Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 13, No. 438.
Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London
<http://www.princeton.edu/~mccarty/humanist/>
<http://www.kcl.ac.uk/humanities/cch/humanist/>
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 06:33:20 +0000
From: NINCH-ANNOUNCE <david@ninch.org>
Subject: CONFERENCE: American Institute for
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News on Networking Cultural Heritage Resources
from across the Community
February 24, 2000
American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC)
Annual Conference: Philadelphia, PA: June 8-13, 2000
<http://aic.stanford.edu>http://aic.stanford.edu
A particularly interesting conference program will be presented at the AIC
conference this summer, with a particular focus on the preservation of
electronic media.
David Green
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>The 28th Annual Meeting of the American Institute for Conservation of
>Historic and Artistic Works (AIC) will be held June 8-13, 2000 at the
>Adams Mark Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. AIC is the national
>membership organization of conservation professionals dedicated to
>preserving the art and historic artifacts of our cultural heritage for
>future generations.
>
>The general session, entitled "Preservation of Electronic Media," will
>commence on the morning of Friday, June 9th with the keynote address. The
>keynote speaker is MAXWELL L. ANDERSON, Director, Whitney Museum of
>American Art, New York, NY with a lecture entitled Cupped Hands in the
>Stream: Digital Media's Challenge to Collecting Institutions.
>
>Featured lectures include:
>* Creating a Digital Archive for the Most Well Documented Movie Ever -
>STAR WARS, JUSTIN GRAHAM , Image Archivist, LucasFilm, San Rafael, CA
>
>* Between Cinema and a Hard Place: The Conservation and Documentation of a
>Video Installation by Gary Hill, PIP LAURENSON, Conservator of Media Arts,
>The Tate Gallery, London, England
>
>* Technological Evolution of Video, JIM LINDNER, President, VidiPax, New
>York, NY
>
>* Accelerated Life Expectancy Estimation of Data Storage Media: How Long
>Will It Last, and How Do You Know?, WILLIAM P. MURRAY, Reliability
>Engineer, Maplewood, MN
>
>* Immaterial Culture: Collecting in the 21st Century, ABBY SMITH, Council
>on Library Information Resources, Washington, DC
>
>* Documentation as Conservation: The Process of Becoming and Sustaining
>Art, JUDITH VAN BARON, Vice President for External Affairs, Savannah
>College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
>
>* Collecting Video Art: What are the Minimum Accession Requirements?,
>SARAH STAUDERMAN, Conservator, VidiPax, New York, NY
>
>* Digital Information Lasts Forever - or Five Years, Whichever Comes
>First, JEFF ROTHENBERG, Senior Computer Scientist, Rand Corporation, Santa
>Monica, CA
>
>On Saturday, June 10th the general session will continue. Featured
>lectures include:
>
>* The Effects of Moisture Content on Cultural Materials, MARION
>MECKLENBURG, Smithsonian Center for Materials Research and Education,
>Washington, DC and SHEILA FAIRBRASS , Surface Measurements Systems,
>Cooperburg, PA
>
>* Laser Technolgoes and Digital Analysis for the Documentation,
>Assessment and Treatment of Historic Structures and Sites, GUY MUNSCH,
>Architectural Conservator, Philadelphia, PA
>
>* On-line Artifactual Treatment Documentation Management System and
>Multimedia Training Production, MARC REEVES AND ANNA STENSTROM, The
>Goldsmith Conservation Laboratory, New York Public Library, New York, NY
>
>* Computerized Information System for Preservation Management, JAMES M.
>REILLY, DOUGLAS NISHIMURA, EDWARD ZINN AND MARIA FERNANDA VALVERDE, Image
>Permanence Institute, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
>
>* The Use of Handheld Computers in Preservation and Conservation Settings,
>ANDREW ROBB, Library of Congress, Washington, DC and JEANNE DREWES,
>Michigan State Libraries, Lansing, MI
>
>* The Application of Digital Image Analysis to Performance Assessment of
>Coatings on Outdoor Bronze and Copper, TARA SHEDLOSKY AND E. RENE DE LA
>RIE, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC and LYNN BROSTOFF, Research
>Center on the Materials of the Artist and Conservator
>
>* John Singer Sargent as Muralist, Architect and Sculptor: Examination and
>Treatment of the Rotunda and Grand Staircase at the Museum of Fine Arts,
>Boston, LYDIA VAGTS, Cambridge, MA AND PAMELA HATCHFIELD, Museum of Fine
>Arts, Boston, MA
>
>* The Application of Image Analysis to Thin-Section Examination in Objects
>and Architectural Conservation, ELIZABETH GOINS AND CHANDRA REEDY,
>University of Delaware, Newark, DE
>
>* Imaging Zapruder's JFK Assasination Film: A Hybrid Approach to
>Preservation and Presentation, JOSEPH BARABE, Director of Scientific
>Imaging, McCrone Associates, Westmont, IL
>
>Sessions will be conducted by AIC specialty groups (Architecture, Books &
>Paper, Objects, Electronic Media, Paintings, Photographic Materials,
>Research & Technical Studies, Textiles, Wooden Artifacts, and Conservators
>in Private Practice) the balance of the meeting on current topics of
>interest in their respective fields. Other meeting offerings include an
>exhibit hall featuring conservation suppliers June 10-12, city tours and
>workshops held at museums and sites throughout the Philadelphia metro area.
>
>Financial support for the 28th Annual Meeting has been generously provided
>by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Claneil Foundaiton, the
>National Center for Preservation Technology and Training, Willard
>Developments LTD, Heritage Preservation and Aon/Huntington T. Block
>Insurance Agency.
>
>For full program details and registration materials, information about
>becoming an exhibitor or other questions concerning the annual meeting,
>please contact Megan Dennis at the AIC office:
>
>American Institute for Conservation
>of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC)
>1717 K Street NW Suite 200
>Washington, DC 20006
>Phone: (202) 452-9545 Fax: (202) 452-9328
>E-mail: Info@aic-faic.org Web site:
><http://aic.stanford.edu>http://aic.stanford.edu
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