Workshop on disaster recovery

Water, Water Everywhere:
Good Decision Making When Recovering Water-Damaged Paper Collections
Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies
18 South 7th Street
Philadelphia, PA  19106
Wednesday, March 22, 2000
    Registration & Refreshments  9 a.m.
    Workshop  9:30 a.m. - 4:30 P.M.

Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts (CCAHA) announces
a day-long 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).

The registration deadline is Friday, March 10, 2000

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 Mache
   * Architectural Records
   * Vital Records

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
    Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library

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

Co-sponsors: The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies, Heritage
Investment Program, Tri-State Coalition of Historic Places, Delaware
Valley Archivists Group (DVAG), Philadelphia Area Consortium of
Special Collections Libraries (PACSCL), and the Museum Council of
Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley.

Fees: The registration fee is $65.00 for members of CCAHA, and
$75.00 for non-members.  Lunch is not included.  The registration
deadline is Friday, March 10, 2000.

For further information and a registration form: Complete program
information and printable registration form are available at
<http://www.ccaha.org.> or contact:

    Preservation Services Office
    Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts (CCAHA)
    264 South 23rd Street
    Philadelphia, PA 19103
    215-545-0613
    Fax: 215-735-9313
    <ccaha [at] ccaha__org>


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