I am re-posting the following updated course announcement. I'd like to
let everyone know, following several calls, that the preventive
conservation course is not a strict pre-requisite for the advanced
course, particularly for people with a background in conservation. As the
advanced course is scheduled for the week immediately preceding AIC, also
in San Diego, this concern has been brought up several times lately. We
hope to see you out here.

Cheers,
Sally Shelton
Director, Collections Care and Conservation

Please forward or distribute as appropriate.

                GEOLOGICAL CONSERVATION COURSES--1997
                            All USA sites

*Preventive Conservation of Geological Materials: May 27-30
        San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego, California

*Advanced Conservation of Geological Materials: June 1-5
        San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego, California

*Identification of Geological Materials: Sept. 16-19
        Denver Natural History Museum, Denver, Colorado

*Conservation and Interpretation of Geological Sites: early 1998
        Utah Field House of Natural History, Vernal, Utah,
        and Dinosaur National Monument, Jensen, Utah


Geological-origin specimens and objects in museums are subject to a wide
range of problems causing damage and deterioration. These courses provide
an integrated overview of the nature, prevention and treatment of
deterioration of geological materials, including collections in
archaeology, paleontology, petrology, mineralogy, meteoritics,
architecture, and sculpture.

*Preventive Conservation of Geological Materials* focuses on recognizing,
monitoring, and preventing the causes of damage to geological materials
in collections. This course is designed for conservators and collections
professionals who need information in preventive conservation techniques
and collections management principles as applied to the particular
problems of geological materials.

*Advanced Conservation of Geological Materials* allows participants to
complete an intensive lab-based course in the techniques used to repair
or stabilize damaged or deteriorating geological materials, based on
current research.

*Identification of Geological Materials* provides a range of references
and techniques for identifying different types of geological materials in
collections and exhibits. This course is designed for conservation
professionals who work with a range of geological-origin materials and
need more information on their identification and nature.

*Conservation and Interpretation of Geological Sites* surveys the unique
problems faced when geological materials are managed or exhibited in situ.
This course is designed for all museum and conservation professionals
managing scientific or interpretive sites, as well as those managing
outdoor exhibits or structures of geological-origin materials with no
protection from weathering. The concerns and effects of tourism and other
economic factors are discussed as well.

Each course lasts for four days and includes both lecture and practical
sessions. Course handouts, manuals, and recommended reading lists will be
provided on the first day. Fees include the costs of all lab chemicals and
supplies. Information on lodging, transportation, and meals wills be sent
to registrants. These costs are not included in the registration fee.

Instructors:
Chris Collins, Conservator, Geological Conservation Unit, Sedgwick
Museum, University of Cambridge. Mr. Collins heads the Geological
Conservation Unit and was chair of the 1996 Second World Congress on
Natural History Collections. He has taught the only post-graduate diploma
course in geological conservation.

Sally Shelton, Director, Collections Care and Conservation, San Diego
Natural History Museum. Ms. Shelton specializes in natural history
conservation and is a graduate of the Cambridge course. She is the
president-elect of the Society for the Preservation of Natural History
Collections.

Each course will also feature regional experts as co-instructors.

Course fees are $300 for one course; $575 for two; $850 for three; and
$1100 for four.

International Academic Projects is committed to providing high-level
professional short courses to the museum and conservation communities. For
a complete catalogue, please contact:
Jim Black, International Academic Projects
31-34 Gordon Square
London    WC1H 0PY     UK
phone (171) 387 9651; FAX (171) 388 0283
email [log in to unmask]
web site http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~tcfa313

For more information on the geological conservation courses, please contact
Sally Shelton at the address below.

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