Textbook repair

I have sat at the foot of the Textbook Repair Guru - And her name is Veronica Ortega! In the storage room of John Muir MS library the textbooks are stacked from floor to ceiling - and they are beautiful! Each one has been reviewed (quickly) at the end of the year and every single book with a bent corner has been carefully repaired by Muir's Library Assistant. She takes the utmost care to locate all places where a piece of tape or a bit of hot glue can be the difference between the extended life or the immediate death of a textbook. We sat together as I learned to cover corners, separate and adjoin spines, white out grotesque doodles, and put Humpty Dumpty back together again. I am a little nervous because I did not give the same attention to my textbooks that were returned and believe I have severely diminished their shelf life. Next year once the books have been checked out and the worst ones kept, we will begin a repair process. Now I know how to make all the work worth while! Thanks Veronica!