User:Msmith

About Michelle[edit | edit source]

Michelle C. Smith (she/her), is a book conservator and contributor to the Book and Paper Group Wiki. She previously served as the BPG Wiki Book Coordinator from 2020-2024.

Projects in progress[edit | edit source]

Updated May 2024

Continue developing the new page for Artists' Books
Incorporate Jeff Peachey's outline from his 2023 GBW Standards presentation into the Board Reattachment page (draft in progress here)
Divide up the Bookbinding Traditions by Region or Culture page into individual pages for each binding tradition and help recruit contributors for this effort
- Topics that have their own working group/wiki page: East Asian Book Formats, Ethiopian Bindings, Greek-Style Bindings, and Western African Books and Manuscripts
- Topics that still need a working group/wiki page: Armenian Bindings, Islamic/Islamicate Bindings, Palm Leaf Manuscripts, Syriac Books and Manuscripts, Thai Manuscripts, and Tibetan Manuscripts

Goals and future projects[edit | edit source]

Updated May 2024

Create a new page for Books and Paper in Historic Houses based on the 2024 BPG Wiki Discussion Session in Salt Lake City
Organize of all the BPG Housings Pages (improve navigation and findability, reduce overlapping content)
- Main page: BPG Housings
- Paper housing pages: BPG Encapsulation, BPG Housing of Oversized Prints and Drawings, BPG Matting and Framing,
- Book housing pages: BPG Corrugated Clamshell Box, BPG Drop Spine Box, BPG Drop Spine Box with Interior Cradle, BPG Phase Box, BPG Phase Box Variations
Fix image files on BPG Board Attachment and BPG Sewing and Leaf Attachment
Address content overlap on BPG Washing and BPG Washing of Books
New page wishlist: Historic Book Models; Blank Books, Ledgers, and Stationers Bindings; Music Binding

Projects and goals from 2020-24 BPG Wiki Coordinator term (may continue)[edit | edit source]

Updated May 2024

Assist BPG and OSG Wiki volunteers in creating a joint page on leather (draft here)
Work with Rachael Arenstein to address problems with the 2024 semantic wiki update and navbox automation
- Draft version of new BPG "portal" here: User:Msmith/New BPGPortal
Create and utilize Categories for BPG Wiki pages
Overhaul and consolidate the BPG Wiki help pages: