CCAHA WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT
WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE Good Decision Making When Recovering Water-Damaged Paper Collections 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 Mâché * 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: Complete program information and printable registration form
are available on CCAHA's website (www.ccaha.org) or contact:
Preservation Services Office
Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts (CCAHA) 264 South 23rd Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 Tel: 215.545.0613 Fax: 215.735.9313 email: ccaha@ccaha.org Website: http://www.ccaha.org 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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