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    Center for Collections Care - Registration Open & ...

    By: Nicolette Meister , Beloit College Center for Collections Care , 6 days ago
    Posted in: Connecting to Collections Care

    Greetings, The Center for Collections is offering 22 professional development courses in 2024! These non-credit-bearing courses are a great way to expand your knowledge and hand-on skills while networking with other museum, library, archive, and ...

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    Welcome to our next C2C Care Community Monitor: Luisa ...

    By: Robin Bauer Kilgo , American Institute for Conservation and Foundation for Advancement in Conservation , 6 days ago
    Posted in: Connecting to Collections Care

    The C2C Care Community is fortunate to be monitored by a group of volunteer conservation professionals who answer questions directly or seek the assistance of conservators and collections care professionals who provide expert assistance. Our monitor for ...

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    Agisoft's Metashape vs. 3DFlow's 3DF Zephyr

    By: Emily Frank , New York University , 13 days ago
    Posted in: Imaging Working Group

    Hi All, Another department in my institution is considering a license for 3DFlow's 3DF Zephyr for photogrammetry. Does anyone have experience with this package? I would be super keen to hear any anecdotes/insights on how it works for building models ...

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    RE: HVAC System

    By: Saira Haqqi , National Archives and Records Administration , 13 days ago
    Posted in: Connecting to Collections Care

    Hi Nikki, Apologies for misspelling your name in my last email -- I have no excuses! Here is a reply from one of the experts I reached out to: " The brand of equipment is not as important as the experience of the engineer who designs it, the ...

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    RE: HVAC System

    By: Jessica Ricchio , 13 days ago
    Posted in: Connecting to Collections Care

    Hi Nikki! I second Luda's recommendations. Definitely make sure to connect with facilities/maintenance/engineering (whoever is responsible for maintaining the HVAC systems onsite currently). They'll at least be able to weigh in on the equipment itself ...

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    From the K-12 Outreach Subcommittee: Conservation-related videos for children and teenagers

    By: Rebecca Rushfield 17 days ago

    You are a conservator who is making a presentation about conservation at an elementary school or a children’s library and you’d like to show a video or two. You are a museum educator and your supervisor has asked you to come up with ideas ...

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    How did they get the hammers through security and into the galleries?

    By: Rebecca Rushfield 24 days ago

    An article by Alex Marshall in the November 8, 2023 Arts Section of The New York Times reports that members of the climate activist group, Just Stop Oil slightly damaged the National Gallery London’s “Rokeby Venus” when they smashed its protective ...

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    PCN Blog: Shelley Smith on Preventive Care for Aluminum Alloys at The Chinati Foundation

    By: Colleen Grant one month ago

    This interview is part of the Preventive Care Network's blog series, which features interviews with conservators and collection care professionals. The stories and insights shared in these interviews highlight the many aspects of collection care ...

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    PCN Blog: Lisa Young on Preventive Care for Aluminum Alloys at NASM

    By: Colleen Grant one month ago

    This interview is part of the Preventive Care Network's blog series, which features interviews with conservators and collection care professionals. The stories and insights shared in these interviews highlight the many aspects of collection care ...

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    A large cash award would seem to spur on work

    By: Rebecca Rushfield one month ago

    The 800 tightly rolled papyrus scrolls found in a room in a villa in Pompeii which likely comprise the personal library of a philosopher employed by the villa’s owner were carbonized in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and cannot be opened to read ...