Binding Standards

Library Binding Institute Standard for Library Binding, 8th ed. (1986)

Available in print: Rochester, N.Y. : Library Binding Institute.

Data Elements for Binding Library Materials (ANSI/NISO Z39.76 1996)

United States standard that codes elements of a binding record to enable library and bindery automated systems to communicate. Developed by National Information Standards Institute.

Available in print: Bethesda, Md : NISO Press.

Library Binding and Library Prebound Books, draft standard

(ANSI/NISO Z39.78-199x)

Currently under review.

Related Works

American Library Association. Library Technology Program. Development of Performance Standards for Binding Used in Libraries, Phase II (1966)

Available in print: Chicago : American Library Association.

Merrill-Oldham Jan. and Paul A. Parisi. Guide to the Library Binding Institute Standard for Library Binding (1990)

Available in print: Chicago : American Library Association.

Ogden, Barclay W. and Robert J. Strauss. Performance Measures for Library Binding: Final Report (1995)

Available in print: Edina, Minn. : Library Binding Institute.

Tauber, Maurice Falcolm. Library Binding Manual; a Handbook of Useful Procedures for the Maintenance of Library Volumes (1972)

Available in print: Boston : Library Binding Institute.