Call for Papers

CAC 25th Annual Conference and Workshop

The Canadian Association for Conservation of Cultural Property will be
holding its 25th Annual
Conference on May 28-30, 1999, in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Conference papers are invited on all aspects of museum, archival and fine
art collections.  A
poster session, trade fair and tours are planned to accompany the
sessions.

Conference Abstracts of 250 to 400 words must be submitted by the 31st
of December 1998.
Electronic submissions on disk in ASCII, WordPerfect or through e-mail are
preferred.

Send abstracts to:

Jasmina Vlaovic, Program Chair,
Winnipeg Art Gallery
300 Memorial Blvd.
Winnipeg, MB R3C 1V1
Tel:(204)786-6641
Fax:(204)788-4998
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The training workshop, "Green Conservation: Environmental and Human
Safety in
Conservation" will be held May 26-27, 1999.

Workshop sessions will focus on identification, assessment and mitigation
of known and
potential health and environmental hazards related to conservation
treatments, collections and
site care.  Solutions on how to make sites and collections safe and
accessible will be also
examined.

The main themes of the workshop will be:

     Examples of "greener" or less-toxic alternatives in treatment and display
of collections
     Construction/renovation of heritage facilities
     Caring for hazardous collections and sites
     Disaster recovery of biologically and chemically damaged collections.

Demonstrations and/or displays of safety equipment and procedures are
planned to accompany
the sessions.  Workshop Abstracts of 250 to 400 works must be submitted
by the 31st of
December 1998.  Electronic submissions on disk in ASCII, WordPerfect or
through e-mail are
preferred. Send abstracts to:

Shelagh Linklater
Program Chair
CAC Workshop 1999
Provincial Archives of Manitoba
200 Vaughan Street,
Winnipeg, MB, R3C 1T5
Telephone: (204)945-1265
FAX: (204)948-2008
E-Mail: [log in to unmask]