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From Gray Areas to Green Areas: Developing
Sustainable Practices in Preservation Environments |
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November 1-3, Kilgarlin
Center, School of Information, University of Texas at Austin
http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/kilgarlin/gaga/index.html
The symposium brings together architects, engineers
and library and museum professionals to examine the environmental
impact of cultural institutions. |
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The castle at Vilassar de Dalt is located approximately
26 miles northeast of Barcelona, on a hill, overlooking the Mediterranean.
Since 1999, I have served as the director for the project to re-house
the collection. Each summer two conservation students and I travel
to Vilassar to work in the archives. So far we have re-housed most
of the collection in custom made boxes and flattened approximately
500 parchment documents. |
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Delphi Study: Conservation to preservation |
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In 2006, Erin Hammeke and I undertook a project
to examine the ramifications of the shift from conservation to preservation.
The study engaged a panel of highly respected conservation professionals
to exchange ideas about the challenges we face. We presented the
results of this study at the Fifth International Conference of the
Institute of Paper Conservation in Edinburgh, Scotland, July, 2006. |
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In July, 2006 I traveled to Mississippi
with Lois Price, Book Conservator and Lecturer, Winterthur to present
a series of disaster recovery workshops and consult with several
libraries and archives in the area. Two conservation students, Jo-Fan
Huang and Annie Wilker assisted us with the workshops and site visits. |
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In January, 2006, my husband, Red Wassenich
and I traveled to New Orleans to work with the City Park Archive
which had been severely damaged in Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. We
spent a week drying paper and removing mold from architectural drawings
and photographs. There is much more that needs to be done. |
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