CCAHA WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT

 

WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE
Good Decision Making When Recovering Water-Damaged Paper Collections

 

Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts (CCAHA) announces a daylong program, "Water, Water Everywhere: Good Decision Making When Recovering Water-Damaged Paper Collections".  The program is partially funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).

 

 

 

DATE:

 

Wednesday, July 19, 2000
  9:00 A.M. - Registration & Refreshments
  9:30 A.M.-4:30 P.M. - Workshop

 

***The registration deadline is Wednesday, July 5, 2000***

 

LOCATION:

 

The Maryland Historical Society
210 West Monument Street
Baltimore, MD  21201-4674
www.mdhs.org

 

SUBJECT:

 

The goal of this one-day program is to provide a basic understanding of the decisions involved in organizing recovery of water-damaged paper collections.  Tools for assessing damage, evaluating available resources, and selecting recovery methods will be illustrated through lectures, slides, and emergency scenarios.  Scenarios will include small- to mid-sized emergencies involving a variety of paper-based collections.  Priority setting, handling issues and drying methods and procedures for recovering damaged paper collections will be reviewed.

 

   * Books * Documents * Photographs * Art on Paper * Ephemera * Maps
   * Posters * Papier Mâché * Architectural Records * Vital Records

 

AUDIENCE:

 

This workshop is intended for librarians, archivists, curators, collection managers, stewards of historic house museums and collection care professionals involved in safeguarding paper-based collections and in recovery during an emergency.

 

 

 

SPEAKERS:

 

Betty Fiske, Paper Conservator, Winterhur Museum, Garden and Library

 

Glen Ruzicka, Director of Conservation, Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts (CCAHA).

 

CO-SPONSORS

 

The program is co-sponsored by: Maryland Historical Society, *Chesapeake Information and Research Library Alliance (CIRLA), *Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums, *PALINET, *Technical Services Division of the Maryland Library Association, and *Washington Conservation Guild.

 

 

 

FEES:

 

The registration fee is $65.00 for members of CCAHA and the co-sponsoring organizations noted by an asterisk symbol "*", and $75.00 for non-members.  Lunch is not included.  The registration deadline is Wednesday, July 5, 2000.

 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND A REGISTRATION FORM:

 

Complete program information and printable registration form is available on CCAHA's website (www.ccaha.org) or contact:

 

Preservation Services Office
Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts (CCAHA)
264 South 23rd Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Tel:  215.545.0613   Fax:  215.735.9313   email:  [log in to unmask]
Website:  http://www.ccaha.org

 

Created by Congress in 1965, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is an independent agency that supports education, research, preservation projects, and public programs in the humanities.

 

The Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts (CCAHA), established in 1977, is a non-profit regional conservation laboratory serving other non-profit cultural, educational, and research institutions, as well as private individuals and organizations.  CCAHA specializes in the treatment of works of art and historic artifacts on paper, such as drawings, prints, maps, posters, historic wallpaper, photographs, rare books, scrapbooks, manuscripts, and related materials, such as parchment and papyrus.  It also offers on-site consultation services; educational programs and seminars; and internships, fellowships, and apprenticeships.