New membership year 2009-10

The new subscription year began on 1 July 2009. Renewal forms were sent out to members with the June issue of News in Conservation. You can also renew for the 2009 - 2010 membership year here.

The rates for 2009 - 2010 are as follows:

• Individual member: £49
• Student member: £19
• Fellow: £70
• Institutional member: £170

IIC Istanbul Congress 2010: Conservation and the Eastern Mediterranean

The twenty-third IIC Congress will take place 20 - 24th September in the spectacular and historic city of Istanbul, the European Cultural Capital for 2010. You can find more information on the web-page for the Congress.

Reviews in Conservation Number 9, 2008

The latest volume is now published of the only peer-reviewed journal devoted to the international literature of conservation. Each article provides comprehensive coverage of the publications within a particular area of conservation. The current issue of 88 pages brings together reviews and syntheses of the latest literature on topics of relevance to a wide range of practicing conservators and scientists. The current issue contains the following reviews:

• Weighted silk: history, analysis and conservation
• The uses of cyclododecane in conservation
• Techniques for monitoring moisture in walls
• Unstable historic glass: symptoms, causes, mechanisms and conservation
• The chemistry of sodium dithionite and its use in conservation
• Identification of selected vegetable textile fibres

News in Conservation, June 2009

The June issue of News in Conservation has been published, and is available as a free PDF for members.

This issue includes an article about the recent earthquakes in Abruzzo, an article on the Enhanced Digital unwrapping for Conservation and Exploration project at the University of Kentucky, USA - as well as full members' news and much more.

News in Conservation was launched in 2007. PDFs of back issues are available to members, but the first issue is freely downloadable from this link.

Climate change and museum collections

A full transcript of the round table discussion Climate change and museum collections is now available for download here (PDF; 2.5MB). More information about the event can be found in the IIC newsblog.