Thesaurus       Binding Terms

            Term               Spiral bindings

            Hierarchy        [Types of binding structure]

SN                   Use for bindings in which a coil of metal, plastic, etc., passes through a series of holes in a margin of the text block.

            UF                   Coil bindings

                                    Spirex bindings

            BT                    Mechanical bindings

 

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Proposed Term:  Spiral 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):

Spiral bindings: A type of binding in which a closely-spaced number of holes are drilled or punched through the leaves near the binding edge to take a spiral-twisted wire or plastic coil which is drawn through the holes to secure the leaves.

 

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):

Spiral binding: a mechanical binding in which a continuous spiral wire or plastic strip is passed through holes at the gutter margin.

 

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

Spiral binding: a binding, as for a notebook or booklet, in which the pages are fastened together by a spiral wire or plastic that coils through a series of holes punched along one side of each page and the front and back covers.

 

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.- p 245 or http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/don/dt/dt3255.html   Spiral binding: A form of mechanical binding used for art reproductions, commercial catalogs, instruction books, books in single sheets, etc. The leaves are drilled or punched near the binding edge to take a spiral-twisted wire or plastic coil which is drawn through the holes.

 

Greenfield, Jane. ABC of Bookbinding. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 1998.-p. 65. Spiral binding: A binding of joined metal or plastic rings laced into holes cut near the spine of a bookblock.

 

Hierarchy:  Types of binding structure

 

Proposed SN: Use for bindings in which a continuous spiral wire or plastic coil is passed through holes in the gutter margin of the text block.

 

UF: Coil binding

Warrant (if necessary): Roberts & Etherington: "See spiral binding."

 

UF: Spirex binding

Warrant (if necessary): Roberts & Etherington: "See spiral binding."

 

BT: Mechanical bindings

Warrant (if necessary):

 Webster's 3rd New Intn'l Dictionary: "A mechanical binding ..." (see above)

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

 

NT: X

Warrant (if necessary):

 

RT: X

Warrant (if necessary):

 

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]

GSAFD [Guidelines on Subject Access to Individual Works of Fiction, Drama, etc. (2nd ed.)]

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 workform is being submitted.