We are pleased to offer an innovative distance education course in
'CONSERVING HISTORIC STRUCTURES' for professionals in museums and related
organizations. 

'CONSERVING HISTORIC STRUCTURES'
October 15, 2001 - February 1, 2002 through the Cultural Resource Management
Program at the University of Victoria


While historic structures range from modest to monumental and encompass a
remarkable variety of materials and uses, approaches to their conservation
are governed by core principals and determined by well-developed standards
of practice. Enhance your understanding of the complex characteristics of
heritage structures, systems and materials. This course provides frameworks
for planning appropriate conservation processes. Using a combination of
print and text materials, CD-ROM and Web resources, you interact with the
instructor and participants from across North America and beyond to develop
your ability to:
        *       Identify commonly encountered building materials and systems
        *       Analyze the nature and extent of deterioration in building
materials and systems and identify its causes
        *       Analyze the environmental factors which contribute to
deterioration
        *       Investigate and document the physical condition and history
of a structure and its materials
        *       Select conservation strategies for a range of materials,
based on the condition and intended use
        *       Plan the conservation process and develop an historic
structure report

To participate you must have completed senior level course work in heritage
conservation or have two year's practical experience in conservation or
preservation.
 
Instructor: ElizaBeth Bede
ElizaBeth Bede is the Environmental & Materials Research Fellow at the
National Center for Preservation Technology and Training. NCPTT is located
in Natchitoches, Louisiana and is a federal institution under the
jurisdiction of the United States National Park Service. She is also an
affiliate professor of History at Northwestern State University of
Louisiana. Her current research entails assessing the effects of outdoor
environments and pollutants on building materials and on conservation
treatments such as waterproofing agents and consolidants.
ElizaBeth Bede holds degrees from the University of Delaware (Ph.D., Art and
Architectural Conservation Research), the University of Pennsylvania (M.S.,
Historic Preservation), and Gettysburg College (B.A., Physics). Prior to
joining NCPTT she was a research specialist at the Architectural
Conservation Laboratory in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and worked extensively
as a private architectural conservator. Her conservation projects have
ranged from repairing Tiffany mosaics at Saint MarkÕs Episcopal Church in
Mount Kisco, New York to assessing earthquake damaged structures in Cairo,
Egypt and from stabilizing adobe ruins in the southwestern U.S. to
developing methods to clean the unglazed terra cotta of the Brooklyn
Historical Society Building, New York. She was awarded a Historic
Preservation Merit Award for her work at Center Church 


Dates: October 15, 2001 to February 1, 2002  

Please register by: September 21, 2001 (late registrations accepted if space
permits)

Fee: $560 plus $50 text fee=$610, shipping fee of $60 outside Canada and the
US (Canadian funds, credit or non-credit options) 

Please contact us if you wish any further information on this session
offered on the University of Victoria campus or visit our website at
http://www.uncs.uvic.ca/crmp  

Lisa Mort-Putland
Program Coordinator
Cultural Resource Management Program, University of Victoria
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