Thesaurus       Binding Terms

            Term               Comb bindings

            Hierarchy        [Types of binding structure]

SN                   Use for bindings in which the curved prongs of a strip of metal, plastic, etc., pass through a series of holes in a margin of the text block.

            BT                    Mechanical bindings

 

 

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Proposed Term:  Comb bindings

 

Thesaurus:  Binding Terms

 

Submitted by: Lillian Perricone, Broward County Library - Bienes Museum of the Modern Book, 954-357-8243, February 8, 2008

 

Term record as found in AAT [1](mandatory): X

 

Term record as found in LCSH [2](mandatory): X

 

Term record as found in GMGPC [3](mandatory): X

 

Term record as found in GSAFD [4](mandatory): X

 

Term record as found in MeSH [5](mandatory): X

 

Term record as found in MIGFG [6](mandatory): X

 

Term record as found in the Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition [7](mandatory): X

 

Term record as found in Webster’s 3rd New International Dictionary of the English Language (mandatory):

Comb binding: mechanical binding (as of pamphlets) in which split rings of plastic or metal are passed through slots at the gutter margin.

 

Term as found in Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2nd edition (optional):

Comb. 10. a series of springlike prongs projecting from a spine, usually of plastic, for making a loose-leaf binding.

 

Term as found in source/hierarchical displays/definitions, other sources, &c.:

Roberts, Matt T. and Don Etherington. Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1982 or http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/don/dt/dt0785.html. Comb binding: A form of mechanical binding consisting of a plastic strip on the spine from which curved prongs extend. They are inserted into holes punched into the leaves to be held. The name derives from the resulting "comb" appearance of the binding. This type of mechanical binding provides a more-or-less solid spine on which the title of the publication may be printed.

 

Greenfield, Jane. ABC of Bookbinding. New Castle, DE : Oak Knoll Press, 1996.-p. 17. Comb binding: A binding held together with a plastic comb, similar in looks to a metal spiral, inserted in rectangular cuts near the spine of a bookblock. Comb bindings break easily.

 

Hierarchy: Types of binding structure

 

Proposed SN: Use for bindings in which the curved prongs of a plastic strip pass through rectangular holes in the gutter margin of the text block.

 

UF: X 

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BT: Mechanical bindings

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Webster's 3rd New Intn'l Dictionary: "Mechanical binding (as of pamphlets) in which split rings of plastic or metal are passed through slots at the gutter margin." (see above)

Roberts & Etherington: "A form of mechanical binding ..." (see above)

 

NT: X

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RT: X

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HN: Submitted by Kate Moriarty 5/21/08.

 

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AAT [Getty’s Art & Architecture Thesaurus]

GMGPC [Library of Congress’s Thesaurus for Graphic Materials]

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LCSH [Library of Congress’s Subject Headings]

MeSH [National Library of Medicine’s Medical Subject Headings]

MIGFG [Library of Congress’s The Moving Image Genre-form Guide]

 

Comments: The proposed BT, Mechanical bindings, is not yet in the RBMS controlled vocabularies. A separate term record is being submitted.