Workshop on low-pressure vacuum suction tables

The Society of Archivists Preservation and Conservation Group are
planning a one-day training event in the

Uses of the Low-Pressure Vacuum Suction Table
Norfolk Record Office, Norwich (directions on their website)
17 October 2008
10:30am - 4pm

Number of Places: 10 to 12

Cost:
    UKP55 (Society of Archivists members)
    UKP65 (non-members)

Content:

    10:30am     Introduction and coffee

    11:00       Tour of current NRO exhibition and Archive Centre

    11:30       Conservation studio: discussion and practical
                demonstration of the uses of a low- pressure suction
                table for parchment conservation, Antoinette Curtis,
                Norfolk

    1pm         Lunch at County Hall restaurant

    1:45        Powerpoint presentation, 'The Salthouse Project '-a
                parchment parish register that was buried in the
                church yard during the Second World War and later
                conserved at the NRO, Antoinette Curtis and Jenny
                Watts, Norfolk Record Office

    2pm         Conservation Studio -Pressure sensitive tape removal
                using low-pressure suction table, and

                A practical demonstration of paper pulp repair,
                Rebecca Donnan, Dorset Record Office

    3:30pm      Questions and information exchange

    4pm         Finish

To reserve a place, please contact the

    Society of Archivists' office
    +44 1823 327030
    membership<-a t->archives< . >org< . >uk

Lunch is not included in the price, but the County Hall restaurant
offers a wide range of hot and cold food.


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