24 TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT

REPAIR AND BINDING

In the number of pages laminated and in almost every other area
of repair-room work we exceeded the good record of last year. In my
report for fiscal year 1962 I listed some of the miscellaneous duties
that the two Manuscript Repair Technicians performed. They were
fringe duties such as preparing exhibits, stamping record books with
the name of the county, and preparing journals for binding by the
State Use Industries which employ prison labor. I did not, however,
point out that this small staff is called on to substitute in the research
room especially on Saturdays and Holidays, to distribute the MARY-
LAND MANUAL to the General Assembly and to take responsibility for
the conduct of tours to their department. Since everyone is interested
in the repair and maintenance of manuscripts and in the binding of
books this is no small drain on their time. They are flexible by train-
ing, having been here a long time, and agreeable by nature.

Totals

Pages laminated ..................6,562
Manuscript record volumes bound ............ 63
Printed library books repaired...... 19
Post binders made .................. 2
Pamphlet covers made..................... 5
Volumes bound in soft leather.............. 1
County names printed on covers of volumes in stacks. 262
Exhibits set up in Repair Room.......... 9
Mounting for exhibit cases................ 24
Photocopies of plats pieced together .6

PHOTOCOPYING

For want of some better place we have included under this title,
all photocopying done on order for clients, all miscellaneous photo-
copying done for our own use, and all orders which we got from other
state agencies and for which we cannot make a charge. This accounts
for all photostating and quick-copying but it is only a minor part of
the microfilming. Our large film projects will be found described in
"Records Management", in "County Land Records Project" and in
"Church Records". It is perhaps noteworthy that our receipts for
photocopying were greater this year than ever before.