Book binding and restoration

Book binding and restoration

A beautiful present for yourself or for people dear to you from the UT Library

UT Library’s restorers of paper and book bindings can repair and restore your treasured memento, be it a valuable leather bookbinding, a favourite book that has lost its covers, an important family document, a large-format geographical map, or still something else, and give you advice about how to keep these things in good repair for a long time. If needed, we can supply archive boxes or covers for your materials, bind separate pages into albums and make new covers for a book.

Cost of restoration is time-based: 12.50 EUR/h + VAT. The amount of work depends on the conditions of the object and your wishes, conservation methods and materials are used. Generally, we follow the principle: as much as necessary, as little as possible.

UT Library’s experienced book binders can repair modern book bindings, laminate book covers and other objects, bind volumes of journals and newspapers.

 

Price list

Binding services

Unit

Price €
(incl. 20% VAT)

Price€ without VAT*

Book binding (side-stiched, hard covers)
A5-A4 format
A3-A2 format

volume

25.00 - 35.00 
40.00 - 50.00
20.83 - 29.17
33.33 - 41.67

Book binding (section -sewn, hard covers)

volume

35.00 - 50,00 

29.17 - 41.67

New hard-covers (encasing)

volume

25.00 - 35.00

23.83 - 29.17

Wire-binding
- book spine thickness up to 1,5 cm
- book spine thickness from 1,5 cm

volume

 
5.00
7.00
 
4.17
5.83
Lamination
- with side-stiching

volume

3.00
6.00
2.50
5.00
Other binding services (not incl. in the price-list) are time-based (price per hour)
e.g. dismantling the book, paper repairs

h

9.00

7.50 

Cost of restoration works is time-based (price per hour)

h

15.00

12.50

*Price for UT structural units

 

 

 

 

About the Department of Preservation and Conservation

The UT Department of Preservation and Conservation aims to ensure the physical good conditions of printed materials held at the UT Library and to guarantee the preservation of historical and cultural heritage. Four specialists in the department take care of the repairing and restoration of the books. 

Contacts

Restoration: Tiina Tensing and Dorel Sabre,  tel 737 5716, restaureerimine@ut.ee

Bindery: Anneli Jõgi and Triin Hellat tel 737 5791

 

 

 

 

 

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