch

Please join us for our annual meeting on Wednesday Ma

at 5:00 in the evening at the Library Company, 1314 Loc

Philadelphia. This meeting is a chance for us to get to know

better through conversation and presentation. We ask th

bring an example of their work to share with the group.

courage you to invite a friend who might be interested in

group. Wine and cheese will be ser ved, and a short busin

will be held. Hope to see you there!RSVP by March 19: bindery@librarycompany.org or 21

The Codex Foundation produced the rst biennial CODEX Book Fair anda Symposium entitled: The Fate of the Art, The Hand Printed Book in the 21stCentury. The Book Fair and Symposium took place February 12, 13, 14, & 15,2007 on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley.

I was able to attend the book fair on the 14th and 15th. The fair featured hand-

press printers and ne art presses and included booksellers, bookbinders,papermakers, bibliophile organizations, and educational programs in the

book arts. The number of wonderful books was impressive and I am glad I

had two afternoons to enjoy the variety of books. It was great to see the work

of the international artists since we dont often have that opportunity. I washappy to buy the trade edition of Gaylord Schanilacs new book Mayies of

the Driftless Region. For only $85 you can own all his beautiful woodcuts

- this is an edition of 1000 that he printed from the type and blocks usedfor the ne press edition(midnightpapersales.com). The San Francisco BayAreas libraries, book-arts & bibliophilic organizations hosted events, exhibitsand receptions during the week. I attended the opening Wednesday night at

the San Francisco Center for the Book of a show titled Buch Kunst - BookArt from the Hamburg Archives. It was full of more books wellworth seeing. There is so much to enjoy in the Bay area. I hope that

in two years I will attend another fair in Berkeley!

Alice Austin

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After attending the Oregon Collegeof Art and Craft, Sharon Hildebrandmoved to Philadelphia where

she worked in the conservation

department at the Library of The

American Philosophical Society.

Since then, Sharon has worked in

book and paper conservation at the

Historical Society of Pennsylvania,and the Library Company of

Philadelphia. Currently, Sharon is

the Conservator for the Brandywine

River Museum, and through her small

business, Hildebrand Book Arts, Sharon offers services

in conservation, box making,

and small edition binding. In

addition, she teaches classes

in book arts at Fleisher Art

Memorial and in her studio.

The CODEX Foundation International Book Fair

A special thank you...

to Denise Carbone for her many years of service as our

chapter president. Denise volunteered her time and en-ergy to keep our small chapter alive and well. Thanks

to Denises efforts our members beneted from numer-

ous workshops, lectures, eldtrips, and social events.

We look forward to Denises continued participation

in chapter activities. Great job DC, and thank you!