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NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT
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


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
===========


>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: <a href="/scripts/wa.exe?LOGON=A3%3Dind0002%26L%3DARLIS-L%26E%3D7BIT%26P%3D711472%26B%3D--%26T%3Dtext%252FplainTEXT%252FPLAIN%3B%2520charset%3DUS-ASCII%26pending%3D" target="_parent" >[log in to unmask]</a>     Web site: http://aic.stanford.edu

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