American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works to hold
a presession workshop at the 24th annual meeting in Norfolk, Virginia-June
10-11, 1996

PRESERVATION OF COLLECTIONS: ASSESSMENT, EVALUATION, AND MITIGATION
STRATEGIES

This session is aimed at using the experiences and technical information
gained by the field during general facility surveys to forge a consensus
among conservators and collections managers as to the most cost-effective
ways of preserving cultural materials at a collections level.  Technical
information articles from each speaker will be provided to session
participants; verbal presentations will be directed at stimulating
exchange between speakers and audience during discussion periods for each
topic.  The first day will feature technical information and discussion;
the second half-day will consist of exhibitions of effective approaches to
housing and moving collections and packing strategies.

The program is planned as follows:

June 10, 1996

9:00 am:        Introduction to Program by Catharine Hawks, Private
Conservator
                and Miranda Martin, Harry Ransom Center, University of
Texas

SESSION 1

Chair:          Chandra Reedy, University of Delaware

9:15 am:        "Preventive Conservation Planning for Large and Diverse
Collections"
                Robert Waller, Canadian Museum of Nature

9:40 am:        "Preservation Needs Assessment for Large Collections: the
                                        Library/Archive Model"
                Jan Merrill-Oldham, Harvard University Libraries

10:00 am:       Break

10:20 am:       "Realistic Expectations and Usable Results for
Environmental                           Monitoring"
                Robert Herskovitz, Minnesota Historical Society

10:35 am:       "Environmental Monitoring as a Diagnostic Tool in HVAC
Systems"
                Ernest Conrad, Landmark Facilities Group

10:50 am:       "Monitoring Contaminants: Methods and Survey Goals"
                Cecily Gryzwacz, Getty Conservation Institute
                Norman Tennent, University of Strathclyde

11:20 am:       "Environmental Standards: Defining Norms for Large and
Varied                          Collections"
                Stefan Michalski, Canadian Conservation Institute
                James Reilly, Image Permanence Institute

12:10 pm:       Panel and audience discussion

12:30 pm:       Lunch (Catered for all participants)

SESSION 2: EVALUATION AND MITIGATION STRATEGIES

Chair:  David Goist, Goist Conservation

1:30 pm:        "Evaluating Data and Setting Priorities"
                Meg Loew Craft, ACTS
                Lisa Mibach, The Conservation Associates

2:00 pm:        "Long-term Implications of Building and Environmental
Control Options"
                U. Vincent Wilcox, Museum Support Center, Smithsonian
Institution

2:20 pm:        "Mitigating the Impact of Environmental Control on
Building Fabric"
                Thomas H. Taylor, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

2:40 pm:        "Environmental Control Options: Evaluating Macro, Micro,
Active, and                     Passive Methods"
                Arthur Beale, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

3:00 pm:        Break

3:20 pm:        "Mitigating the Effects of Gaseous Contamination with
Building Systems"
                William Lull, Garrison/Lull, Inc.

3:40 pm:        "Mitigating the Effects of Shock and Vibration"
                Paul Marcon, Canadian Conservation Institution

4:00 pm:        "Mitigating the Effects of Internally-Generated
Pollutants"
                Pamela Hatchfield, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

4:20 pm:        Panel and Audience Discussion

4:50 pm:        Introduction to workshop and demonstrations for following
day
                Jessica Johnson, Texas Memorial Museum

June 11, 1996

9:00 am - 12 noon:      Demonstrations and presentations of storage design
techniques.

For registration information, contact: AIC, 1717 K St., NW, Ste. 301,
Washington, DC 20006; (202) 452-9545; fax: (202) 452-9328; [log in to unmask]