[PADG:1043] CCAHA Workshop Announcement

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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 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).


DATE:

Thursday, October 12, 2000
  8:30 A.M. - Registration & Refreshments 
  9:00 A.M.-4:15 P.M. - Workshop

***The registration deadline is Wednesday, September 28, 2000***


LOCATION:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street
New York, NY 10028


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 the: Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sherman Fairchild Center for Drawings, Prints and Photographs Conservation; Archivists Roundtable of Metropolitan New York; Guild of Book Workers, New York Chapter; Lower Hudson Conference of Historical Agencies; Museum Association of New York; New York Metropolitan Library Council (METRO); and Special Libraries Association, New York Chapter.


FEES:

The registration fee is $65.00 for members of CCAHA and Co-Sponsors (see above), and $75.00 for non-members.  Lunch is not included. 


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND A REGISTRATION FORM:

Complete program information and printable registration form are 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  USA
Tel: 215.545.0613    Fax: 215.735.9313    email: ccaha@xxxxxxxxx
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.

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; internships, fellowships, and apprenticeships; and emergency conservation assistance.