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CCAHA WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT
Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts (CCAHA) announces a
day-long program, "Water, Water Everywhere: Good Decision Making When Recovering Water-Damaged Paper Collections". The program is partially
funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).
DATE:
Wednesday, March 22, 2000
9:00 A.M. - Registration & Refreshments
9:30 A.M.-4:30 P.M. - Workshop
The registration deadline is Friday, March 10, 2000
LOCATION:
Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies
18 South 7th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
SUBJECT:
The goal of this one-day program is to provide a basic understanding of
the decisions involved in organizing recovery of water-damaged paper
collections. Tools for assessing damage, evaluating available
resources, and selecting recovery methods will be illustrated through
lectures, slides, and emergency scenarios. Scenarios will include
small- to mid-sized emergencies involving a variety of paper-based
collections. Priority setting, handling issues and drying methods and
procedures for recovering damaged paper collections will be reviewed.
- Books
- Documents
- Photographs
- Art on Paper
- Ephemera
- Maps
- Posters
- Papier Mache
- Architectural Records
- Vital Records
AUDIENCE:
This workshop is intended for librarians, archivists, curators,
collection managers, stewards of historic house museums and collection
care professionals involved in safeguarding paper-based collections and
in recovery during an emergency.
SPEAKERS:
Betty Fiske, Paper Conservator, Winterhur Museum, Garden and Library
Glen Ruzicka, Director of Conservation, Conservation Center for Art and
Historic Artifacts (CCAHA).
C0-SPONSORS:
The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies, Heritage Investment Program,
Tri-State Coalition of Historic Places, Delaware Valley Archivists Group
(DVAG), Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries
(PACSCL), and the Museum Council of Philadelphia and the Delaware
Valley.
FEES:
The registration fee is $65.00 for members of CCAHA, and $75.00 for
non-members. Lunch is not included. The registration deadline is
Friday, March 10, 2000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND A REGISTRATION FORM:
Created by Congress in 1965, the National Endowment for the Humanities
(NEH) is an independent agency that supports education, research,
preservation projects, and public programs in the humanities.
The Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts (CCAHA),
established in 1977, is a non-profit regional conservation laboratory
serving other non-profit cultural, educational, and research
institutions, as well as private individuals and organizations. CCAHA
specializes in the treatment of works of art and historic artifacts on
paper, such as drawings, prints, maps, posters, historic wallpaper,
photographs, rare books, scrapbooks, manuscripts, and related materials,
such as parchment and papyrus. It also offers on-site consultation
services; educational programs and seminars; and internships,
fellowships, and apprenticeships.
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