Publishers Bindings Online, 1815-1930: The Art of Books

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1. Please check all which apply most closely to you:
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5. Please rate this overall Web site on the following qualities, 1-5 (1=poor; 2=below average; 3=average; 4=above average; 5=excellent )
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6a. Do you feel the PBO Web site has increased your knowledge of how the study of publishers' bindings can be used to better understand the following concepts? (Check all that may apply.)
19th and early 20th c. History and Culture
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Importance and Significance of Publishers' Bindings
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If you chose any of the concepts in question 6a, please tell us how PBO increased your knowledge of how the study of publishers' bindings can be used to better understand the concept(s) you selected.
7. If you are an Educator, have you used the PBO Web site for the following reasons? (Please check all that apply.)
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8a. If you are a Librarian, Archivist, Book Collector, Book Dealer, or Cultural Heritage Professional, please check all of the PBO Web site resources you have used or would use.
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Publishers Across the Land Map
Publishers' Bindings by Decades
PBO Database
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8b. If you responded to 8a, please describe how you have or might use PBO.
9. Please rate the overall usefulness of the value-added portions of the PBO site. (1=poor; 2=below average; 3=average; 4=above average; 5=excellent )
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