Please join the Book and Paper Group and the Sustainability Committee for a webinar on Greening Book and Paper Conservation Labs and Practices on
Wednesday, February 4th at 12 pm Eastern, 9 am Pacific.
To register (and to view speaker bios), please visit
AIC & FAIC Learning: BPG Webinar: Greening Book and Paper Conservation Labs and Practices
This webinar will bring together a panel of three conservation professionals sharing their expertise in more sustainable conservation labs to deliver practical approaches that attendees can use to practice greener conservation in their own labs. Presenters will describe their individual experiences and perspectives in approximately 10-minute segments, followed by panel discussion and Q&A with the audience. Specific topics to be presented include:
Lorraine Finch: This presentation will include ideas, inspiration, and motivation for practical sustainability actions that you can implement today, illustrated with case studies throughout. This session will encourage and energize you to engage, learn more, and reduce your lab's impact on people and planet.
Alice Boccia Paterakis: Some of the questions I will address include why strive for "green" conservation labs and what does "green" mean in a conservation lab? Some of the topics will include energy, HVAC and lighting; materials, solvents, and chemicals; consumables, waste and procurement; as well as measuring the impact of "green". Case studies of "green" conservation labs will be presented and practical resources will be provided.
Alberto Benato: Will present on the alcoholic deacidification of paper documents using calcium nanocarbonate. The simple application (by spray or brush) of calcium nanocarbonate makes this technique extremely useful and interesting for printed volumes and manuscripts that need to be kept bound in order to preserve the original stitching and bindings. From a chemical point of view, it is certainly not a particularly innovative method, but it is definitely very sustainable for the environment, risk-free for the restorer, and risk-free for the works undergoing restoration. For example, there are no risks due to high alkalinity (as is the case with calcium hydroxide nanoparticles).
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adrian hernandez
AIC Sustainability Committee Outreach Officer
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