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By Kloe Rumsey
The most common route between article and podcast episode is to start with the article and then bring it to discussion and make a podcast episode out of it, but here I will be doing the opposite.
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The magazine 'timecare' is published by International Conservation by Design, with a fourth issue featuring an interview with our Executive Director Sarah Stannage. She talks about the importance of mutual support between business and not-for-profits within conservation, adding "we need far-sighted supporters like CXD who can see beyond the tangible and who want to make an indelible impression on the future of the profession".
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By Athanasios Velios and Kristen St.John
We are pleased to announce that the Linked Conservation Data Consortium has secured further funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council to continue with efforts to improve and harmonise documentation in conservation. The consortium is a unique environment where conservation practice, documentation, terminology and ontology are discussed in relation to their impact on the profession both in strategic and in practical terms.
The consortium has grown, and we are happy to welcome these new partners:
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By Graham Voce
At IIC, as a learned society, we depend on the participation of our members, heritage conservation professionals across many specialisms and in many parts of the world. Their mission, their passion, is to conserve our shared cultural heritage. In 2020, as IIC celebrates its 70th anniversary year, it is fitting that this philosophy should be applied to IIC’s own archives and records.
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By Mirta Pavić
In the early morning of 22nd March, a devastating earthquake shook the Croatian capital, Zagreb. Only two days after the state agencies had introduced strict measures to prevent the coronavirus from spreading, we were dealt a blow that shifted our focus away from the battle against the dangerous epidemic.
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In recent years, museums and cultural heritage organizations around the world are taking note of the potential impact that vibrations from music can have on their collections. In addition, new questions are being raised about the potential impact of vibrations that objects experience during transport.
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By Melissa Tedone
In early spring 2019, I started treatment on a Victorian-era publisher’s case binding bound in bright green bookcloth, never anticipating that this mass-produced binding would set into motion an engrossing exploration of a hidden hazard in library collections.
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June 7, 2020 through March 28, 2021 in the Kress Gallery, Allentown Art Museum, Pennsylvania, USA
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The IIC Spain Regional Group (GEIIC) is starting a weekly webinar series called “GEIIC Desde Casa” or “GEIIC From Home”
Week One:
“Reflections on the conservation of stone materials in the time of Covid-19”
Presented by Ana Laborde Marqueze, IPCE
Tuesday, 28 April 19:00 (CET Berlin zone) http://meet.google.com/mnn-gwwk-mtd
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Historic England have just launched an Emergency Response Fund https://historicengland.org.uk/whats-new/news/covid-19-emergency-respons.... The grants available will help organisations, voluntary groups and self-employed contractors survive the immediate challenges posed by the pandemic, and to prepare for recovery.
