At 63 years, bookbinder is U-M’s longest-serving staff member
Maybe the time was right. With digital information becoming the defacto practice in the land, 81-year-young Jim Craven is leaving his bookbinding post after more than 6 decades. Excerpt: "For more than 63 years, Craven has bound books and conserved artifacts on Michigan's Ann Arbor campus. On Friday, the 81-year-old Craven leaves campus, retiring as the longest-serving staff member in the university's history. He began working part-time at the university in 1947 while he was still in high school in a bookbindery in the basement of the Hatcher Graduate Library." Read the rest here.
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