Bryan Murdock wrote:
That's interesting. Do you use any kind of special paper or printer
that archives better?
Just a heavy bond, acid free paper in an auto-duplexing laser printer.
That's usually enough to last for a very long time.
Why book binding in particular?
It lasts a long time and when you know what is involved, it is actually
kind of a relaxing activity (at least for me). Some people work with
wood to relax. I bind books.
Wouldn't just
a three ring binder be a lot easier? I'm thinking that'd be easier to
get the pages out to feed into a scanner to be re-imported into
digital format down the road someday?
Three ring binders are easier to put together and take apart to rescan;
however, not as durable. I've yet to have a three ring binder last more
than 6 or 7 years before the rings fell out or the cover wore out. I
suppose if you put it flat on a shelf and leave it, it would last a lot
longer. At the same time, if you know how to bind a book, it's not that
big of a deal to tear down a book, scan it, and then re-bind it in a new
binding.
At least half joking now, wouldn't it be even cooler to engrave it on
metal instead of printing it on flimsy paper?
Yes and no. Metal does last longer; however, given my metalworking
skills, I would much rather bind a thousand pages per week in a format
that lasts for a few hundred years than add 1 plate per week to the
binding in a format that lasts for a few thousand years (not to mention
how much more it costs to use a metal that wouldn't easily corrode).
And my half-joking response: Why do you think that Mormon abridged the
records with so few details about the history if the Nephites? I
wouldn't want to hand engrave all that stuff either.
Brice
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