News

The book will be available to researchers, without its cover. On Wednesday, the library apologized for objectifying and compromising the dignity of the woman whose skin was used for the binding ...
your book is nothing without binding holding it together. If you want something simple, you can get your letter sized printout spiral bound at any copy center for a couple dollars, but if you're ...
In library binding, however, books are sewn together ... Some vendors may offer binding with more durable materials without conforming to the Standard. Would consumers buy library editions ...
(TMX) -- Harvard University has removed human skin from the binding of a 19th-century text ... were hazed by being asked to retrieve the book without being told it included human remains ...
almost certainly without consent, and used it in a book binding that has been handled by many for more than a century," Hyry said. "We believe it's time the remains be put to rest." Li Cohen is a ...
Students were told to retrieve the book, without being informed of the human skin binding it. When the discovery was made in 2014, the library also published two “sensationalistic blog posts ...
Harvard University has removed human skin from the binding of a 19th-century text ... stacks were hazed by being asked to retrieve the book without being told it included human remains," said ...