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RFI - Removing plates from guide
by John Spencer-2
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Am going to Costa Rica and need to reduce bulk/weight. So I'm thinking that I want to remove the Plates from my Costa Rica Guide What is the best/correct way to do this with destroying the guide.?
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Re: RFI - Removing plates from guide
by Dana-25
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A few ideas that I have used over the years. Yes, you alter the guide you
will take into the field. Sometimes I buy a second copy of the guide to keep in our library. I learned that if I take apart my guide by carefully cutting off the binding, then separating it into the sections created by the stitching, and finally cutting the sections in half, I have the widest page possible. The one time I had my copy company cut off the binding they cut off so much they had to buy me a new book! Give your copy company a detailed but simple written list of what you want done to ensure you wishes are met. I have my copy company make a color copy of the cover so I use that on the text book. I then create a Quick Index to the plates unless there is one already available - this saves my sanity in searching for a bird in the field especially when the authors use an order other than Clements. I then instruct the copy company to laminate both sides of the front and back covers - laminating the Quick index on the inside of the back cover. You could also laminate it on the back of the back cover. I carry my finished book in a carry back that zips open so having it on the inside of the cover is essential. I copy all of the beginning pages and the index from the original book - and instruct them as Richard Payne suggests to be sure they are the same size as the plates. I also have them add copies of the pages included in the inside of the Costa Rica guide which are the conversion charts from metric (back to back) and I have added a Celsius/Farenheight chart I created. I ask them to use a metal binding - plastic doesn't stand up well in the field I find. I also elaborately mark up my plate book I put the plate number in a large size in the upper right corner of the plate page. On the text page I underline each name of a bird that I have seen before somewhere else to show my previous lifers. I put a dot to the left of the bird name on the text page if my tour company or research shows I am likely to see it- sometimes I even use a letter code to show where it is likely to be seen. I will write in the Clements English or Latin names of the bird. On the plate page, I in small print write in the name of the bird and underline it again if I have seen it before - I find going from those tiny numbers to the text page a nuisance at the least. I also write across the top of the plate page in large capital letters the family of birds if there is only one family on a page or group the members of the family by stipple marks with the family name in large capital letters to isolate that particular family. All of this marking up is a very good way I found to also study the birds I am likely to see. My greatest admonition is to start early - do as I suggest not as I often have done! I now have a very good relationship with my copy company and they shudder when they see me coming asking "how soon do you need it?" Good luck and contact me if I can be of further help. Dana Duxbury-Fox North Andover, MA danafox@... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard H. Payne (rhp AT shsu.edu)" <rhp@...> To: <BIRDCHAT@...> Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 5:29 PM Subject: Re: [BIRDCHAT] RFI - Removing plates from guide Well, obviously, you'll "destroy" the guide by removing them. However, I've done this with several guides. Take it to a place like Kinko's. Tell them you want to cut the binding off and then re-bind the plates in one new spiral bound book and the text in another. Three pieces of advice: First make sure you have them copy and cut to size the index so it can then be bound in both new volumes. Second, have them put clear plastic covers on both volumes. Third, have them spiral bind the new volume with the plates. They'll likely only be able to comb bind the other one due to its size. Comb bind simply won't work well in the field. The one drawback to this approach is that on some of the plate pages you will wind up with the binding going through a bird's head, but it shouldn't totally ruin it for ID purposes. The only problem with doing this to the Costa Rican guide, as I recall (I'm in my office and the volumes are at home.) is that the way the index is done really adds a lot of pages. So, you might decide if you're able to get away without it. Hope this helps. Dick Payne Colorado Springs On Sun, 11 May 2008 14:58:18 +0000, John Spencer <john@...> wrote: >Am going to Costa Rica and need to reduce bulk/weight. So I'm thinking that I want to remove the Plates from my Costa Rica Guide What is the best/correct way to do this with destroying the guide.? > >BirdChat Guidelines: http://www.ksu.edu/audubon/chatguidelines.html >Archives: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdchat.html >========================================================================= BirdChat Guidelines: http://www.ksu.edu/audubon/chatguidelines.html Archives: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdchat.html BirdChat Guidelines: http://www.ksu.edu/audubon/chatguidelines.html Archives: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdchat.html |
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