The following is a copy of the information file about the
latest addition to the family of ICOM e-mail distribution
lists, and may be of interest to some of MUSEUM-L's
subscribers.

-M.Scharff


ICOM-CC is the International  Conservation Committee of the
International Council of Museums (ICOM). ICOM-CC organizes
more than 1200 professionals concerned with the museum world
and the conservation of objects. It has members from countries
on every continent.

Twenty-four Working Groups are the backbone of the Committee.
They may deal with:

- scientific investigations into objects of significance to
cultural and natural history.

- optimizing solutions to conservation problems,

- developing standard techniques and manuals,

- planning disaster management and preventive conservation. 
The  Working Groups present and discuss their results at
Triennial Meetings.

The ICOM-CC distribution list is intended to serve as an
electronic forum for the discussion of all issues within the
Committee's field of concern. It will additionally  serve as 
a medium for the  exploration of applications of computerized
networking  technologies to the conservation profession. List
members  are encouraged to participate by posting information
and queries on all subjects of concern to their discipline.
Official announcements may also be posted by the ICOM
Conservation Committee Board and Working Groups. 
The list is open for public subscription. However, only
registered members of the ICOM Conservation Committee may
submit contributions for posting to it. If you wish to join
the ICOM-CC list please send a message to:

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with the first line in the body of message containing the
command: 
     SUBSCRIBE ICOM-CC Yourfirstname Yourlastname.

Your subscription will be acknowledged by a text providing 
detailed information about the list and its operation. The
names of newly registered list members will be verified
against the ICOM Conservation Committee  membership  roster
and list membership status will be set accordingly. If there
is any question about the status of your Committee membership
you may be requested to provide additional information. 
The list owner may be contacted at:

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Mikkel Scharff
Det kongelige danske Kunstakademi / Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
Konservatorskolen                 / School of Conservation
Esplanaden 34, DK-1263 København K, DENMARK
tel. +45 3312 6860 / fax. +45 3332 0801 / e-mail [log in to unmask]