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Annual BPG Business Meeting and Program


The 51st annual AIC conference was held in Jacksonville, Florida, May 16-20, 2023.

Conservation in the Age of Environmental, Social, and Economic Climate Change

Rising global temperatures, international conflicts, political shifts that threaten to erase hard won rights, and a fragile and unbalanced economy. These are some of the issues our organization, our field, and we as individuals are facing right now, and they may seem overwhelming, but as the activist and historian Rebecca Solnit said, “Hope locates itself in the premises that we don’t know what will happen and that in the spaciousness of uncertainty is room to act.” Conservation is an inherently hopeful pursuit. We hope through our actions to preserve the legacy of humanity for future generations. We hope through our research and collaborative efforts with source communities to tell richer, more nuanced stories of individuals and cultures. Conservation is also an active pursuit involving treatment, surveys, monitoring, research, development of site use plans, outreach, advocacy, education, and a myriad of other activities.

Information specific to BPG's activities at previous Annual Meetings – both program presentations and business material – can be accessed below.

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  • 2022 - Los Angeles, CA


    Business Meeting and Related Material

    • 2022 Proposed Budget (Member login required)
    • 2022 Business Meeting Agenda (Member login required)


    Program Schedule

    View Program and Abstracts

  • 2021 - Virtual Meeting


    Business Meeting and Related Material

    • 2021 Proposed Budget (Member login required)
    • 2021 Business Meeting Minutes (Member login required)


    Program Schedule

    View Program and Abstracts

  • 2020 - Virtual Meeting


    Business Meeting and Related Material

    • 2020 Proposed Budget (Member login required)
    • 2020 Business Meeting Agenda and Treasurer's Report (Member login required)
    • 2020 Business Meeting Minutes (Member login required)


    Program Schedule

    View all BPG Sessions on Firebird

  • 2019 - New England


    Business Meeting and Related Material

    • 2019 Proposed Budget (Member Login Required)
    • 2019 Business Meeting Agenda and Treasurer's Report (Member Login Required)
    • 2019 Business Meeting Minutes (Member Login Required)


    Program Schedule (Sched)

    Wednesday, May 15 (2:00–5:30 p.m.)

    Select Tips and Tricks In Paper Conservation
    J Franklin Mowery
    Unconventional Uses Of Conventional Treatments: Three Case Studies In Paper Conservation
    Kyla Ubbink
    It All Comes out in the Wash, or Does It? A Comparative Study of Washing Treatments on a Group of 18th-Century Engravings
    Grace Walters, Sylvia Albro, Julie Biggs, Claire Dekle, Claire Valero, and Tana Villafana
    Legacy vs. Losses in Hedda Sterne’s Complex Monotypes
    Rachel Mochon
    The Conservator In The Age Of Digital Reproduction: Color Matching and Digital Fills For A Matte Screenprint
    Carolyn Burns, Jiuan Jiuan Chen, Rebecca Ploeger PhD, Dr. Aaron Shugar, and Theresa J. Smith
    A New Tool For Managing Cumulative Light Exposure
    Jordan Ferraro

    Thursday, May 16 (8:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.)

    Comparison Of Chinese Painting and Western Paper Conservation Techniques
    Grace Jan
    Combining Traditional Thinking and Innovative Methods On the Conservation Of Chinese Hanging Scroll – A Case Study From the National Palace Museum Collections
    Sun-Hsin Hung
    Whistler’s Little Game: Watercolor Materials and Technique
    Emily Klayman Jacobson and Blythe McCarthy
    Repairing A 52-Pound Antiphonary At the University Of Chicago
    Ann L. Lindsey and Melina Avery
    The Queen’s Bindery Apprenticeship Scheme: a new look at traditional craft training
    Philippa Rader
    BPG Wiki Discussion Session
    Denise Stockman, Katherine Kelly, and Diane E Knauf

    Friday, May 17 (10:00 a.m.–2:30 p.m.)

    Use Of Heat and Solvent Set Repair Tissues
    Katherine Kelly and Lauren M. Varga
    Book and Paper Tips Session
    Discussing BPG Discussion Groups: Updates from our Discussion Group Merger Survey
    Jennifer Hunt Johnson, Eliza Spaulding, and Sarah Reidell
    [ACDG] Addressing challenges from workplace change: Conservation and collection care tales of struggle and success
    Liz Dube, Alison Reppert Gerber, Sue Donovan, and Allison McGuire Olson
    [APDG] Expanding the Tool Box: Making Artists' Materials Reference Collections Relevant to Conservation Practice
    Joseph G. Barabe, Margaret Holben Ellis, Michelle Facini, Amanda Hunter Johnson, Marjorie Shelley, and Jodie Lee Utter

  • 2018 - Houston, TX


    Business Meeting and Related Material

    • 2018 Proposed Budget (Member Login Required)
    • 2018 Business Meeting Agenda and Treasurer's Report (Member Login Required)
    • 2018 Business Meeting Minutes (Member Login Required)


    Program Schedule (Sched)

    Thursday, May 31 (2:00–5:30 p.m.)

    Washi: Understanding Japanese paper as a material of culture and conservation
    Brook Prestowitz and Yuki Katayama
    Optical Clearing of Repair Tissues for the Treatment of Translucent Papers
    Roger S. Williams
    Cocktails and mixers: Ethanol-modified treatments for iron-gall ink.
    Julie Biggs, Lynn Brostoff, Andrew Davis, Claire Dekle, Cyntia Karnes, Yasmeen Khan, Susan Peckham, and Cindy Connelly Ryan
    Chancery Master Exhibits - piecing it back together
    Sonja Schwoll, Dr. Lora Angelova, and Rose Mitchell
    Peregrinations of an 18th-Century Armenian Prayer Scroll
    Xiaoping Cai, Emily Williams, Sylvia Albro, Levon Avdoyan, Lynn Brostoff, and Claire Dekle
    Looking Back and Taking Stock – A Journey through Past Projects
    Elmer Eusman

    Friday, June 1 (8:30 a.m–12:00 p.m.)

    Small but bulky: a study on the rebinding of a portable 15th century book of hours
    Kimberly Kwan
    Branded by Fire: Treatment of los Primeros Libros
    Jeanne Goodman
    The unintended effects of some book treatments on original or early binding structures and materials
    Olivia Primanis
    Transparent Liquid Colors: "Not Just For Ornament"
    Joan Irving
    John Singer Sargent: New insights into his watercolor materials and techniques
    Francesca Casadio, Agnese Babini, Veronica Biolcati, Mary Broadway, Danielle Duggins, Gianluca Pastorelli, Emeline Pouyet, Ken Sutherland, and Marc Sebastian Walton
    Multi Spectral Imaging and the Digitization of the Dead Sea Scrolls
    Ashlyn Oprescu
    2018 Book and Paper Wiki Discussion Session
    Katherine Kelly and Denise Stockman

    Saturday, June 2 (10:00 a.m–2:30 p.m.)

    Stone Paper: Examination of Gericault’s Lion Devouring a Horse Lithographic Printing Matrix
    Christina Taylor, Katherine Eremin, Georgina Rayner, and Christopher Wallace
    Édouard Manet’s Pastels on Canvas Supports
    Christine Conniff-O'Shea, Rachel Freeman, and Don Johnson
    Think Outside of the Box: Displaying Paper Objects Without Using Classic Method
    Hsuan-Yu Chen, Chi-Chun Lin, and Jen Jung Ku
    Screenprint on Plastic (Some assembly required). A Case Study of Joe Tilson's "The Software Chart" 1968
    Joan Weir, Vincent Dion, and Eric Henderson
    Improved methods of authentication and the resulting shifts in decision-making in parchment conservation
    Patricia Engel and Matthew Collins
    ACDG: Preserving the Protest: Collection and Care of Social Movement Archives
    Kim R. Du Boise, Stephanie I. Gowler, Dawn Mankowski, Flavia Perugini, Crystal Sanchez, Whitney Baker, Daniel Burge, Roy T. Canizaro, Dan Erdman, and Cher Schneider
    LCCDG: Matters at Hand: The evolution of staffing and prioritization in library conservation labs
    Angela Andres, Sofia I. Barron, Jessamy Gloor, Ellen Cunningham-Kruppa, Werner Haun, Laura McCann, Jessica L. Pace, Ashleigh Schieszer, and Lauren Telepak

  • 2017 - Chicago, IL


    Business Meeting and Related Material

    • 2017 Porposed Budget (Member Login Required)
    • 2017 Meeting Minutes (Member Login Required)
    • 2017 Agenda and Treasurer's Report (Member Login Required)


    Program Schedule (Sched)

    Tuesday, May 30 (2:00–5:30 p.m.)

    Less is More
    Adam Novak and Daria Keynan
    Reducing Agent Tertbutylamine Borane Complex and Its Use in Stain Reduction on Paper-Based Artifacts
    Crystal Maitland
    Removing Oil from Paper: A Collaborative Conservation Challenge
    Holly Herro, Wendy Cowan, Scott Webster Nolley, and Kristi Wright
    Treatment 305: A Love Story
    Kathy Lechuga
    Medium Rare: An Innovative Treatment Approach to the Space between Special and General Collections
    Quinn Ferris
    Line up, Back to Back: Restoration of Korean Buddhist Sutra in Accordion Book Format
    Hsin-Chen Tsai and Tanya Uyeda

    Wednesday, May 31 (7:15–8:30 a.m.)

    Business Meeting: Book and Paper Group

    Wednesday, May 31 (8:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.)

    Lessons from a Large-Scale Survey of Parchment Animal Origin and Production Quality
    Matthew Collins
    The Codex Eyckensis (8th century). Re-evaluation of the 20th century Restoration & Conservation Treatments
    Lieve Watteeuw, Marina Van Bos, and Bruno Vandermeulen
    Contacts That Leave Traces: Investigations into the Contamination of Paper Surfaces from Handling
    Karin van der Pal, Wilhelm van Bronswijk, Simon Lewis, Rachel S. Popelka-Filcoff, and Gregory D. Smith
    Revisiting Paper pH Determination: 40 Years of Evolving Practice in the Library of Congress Preservation Research and Testing Laboratory
    Cindy Connelly Ryan, Eric Breitung, Lynn Brostoff, and Michelle Youket
    Centuries of Cellulose: Lessons Learned from the Molecular Size of Cellulose in Naturally-Aged Paper Collections
    Dr. Andrew R. Davis and Fenella France
    Characterization of Aniline Dyes in Colored Papers of Jose Posada’s Prints Using (ToF-SIMS)...
    Stacey Kelly, Ashley Ellsworth, Jenny K. Hedlund, Jodie Utter, and Amy Walker
    Book & Paper Group Reception (7:00–10:00 p.m. )

    Thursday, June 1

    Challenging the Myths Surrounding Paul Gauguin’s “Little Marvels”
    Mary Broadway and Harriet K. Stratis
    Sidewalks, Circles and Stars: Reviving the Legacy of Sari Dienes
    Samantha Sheesley
    Ionic Fixatives on Water-Sensitive Media for Aqueous Treatment
    Soyeon Choi
    The Challenge of Scale Revisited: Lessons Learned from Treatment and Mounting an Exhibition of 160 Illuminated Manuscripts
    Alan Puglia and Debora Mayer
    Re-engineering Broken Book Spines
    Jana Dambrogio, Katherine Beattie, Brien Beidler, Emily Hishta Cohen, and Mary Uthuppuru
    The Story not Told: The Examination and Treatment of Edward Steichen's Oochens
    Linda M. Owen and Kathryn Morales
    Art on Paper Discussion Group - Multiple Perspectives on the Treatment of Multiples: Innovative Thinking on the Conservation of Prints
    Rachel Freeman, Cyntia Karnes, and Harriet K. Stratis
    Library Collections Conservation Discussion Group - Unexpectedly Expert: Diversifying your skills to cover all the bases
    Angela Andres, Sonya Barron, and Anahit Campbell

  • 2016 - Montreal, QC


    Business Meeting and Related Material

    • 2016 Meeting Minutes (Member Login Required)
    • 2016 Proposed Budget (Member Login Required)
    • 2016 Treasurer's Report (Member Login Required)


    Program Schedule (Sched)

    Sunday, May 15 (2:00–5:30 p.m.)

    The Rationale for Rebinding at the Pierpont Morgan Library in the Early Twentieth Century) A Case Study
    Saira Haqqi
    You Wanted WHAT, WHEN? An Issue of Scale: Delivering High End Treatments on a Large Collection of Illuminated Manuscripts
    Debora Mayer and Alan Puglia
    All Over the Map: Bringing Buffalo’s Stars of Cartography to Light (One Lining at a Time)
    Stephanie Porto
    Recent Conservation Treatments of Portrait Miniatures at Library and Archives Canada
    Doris St-Jacques and Maria Bedynski
    Treatment of a Terrestrial Cary Globe
    Joanna P McMann, Sherry Guild, and Janet Mason
    Careful Consideration: Learning to Conserve a Kashmiri Birch-bark Manuscript
    Crystal Maitland

    Friday, May 15 (7:15–8:30 a.m.)

    Business Meeting: Book and Paper Group

    Monday, May 16 (8:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.)

    A Technical Exploration of a 19th century Qajar Artists’ Album
    Penley Knipe
    Watercolor Pencils: Composition and Conservation Concerns
    Lauren Buttle, Natasa Krsmanovic, Laura Hashimoto, and Rosaleen Hill
    Paper Tapestry: Wallpaper Preservation
    Joanna P McMann
    A Low-oxygen Capable Storage and Display Case for the Proclamation of the Constitution Act & Design of a Counterbalance Supporting Mount for the Books of Remembrance
    Eric Hagan, Michael Smith, Anne Maheux, and Christine McNair
    Push Pins, Staples, Daylight, Glazing and Barrier Free – Are Conservation Standards Becoming Too Relaxed?
    Joan Weir
    The Coptic Binding Collection at the Morgan Library & Museum: History, Conservation and Access
    Georgia Southworth and Francisco H. Trujillo

    Tuesday, May 17

    A Protocol to Conserve Glazed Paper After a Water Damage
    Céline Allain and Lucile Dessennes
    Post-flood Development of Mass Treatments at the National Library of Florence: The Roots of Library Conservation
    Sheila Waters
    Targeted Cleaning of Works on Paper: Rigid Polysaccharide Gels and Conductivity-Adjusted Aqueous Solutions
    Amy Hughes and Michelle Sullivan
    Soft Matter; Gel Development for Conservation Treatment
    Mylène Leroux
    A Preliminary Investigation Into the Use of Diethylenetriaminepentaacetic Acid (DTPA) and Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid (EDTA) to Treat Foxing of Paper Objects
    Brook Prestowitz, Dr. Jane Colbourne, and Charis Theodorakopoulos
    Tips Session Luncheon
    TEK-Wiping Out the Competition: The Ideal Reusable Absorbent Material
    Kaslyne O'Connor
    Archives Conservation Discussion Group 2016: “Innovative Approaches to Disaster Response: Real-Life Tips and Tricks”
    Andrea Knowlton and Dawn Mankowski
    Art on Paper Discussion Group 2016: “Paper is Part of the Picture: Connoisseurship and Conservation Practice"
    Rachel Freeman, Cyntia Karnes, and Stephanie Lussier

  • 2015 - Miami, FL


    Business Meeting and Related Material

    • 2015 Meeting Minutes (Member Login Required)
    • 2015 Proposed vs Actual Budget (Member Login Required)
    • 2015 Treasurer's Report (Member Login Required)


    Program Schedule (Sched)

    Thursday, May 14 (2:00–5:30 p.m.)

    The Brut Chronicle: Revived and Reconstituted
    Deborah Howe
    Understanding and Preserving the Print Culture of the Confederacy
    Evan Knight
    The Book as Art: Conserving the Bible from Edward Kienholz's The Minister
    Todd Pattison
    Cross-Disciplinary Uses for Gellan Gum in Conservation
    Anne Maheux
    Confidence in the Bath
    Adam Novak
    Foxing and Reverse Foxing: Condition Problems in Modern Paper and the Role of Inorganic Additives
    Sarah Bertalan

    Friday, May 15 (7:15–8:30 a.m.)

    Business Meeting: Book and Paper Group

    Friday, May 15 (8:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.)

    16th–17th Century Italian Chiaroscuro Woodcuts: Instrumental Analysis, Degradation and Conservation
    Linda Stiber Morenus, Charlotte Eng; Diana Rambaldi, Naoko Takahatake
    To Do or Not To Do: Two Examples of Decision Making of Digital In-Filling for Asian Works of Art
    Hsin-Chen Tsai
    Preserving the Spirit Within: Bringing Twenty-Five Tibetan Initiation Cards into the 21st Century
    Angela Campbell; Yana van Dyke
    Superstorm Sandy: Response, Salvage, and Treatment of Rare Pamphlets from New York University's Ehrman Medical Library
    Angela Andres
    Heat-Set Tissue: Finding a Practical Solution of Adhesives
    Lauren Varga, Jennifer Herrmann; Kathy Ludwig
    Subject and Object: Exploring the Conservator's Changing relationship with Collection Material
    Julie L. Biggs; Yasmeen Khan
    Book & Paper Group Reception (7:00–10:00 p.m. )

    Saturday, May 16

    Multitasking on a Shoestring: Storage and Display Mounts for Oversized Maps at the Library of Virginia
    Leslie Courtois
    Affichonmanie: Retracing the History and Practice of Lining Belle Époque Posters with Fabric
    Tessa Thomas
    Unlocking the Secrets of Letterlocking to Reseal the Letters of John Donne and Other Early Modern Letter Writers
    Jana Dambrogio; Dr. Daniel Starza Smith, Dr. Heather Wolfe
    Case Study: A Practical Approach to the Conservation & Restoration of a Pair of Large Diameter English Globes
    Lorraine Bigrigg; Deborah La Camera
    Library Collection Conservation Discussion Group: Let Me Help you Help Me: Outreach as Preventative Conservation
    Anahit Campbell; Danielle Creech, Jacqueline Keck
    Archives Conservation Discussion Group: The Effects of MPLP on Archives – Ten Years Later
    Tonia Grafakos; Andrea Knowlton

  • 2014 - San Francisco, CA


    Business Meeting and Related Material

    • 2014 BPG Meeting Minutes (Member Login Required)
    • 2014 Treasurer's Report (Member Login Required)
    • 2014 Proposed Budget (Member Login Required)


    Program Schedule

    Thursday, May 29 (2:00–5:30 p.m.)

    Conservation in Action: Conservation of Mural Cartoons in the Public Eye
    Claire Titus
    Preserving the African American Scrapbook Collection of Emory University Libraries
    Kim Norman, Ann Frellsen, Brian Methot
    The Impact of Digitization on Conservation Activities at The Wellcome Library
    Gillian Boal
    Treasure from the Bog: The Faddan More Psalter
    John Gillis
    Conservation of Johannes Herolt’s Sermones de tempore, c. 1450
    Harry Campbell
    Digital Rubbings. Monitoring Bookbindings with the Portable Mini-Dome (RICH)
    Lieve Watteeuw, Bruno Vandermeulen

    Friday, May 30 (7:30–8:30 a.m.)

    Book and Paper Group Business Meeting

    Friday, May 30 (8:45 a.m.–12:00 p.m.)

    Book and Paper Tips Session
    Moderator: Emily Rainwater
    Conserving the Iraqi Jewish Archive for Digitization
    Katherine Kelly, Anna Friedman
    Salvage of Paper Materials From the Flooding of São Luiz do Paraitinga
    Fernanda Mokdessi Auada
    The Conservation of Tiffany Studio Drawings: Finding New Ways to Reconstruct Complex Paper Loss
    Marina Ruiz Molina

    Friday, May 30 (6:00–8:00 pm)

    BPG and PMG Joint Reception

    Saturday, May 31 (10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.)

    Investigation of Historical Japanese Paper: Experiment to Re-Create Recycled Paper from 18th–19th century Japan
    Kazuko Hioki
    Made of Paper: Robert Motherwell's Collage Materials in the 1940s
    Jeffrey Warda
    Corita Kent: A Technical Study of a Group of Screen Prints
    Harry Metcalf
    Indian Coloured Drawings: Modern Repair Techniques for an Album of Nineteenth Century Paintings on Mica
    Sarah Reidell
    Art on Paper Discussion Group – Reintegrating Design/Deceiving the Eye: Compensation Issues for Works on Paper
    Moderators: Nancy Ash, Scott Homolka
    Library Collections Conservation Discussion Group: Options for Sustainable Practice in Conservation
    Moderators: Justin Johnson, Danielle Creech

  • 2013 - Indianapolis, IN


    Business Meeting and Related Material

    • 2013 Meeting Minutes(Member login required)
    • 2013 Budget(Member login required)


    Program Schedule

    Thursday, May 30 (2:00–5:30 p.m.)

    Splintered: The History, Structure, and Conservation of American Scaleboard Bindings
    Renée Wolcott, Andrew W. Mellon Fellow, Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts
    Conservation of Dieter Roth's Snow
    Brenna Campbell, Mellon Fellow in Conservation, The Museum of Modern Art; Scott Gerson, Associate Paper Conservator, The Museum of Modern Art; Erika Mosier, Paper Conservator, The Museum of Modern Art
    Flip, Flap and Crack: The Conservation of 400 Years of Anatomical Flap Books
    Meg Brown, Conservator, Duke University Libraries
    A Technical Study and Conservation Project of Roy Lichtenstein's Screenprint on Plastic Sandwich and Soda, 1964
    Marion Verborg, Craigen W. Bowen Paper Conservation Fellow, Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, Harvard Art Museums
    Treatment and Housing Techniques for Pastel Paintings on Paper–Case Studies
    Soyeon Choi, Senior Paper Conservator, Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts; Jessica Makin, Manager of Housing and Framing Services, Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts
    The Materials, Techniques, and Conservation Challenges of Richard Serra's Oil Stick Prints
    Im Chan, Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in Paper Conservation, National Gallery of Art

    Friday, May 31 (7:30–8:30 a.m.)

    Book and Paper Group Business Meeting

    Friday, May 31 (8:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.)

    Archives Conservation Discussion Group: Is It Real? The Value and Ethics of Using Surrogates
    Moderators: Cher Schneider, Juanita J. and Robert E. Simpson Senior Conservator, University of Illinois Library; Tonia Grafakos, Conservation Librarian, Northwestern University
    Art on Paper Discussion Group: Making Terminology Meaningful: Guiding the Description of Media for Works of Art on Paper
    Moderators: Nancy Ash, Senior Conservator of Works of Art on Paper, Philadelphia Museum of Art; Scott Homolka, Associate Conservator of Works of Art on Paper, Philadelphia Museum of Art; Stephanie Lussier, Project Paper Conservator, Philadelphia Museum of Art
    7:00–9:30 p.m.: Book and Paper Group Reception

    Saturday, June 1 (9:45 a.m.–12:00 pm)

    Tips Session: Contemporary Treatment Tips and Techniques
    Moderator: Sarah Reidell, Conservator for Rare Books and Paper, The New York Public Library
    Two New Techniques for Loss Compensation In Art on Paper: Integration of Surface Losses Using Textile Fibers and The Use of Sprayed Cellulose Powder To Minimize Foxing and Other Discoloration
    Elissa O'Loughlin, Senior Conservator, Walters Art Museum; and Stephanie Jewell, Assistant Paper Conservator, Balboa Art Conservation Center
    Testing the Waters: Applying New Techniques to the Cleaning of Acrylic Paint Film
    Daria Keynan, Conservator, Daria K. Conservation, LLC; and Amy Hughes, Graduate Student,The Conservation Center of the Institute of Fine Arts, NYU, Dedalus Foundation Fellow in the Conservation of Modern and Contemporary Art

    Saturday, June 1 (2:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m.)

    Going Beyond Appearance: Use of Imaging Technology for the Examination of Hidden Paint Layers in a Gulistan of Sa'di from the Freer Collection
    Elisabetta Polidori, Morse Paper Conservation Fellow, Boston Museum of Fine Arts; Blythe McCarthy, Andrew W. Mellon Senior Conservation Scientist, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Emily Jacobson, Paper Conservator, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
    Conservation and Encasement: 1297 Magna Carta
    Terry Boone, Senior Conservator for Exhibits, National Archives; Morgan Zinsmeister, Senior Conservator, National Archives
    Update on Digital Print Preservation Research: What We Have Learned So Far About the Permanence and Preservation of Digitally Printed Books
    Daniel Burge, Senior Research Scientist, Image Permanence Institute
    Watermark Capture and Processing with Contemporary Desktop Applications
    Fenella G.France, Chief of the Preservation Research and Testing Division, Library of Congress; Margaret Castle, Preservation Research and Testing Division, Library of Congress; Daniel de Simone, Rosenwald Curator, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress; Meghan Hill, Preservation Research and Testing Division, Library of Congress; Christopher Bolser, Student, University of West Virginia; Sylvia Albro, Senior Paper Conservator, Library of Congress; John Bertonaschi, Senior Rare Book Conservator, Library of Congress

  • 2012 - Albuquerque, NM


    Business Meeting and Related Material

    • 2012 Meeting Minutes
    • 2012 Budget


    Program Schedule

    Wednesday, May 9 (2:00–5:30 p.m.)

    Exploring New Frontiers: Outreach and Collaboration Across Institutional Boundaries with the Treatment of de Brys' Collection of Voyages
    Erin Hammeke, Conservator for Special Collections, Duke University Libraries
    The Conservation of the Jefferson Bible at the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
    Janice Stagnitto Ellis, Senior Paper Conservator, and Emily S. Rainwater, Post Graduate Fellow, National Museum of American History; and Laura A. Bedford, Assistant Book Conservator, Northeast Document Conservation Center
    The Mysterious "Voynich Manuscript": Collaboration Yields New Insights
    Paula Zyats, Assistant Chief Conservator, Yale University Libraries; Gregory W. L. Hodgins, National Science Foundation‚ - Arizona Accelerator Maa Spectometry (AMS) Laboratory, University of Arizona; and Joseph G. Barabe, Senior Research Microscopist, Director of Scientific Imaging, McCrone Associates, Inc.
    Study on the Influence of Gunpowder Residues Found in Paper-Based Materials
    Jen Jung Ku, Research Assistant and Paper Conservator, and Fei Wen Tsai, Associate Professor, Tainan National University of the Arts, Taiwan
    A Creative Obsession: Materials and Techniques of the Self-Taught Artist James Castle
    Nancy Ash, Senior Conservator of Works of Art on Paper, and Scott Homolka, Associate Conservator of Works of Art on Paper, Philadelphia Museum of Art
    Change the Frame and You Change the Game?: Research and Reevaluation of the Presentation Formats of the Kunstsammlung's Nordrhein-Westfalen's Paul Klee Collection
    Nina Quabeck, Conservator, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen

    Thursday, May 10 (7:30–8:30 a.m.)

    Book and Paper Group Business Meeting

    Thursday, May 10 (8:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.)

    Ozalids in the Music Library: Life before Xerox
    Melina Avery, Special Collections Conservation Fellow, Northwestern University Library
    Deceptive Covers: Armenian Bindings of 18th-Century Imprints from Constantinople
    Yasmeen Khan and Tamara Ohanyan, Rare Book Conservators, Library of Congress
    Treatment Considerations for the Haggadah Prayer Book: Evaluation of Two Antioxidants for Treatment of Copper Containing Inks and Colorants
    Season Tse, Senior Conservation Scientist, Canadian Conservation Institute; and Maria Trojan-Bedynski, Senior Conservator and Doris St. Jacques, Conservator, Books, Maps and Manuscript Conservation, Library and Archives Canada
    Confronting Stenciled Posters: The Discovery, Conservation and Display of Soviet TASS World War II Posters
    Cher Schneider, Senior Special Collections Conservator, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Library; and Harriet Stratis, Head of Paper Conservation, The Art Institute of Chicago
    The Populist Conservator: A Sticky Case Study
    Whitney Baker, Head, Conservation Services, University of Kansas Libraries
    True Love Forever: Preserving the Legacy of Norman "Sailor Jerry" Collins
    Samantha Sheesley, Paper Conservator, Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts
    7:00–9:00 pm: BPG and PMG Joint Reception

    Friday, May 11 (9:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.)

    Book and Paper Group/Research and Technical Studies Joint Discussion Session with the Archives Conservation Discussion Group and the Library Collections Conservation Discussion Group
    Mass Deacidification Today
    Moderator: Joanne Martinez-Kilgore
    Bookkeeper Deacidification: The Chemistry Behind the Process
    James Burd, President and CEO, Preservation Technologies, L.P.
    Durability, Quality Control, and Ink Corrosion Treatment with the Papersave Swiss Mass De-Acidification Process
    Michael Ramin, Project Manager Research/Analytics, Nitrochemie
    Wei T'o Paperguard: Comprehensively Deacidifying, Stabilizing and Strengthening Paper
    Dick Smith, owner, Wei T'o Associates
    Taking the Measure: Treatment and Testing in Mass Deacidification
    Jeanne Drewes, Chief and Program Manager, Binding & Collections Care/ Mass Deacidification Department, and Fenella France, Chief, Preservation of Research and Testing Division, Library of Congress
    Evaluating Deacidification after 20 Years of Natural Aging
    Anna Friedman, Conservator, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)

    Friday, May 11 (2:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m.)

    New Book and Paper Conservation Products and Processes from the Heritage Science for Conservation Laboratory, Department of Conservation and Preservation – The Sheridan Libraries, The Johns Hopkins University
    John Baty, Heritage Science for Conservation Program, Department of Conservation and Preservation – The Sheridan Libraries, The Johns Hopkins University
    Preservation of Cultural Heritage: The Restoration of the Globe in Relief, Department of Geography of the National School of Buenos Aires, (CNBA)
    Ana Wortley, Eugenia Guidobono, and Maria Gabriela Mayoni Conservators of Cultural Heritage, Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires / National School of Buenos Aires
    Examination and Analysis of a Mesoamerican Deerskin Map
    Ted Stanley, Special Collections Paper Conservator, Princeton University Library

  • 2011 - Philadelphia, PA


    Business Meeting and Related Material

    • 2011 Meeting Minutes
    • 2011 Budget


    Program Schedule

    Wednesday, June 1 (2:00–5:30 p.m.)

    How Far Do We Go? Compensation And Mounting Choices In The Treatment Of Japanese Paintings
    Tanya Uyeda, Asian Conservation Studio, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
    Practical Applications of Lascaux Acrylic Dispersions in Paper Conservation
    Samantha Sheesley, Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts
    The Watercolors Of Charles Russell: An Examination Of The Artists’ Materials And Techniques On The Montana Frontier
    Jodie Utter, Conservator of Works on Paper, Amon Carter Museum of American Art
    The Conservation of Letterpress Copying Books: A Study of the Baird Collection
    Beth Antoine, Post-Graduate Fellow in Book and Paper Conservation, Smithsonian Institution Archives
    Thermal Yellowing of Digital Print Papers
    Doug Nishimura, Daniel Burge, Jean-Louis Bigourdan, and James Reilly, Image Permanence Institute, Rochester Institute of Technology
    The Hours of Catherine of Cleves: Exhibition, Conservation and Analysis of an Illuminated Manuscript
    Francisco Trujillo, Morgan Library

    Thursday, June 2 (8:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.)

    Archives Conservation Discussion Group: Digitization and Its Effect on Conservation Treatment Decisions – How Has Wide-spread Digitizing of Collections Changed Our Approach to Treatment?
    Co-chairs: Laura O’Brien-Miller, Conservator, Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University; and Melissa Tedone, Conservator, Parks Library, Iowa State University
    Keynote Presentation: Grappling with Treatment Decisions for Large-Scale Digitization of Archival Materials
    Andrea Knowlton, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Library Collections Conservation Discussion Group: Models for Educating Library and Archives Conservators
    Co-chairs: Werner Haun, Collections Conservator, New York Public Library; and Justin Johnson, Conservator, Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens
    Moderator: Michele V. Cloonan, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Simmons College
    Panelists: Ellen Cunningham-Kruppa and Lois Price, University of Delaware-Winterthur; Margaret Holben Ellis, New York University and the Morgan Library; Judy Walsh, Buffalo State
    7:00–9:00 p.m.: BPG Reception at the American Philosophical Society

    Friday, June 3 (7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.)

    Book and Paper Group Breakfast and Business Meeting

    Friday, June 3 (8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.)

    Nicolas De Fer L’amerique Wall Map: A Look Into The Ethical Dilemmas Resulting From Past Restorations
    Doris St-Jacques and Maria Bedynski, Conservators, Preservation Centre, Library and Archives Canada
    Using Magnets as a Conservation Tool: A New Look at Tension Drying Damaged Vellum Documents
    Tammy Jordan, Etherington Conservation Services
    A Comprehensive In-Situ Approach For The Analysis Of Illuminated Manuscripts And Drawings: Exploring The Synergy Between Imaging Spectroscopy, FORS, XRF, And High-Resolution Multispectral Infrared Reflectography
    Paola Ricciardi, John K. Delaney, Lisha D. Glinsman, Mathieu Thoury, and Michelle Facini, National Gallery of Art
    Cut And Tape: Marguerite Yourcenar's Emendations to a Typescript Of L'Oeuvre Au Noir
    Theresa Smith, Weissman Preservation Center, Harvard University
    Made in the U.S.A.: Physical Evidence in Early American Bindings at the National Archives and Records Administration
    Jana Dambrogio, National Archives and Records Administration
    Solving the Ptolemy Puzzle
    Eliza Spaulding, Philadelphia Museum of Art; Sylvia Albro, John Bertonaschi, Lynn Brostoff, Daniel De Simone, Fenella France, Library of Congress

    Friday, June 3 (2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.)

    Investigating Crayon Removal from Paper-Based Japanese Prints
    Hsin-Chen Tsai, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
    The Relationship between Inherent Material Evidence in Cultural Heritage and Preservation Treatment Planning
    Lynn Brostoff and Fenella France, Library of Congress
    Light Bleaching: Scientific Investigation Of Various Effects On Different Properties Of Several Old Papers
    Marion Verborg, Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts
    A Comparison Of The Use Of Sodium Metabisulfite And Sodium Dithionite For Removing Rust Stains From Paper
    Seth Irwin, Alaska Paper Conservation
    Pre-Program Student Paper: Treatment of an Oversize Rare Book: Research and Decisions on Rebinding
    Evelyn Mayberger, Intern, National Museum of the American Indian; Betty Fiske, Historic Odessa Foundation; Michaelle Biddle, Wesleyan University Library; Abigail Quandt, Walters Art Museum

  • 2010 - Milwaukee, WI


    Business Meeting and Related Material

    • 2010 Meeting Minutes
    • 2010 Budget


    Program Schedule

    Wednesday, May 12 (2:00–5:30 p.m.)

    Decision-Making And Treatment: The Ephrata Cloister ABC Book Of An Early American Fraktur
    Joan Irving and Soyeon Choi, Paper Conservators, Winterthur
    Thirteen Years Later: Looking Back At A Bound-Pamphlet Conservation And Cataloging Project
    Consuela (Chela) Metzger, Lecturer, School of Information, The University of Texas at Austin
    A Survey Of Leather Conservation Practices
    Jennifer Hain Teper, Head, Conservation, University Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Melissa Straw, Director of Library Preservation, Goucher College Library
    Afghanistan Digital Library: Conservation Challenges
    Laura McCann, Conservation Librarian, NYU Libraries; Georgia Southworth, Independent Conservator; Melitte Buchman, Digital Content Manager, NYU Libraries
    Calcium Phytate Treatment On 19th Century Iron Gall Ink Documents: Overall Summary Of Research Results And Implications On Treatment Decisions
    S. Tse and S. Guild, Canadian Conservation Institute, Dept. Canadian Heritage, Ottawa; D. Goltz, Department of Chemistry, University of Winnipeg, Manitoba; V. Orlandini, National Park Service, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia; M. Trojan-Bedynski, Library and Archives Canada, Gatineau Preservation Centre, Gatineau
    Which Ink? Which Paper? Where is It?
    Florencia Gear, Paper Conservator, Federación Argentina de Amigos de Museos (FADAM), Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Thursday, May 13 (8:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.)

    Archives Conservation Discussion Group: Working In An Unstable Economy – Experiences And Insight On The Conservation Of Paper-Based Materials in the Private Sector
    Co-chairs: Marieka Kaye, Dibner Conservator, Huntington Library and Laura O’Brien-Miller, Conservator, Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University
    Library Collections Conservation Discussion Group: Conservation In The Twenty-First Century – Revisiting Past Practices And Their Evolution In Institutional Settings
    Co-Chairs: Werner Haun, Collections Conservator, New York Public Library and Jody Beenk, Conservator, Princeton University Library, Rare Books and Collections Conservation
    BPG Reception: Milwaukee County Historical Society (7:30–9:30 p.m.)

    Friday, May 14 (8:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.)

    Identification Of Historic Pigments By Direct Microscopical Visual Analysis
    Gary J. Laughlin, Ph.D., Senior Research Microscopist, McCrone Research Institute
    New Analytical Trend In Testing Paper Conservation Materials: Utilizing Miniature Spectrometers In The Lab
    Ted Stanley, Princeton University Library, Princeton, NJ
    A New Methodology For Wet Conservation Treatments Of Graphic Art On Paper With A Rigid Polysaccharide Gel Of Gellan Gum
    Silvia Sotgiu and Simonetta Iannuccelli, Paper Conservators, Laboratorio di restauro del patrimonio librario, ICPAL (Istituto centrale per il restauro e la conservazione del patrimonio archivistico e librario)
    Rock Posters From The Summer Of Love: Haight-Ashbury And The Art Of Photo-Offset Lithography
    Victoria Binder, Assistant Paper Conservator, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, Legion of Honor
    Reading Between The Lines: Would You Know Invisible Ink If You Saw It?
    Barbara Rhodes, Conservator, Department of Library Services, American Museum of Natural History
    Mold Outbreak At The Documentation and Information Center Located In The House of Representatives — Brazil
    Jucara Quinteros Farias, Chief of Conservation and Restoration, Brazil House of Representatives

    Friday, May 14 (12:00 p.m.)

    BPG Business Meeting

    Friday, May 14 (2:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m.)

    A Dionysian Dilemma: The Conservation and Display of Oversized Pompeian Watercolors at The Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
    Claudia Chemello and Suzanne Davis, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology and Jamye Jamison and Wendy Partridge, Intermuseum Conservation Association
    Think OVERSIZE! The Challenge of Mounting, Installing and Storing Very Large Contemporary Works of Art on Paper During Times of Constraint
    Joan Weir, Conservator, Works on Paper, Art Gallery of Ontario
    Conservation of a Series of Mural Cartoons: High Hopes on a Low Budget
    Claire Titus, Conservator, New Brunswick Museum

    Joint Session with Research and Technical Studies (4:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.)

    Analysis Of 14th-19th Century Papers Using Non-destructive Techniques
    Tim Barrett, University of Iowa Center for the Book; Mark Ormsby, National Archives and Records Administration; Robert Shannon, Bruker AXS; Michael Schilling, Getty Conservation Institute; Joy Mazurek, Getty Conservation Institute; Jennifer Wade, Library of Congress, Division of Research and Testing; Irene Brückle, State Academy of Art and Design, Stuttgart, Germany; Joseph Lang, University of Iowa, Statistics and Actuarial Science; Jessica White, University of Iowa Center for the Book
    The Role of Electrophilic Metal Ions Aluminum(III) and Magnesium(II) in Paper Degradation and Deacidification
    John W. Baty, Conservation Research Associate, Heritage Science for Conservation Program, Department of Conservation and Preservation, The Sheridan Libraries, Johns Hopkins University

  • 2009 - Los Angeles, CA


    Business Meeting and Related Material

    • 2009 Meeting Minutes
    • 2009 Budget


    Program Schedule

    Wednesday, May 20 (2:00–5:00 p.m.)

    Unilateral Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies of Oil Stains on Paper
    Eleonora Del Federic, Department of Mathematics and Science, Pratt Institute
    Using Tycore Board as a Mounting Panel for an Oversized Charcoal Drawing
    Fei Wen Tsai, Associate Professor, Tainan National University of the Arts, Taiwan
    A Technical Study of a Relatively Unknown Printing Process: Mixografia
    Chail Norton, Assistant Paper Conservator, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
    New Directions in the Non-Destructive Analysis of Watercolors by John Marin
    Cyntia Karnes, Senior Paper Conservator, Library of Congress
    Hyperspectral Imaging for Monitoring of Aging Processes in Archival Documents
    R. Padoan, National Archives of the Netherlands
    An Examination of Anoxic Color Fading for Selected Gouaches, Watercolors and Textiles
    Vincent Beltran, Assistant Scientist, Getty Conservation Institute

    Thursday, May 21 (8:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.)

    Library Collections Conservation Discussion Group: 2.0 – New Directions New and/or Adaptive Materials, Methods and Technologies Used in the Conservation Treatment and Housing of Library Collections
    Co-Chairs: Laura McCann, Conservation Librarian, New York University Libraries and Werner Haun, Collections Conservator, New York Public Library
    The Removal of Excess Leather Dressing using the Reynolds Handi-Vac: First Impressions
    Brenna Campbell, Kress Fellow in Rare Book Conservation, Thaw Conservation Center, The Morgan Library and Museum
    The Use of Rubber Cement for Facing Leather Spines: A Viable Option?
    Renate Mesmer, Assistant Head of Conservation, Folger Shakespeare Library and Anne Hillam, Head of Conservation, Gladys Brooks Book and Paper Conservation Laboratory, New York Academy of Medicine
    Comparison of Two Soot Removal Techniques
    Seth Irwin, Candidate for Masters of Art Specializing in Paper Conservation, Queen's University and Randy Silverman, Preservation Librarian, University of Utah Marriott Library
    Adhesive-coated Repair Materials: Preparation and Use
    Priscilla Anderson, Collections Conservator, Baker Library Historical Collections, Harvard Business School and Sarah Reidell, Associate Conservator for Books and Paper, New York Public Library
    Archives Conservation Discussion Group: Conservation and Preservation Approaches for Stabilizing Large Scale Collections
    Co-Chairs: Marieka Kaye, Dibner Conservator, Huntington Library, Jody Beenk, Assistant Conservator, Princeton University Library, and Laura O'Brien Miller, Conservator, Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University
    Adhesive-coated Repair Materials: Large Scale Treatment Applications
    Priscilla Anderson, Collections Conservator, Baker Library Historical Collections, Harvard Business School and Sarah Reidell, Associate Conservator for Books and Paper, New York Public Library
    Large Scale Mold Remediation at a Special Collections Library
    Melissa Straw, Contract Conservator, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Assessing and Stabilizing Archival Scrapbooks
    Jennifer Hain Teper, Head, Department of Conservation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Lessons Learned from Large-scale Photograph Preservation Projects at the National Archives and Records Administration and Harvard University Library
    Brenda Bernier, Paul M. and Harriet L. Weissman Senior Photograph Conservator, Weissman Preservation Center, Harvard University Library
    BPG Reception at the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens (6:30–8:30 p.m.)

    Friday, May 22 (7:30–9:00 a.m.)

    BPG Business Meeting

    Friday, May 22 (9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.)

    Sacred Leaves: The Conservation and Exhibition of Early Buddhist Manuscripts on Palm Leaves
    Yana Van Dyke, Associate Conservator at the Sherman Fairchild Center for Works of Art on Paper, Metropolitan Museum of Art
    Abrasion of Digital Reflection Prints: The Abrasiveness of Common Surfaces and the Vulnerability of Print Processes
    Doug Nishimura, Senior Research Scientist, Image Permanence Institute, Rochester Institute of Technology
    Digital Surrogates: A New Technique for Loss Compensation of Graphic Works of Art
    Adam Novak, Craigen W. Bowen Fellow in Paper Conservation, Straus Center for Conservation, Harvard University Art Museums
    Characteristics of Japanese Block-Printed Books in the Edo Period (1603–1867)) of Japan
    Kazuko Hioki, Conservation Librarian, University of Kentucky
    Material Japonisme in American Art, 1876–1925
    Rebecca Capua, Andrew W. Mellon Conservation Fellow, Metropolitan Museum of Art

    Friday, May 22 (2:00–5:30 p.m.)

    Effect of Aqueous Treatments on Nineteenth-Century Iron-Gall Ink Documents: Part 2: Artificial Aging by Heat, Humidity and Light
    Season D. Tse, Senior Conservation Scientist, Canadian Conservation Institute
    Where Archival and Fine Art Conservation Meet: Applying Iron-Gall Ink Antioxidant and Deacidification Treatments to Corrosive Copper Watercolors
    Crystal Maitland, Paper Conservator, Johns Hopkins University
    A Discussion of the Conservation of SS-Hygiene Documents in the Archives of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
    Beate Kozub, Paper Conservator, Kozub Atelier, Potsdam
    Place in Wales: Drawings from a Sketchbook by Francis Place
    Emily O’Reilly, Senior Paper Conservator, National Museum of Wales
    Sizing in Nineteenth-Century Book Papers
    Morgan Jones, Associate Conservator, University of Michigan
    Treatment of Persian Lacquer Bindings
    Katherine Beaty, Book Conservator, Harvard College Library, Harvard University

  • 2008 - Denver, CO


    Business Meeting and Related Material

    • 2008 Meeting Minutes
    • 2008 Budget


    Program Schedule

    Tuesday, April 22 (2:00–5:30 p.m.)

    Save the Plants: Conservation of the Brendel Anatomical Botany Models
    Luana Maekawa, Conservator in Private Practice, Florence, Italy
    The National Archives C 104/3 "The Wool Sample Books" – Conservation – Digitisation – Historical and Scientific Research – Public Access
    Juergen Vervoorst, National Archives, United Kingdom
    Conservation of the Gandhara Scroll – Collaboration of the Library of Congress and the British Library
    Holly Krueger, Library of Congress
    A Technical Study of Six Himalayan Thangkas from the Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Twentieth Centuries With Insight into Pigment Trade in the Himalayan Region
    Jo-Fan Huang, Philadelphia Museum of Art
    Larger Than Life: Discovery and Restoration of an 1878 "Buffalo Bill" Billboard
    Laura Schell, Conservator in Private Practice, Lockport, NY
    Vortices and Reveries: An Innovative Treatment of Oversized Three-Dimensional Paper Objects
    Samantha Sheesley, Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts, Philadelphia

    Wednesday, April 23 (7:30–8:30 a.m.)

    Book and Paper Breakfast and Business Meeting

    Wednesday, April 23 (8:30–12:00 p.m.)

    Joint Session: BPG/Electronic Media Group
    Metadata for Conservators
    Liz Bishoff, University of Colorado
    Hierarchical Recording of Binding Structures
    Athanasios Velios, University of the Arts, London
    What Lies Beneath: Treatment of 19th Century Canvas-backed Pennsylvania Coal Mining Maps
    Amy Baker and Jean Ann Croft, University of Pittsburgh; Joseph Taranto and James Welsh, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
    Balancing Preservation and Access with Commercial Interests
    Jess Ahmon and Caroline Kimbell, The National Archives, United Kingdom
    Panel Discussion
    Joint session presenters
    BPG Reception (6:00–8:00 p.m.)

    Thursday, April 24 (8:30–12:00 p.m.)

    A Preliminary Study of Current Book Repair and Conservation in Research Libraries: A Survey of the Landscape
    Whitney Baker, University of Kansas Libraries and Liz Dube, University of Notre Dame Libraries
    Historical Bleaching of Ingres Drawings at the Fogg Art Museum
    Theresa Smith, Weissman Preservation Center at Harvard University
    Determining Display Conditions for the Waldseemüller World Map: Lightfastness Testing in an Anoxic Environment
    Cindy Connelly Ryan, Library of Congress
    Aqueous Calcium Phytate Treatment for Iron Gall Ink on Paper – Optimization of Existing Protocols
    Valeria Orlandini, Library of Congress
    The Use of Cyclododecane as an Adhesive for Temporary Facings
    Grace White, Etherington Conservation Services
    Iron-gall Ink Treatment at the Library of Congress: Old Manuscripts – New Tools
    Claire Dekle and Mary Elizabeth Haude, Library of Congress
    Library Collections Conservation Discussion Group: Digitization Project Case Studies
    Sarah Reidell and Laura McCann, Co-Chairs
    Archive Conservators Discussion Group: Sharing Information about Environmental Monitoring
    Susan Peckham and Linda Blaser, Co-Chairs
    An Investigation and Treatment of an Ethiopic Binding and Consideration of its Unusual Structure in Historical Context
    Dan Paterson, Library of Congress
    Fire and Paper: An Examination of the Materials and Techniques of Lee Bontecou's Soot Drawings
    Linda Owen, National Gallery of Art

  • 2007 - Richmond, VA


    Business Meeting and Related Material

    • 2007 Meeting Minutes
    • 2007 Budget


    Program Schedule

    Wednesday, April 18 (12:00–1:50 p.m.)

    BPG Luncheon, Business Meeting and Special Presentation
    "What You See is Not What You Get: Deceptive Repairs and Alterations in Old Master Prints"
    Roy Perkinson, Emeritus Head of Paper Conservation, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

    Wednesday, April 18 (2:00–5:30 p.m.)

    Training and Education in Paper Conservation – An International Team
    John Krill, Paper Conservator, Winterthur Museum and Country Estate
    Conservation of a Group of Early Nineteenth Century Chinese Export Floral Paintings
    Minah Song, Paper Conservator, Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts
    Zuber et Cie's "Le Paysage á Chasses" at Willow Wall – Removal, Treatment and Re-Installation of an Early Nineteenth Century Scenic Wallpaper
    Bryan Draper, Assistant Conservator, Rare Books, Etherington Conservation Services and Dianna Clise, Candidate, Master of Art Conservation Program, Queen's University, Kingston
    Treatment Options for Oil Stains on Paper
    Denise Stockman, Sherman Fairchild Fellow, The Morgan Library and Museum
    Eggs, Milk, and Fish: A Practical Investigation of Artists' Use of Fixatives
    Joan Weir, Conservator – Works on Paper, Art Gallery of Ontario
    The Unique Story of the Kupferstichkabinett-Berlin
    Theresa Smith, Advanced-Level Paper Conservation Intern, Straus Center for Conservation, Harvard University Art Museums

    Thursday, April 19 (8:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.)

    Enhancing the Lifespan of Paper-based Collections
    Jana Kolar, Head of Laboratory for Cultural Heritage, National and University Library, Slovenia
    To Treat or Not to Treat, That is the Question – Options for the Conservation of Iron Gall Ink Corrosion
    Christa Hofmann, Conservation Department, Austrian National Library
    FTIR Technique Used to Study Acidic Paper Manuscripts from XIII to XVI Century from the Archive of the Crown of Aragón
    M. Carme Sistach, Chemist, Laboratory of Restoration of The Archive of the Crown of Aragón, Barcelona
    Composition and Condition of Naturally-Aged European Papers
    Catherine Stephens, Art Conservation Research Center at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh
    Nondestructive Measurement of the Gelatin Content of Historic Papers Using Near Infrared Spectroscopy
    Timothy Barrett, University of Iowa, speaking for primary author Mark Ormsby, National Archives and Records Administration
    Another Side of Documents "Protection" – The Scientific Contribution to Discovery of Fakes
    Marina Bicchieri, Head of the Chemistry Department, Istituto Centrale di Patologia del Libro
    6:00–8:00 p.m.: BPG/RATS/ICOM-CC Joint Reception
    Hosted by the Library of Virginia Library of Virginia, Richmond

    Friday April 20 (8:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.)

    Comparing Mass Drying and Sterilization Protocols
    Randy Silverman, Preservation Librarian, University of Utah Marriott Library
    The Development of the Multifunctional Vacuum Chamber
    Jirí Polisenský, Director of Collections Management and Preservation Division, National Library of the Czech Republic
    Disinfection of Archival and Library Materials Using Gamma Radiation
    John Havermans, TNO, Department Indoor Environment and Health, The Netherlands
    Treatment Techniques of Persian and Arabic Bindings at the Library of Congress
    Yasmeen R. Kahn, Library of Congress
    Paper Identification Database – Characterisation and Documentation of Early Finnish Hand Made Papers 1667–1720
    István Kecskeméti, Head of Paper Conservation Education, Department of Conservation Studies, EVTEK Institute of Art and Design, Finland
    ASTM Lightfastness Testing of Pastels and Printed Digital Media
    Mark Gottsegen, Materials Research Director, Intermuseum Conservation Association, Co-Director Art Materials and Education Network (AMIEN), Associate Professor of Art, University of North Carolina, Greensboro

    Friday April 20 (2:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.)

    Not the Gospel Truth – Modern Manuscript Forgeries and the Story of the Archimedes Palimpsest
    Abigail Quandt, Head of Book and Paper Conservation, The Walters Art Museum
    Conundrums and Chaos – Exploring the Art of Deception
    Peter Bower, Forensic Paper Historian and Analyst, United Kingdom
    A Checkered Past – The Impact of Theft and Forgery on Treatment Decisions
    Brenna Campbell, Kilgarlin Center, University of Texas at Austin
    The Value of the Original and the Use of the Surrogate
    Jane E. Klinger, Chief Conservator, US Holocaust Memorial Museum
    The Remaking of a Modernist Icon – Marcel Duchamp's Nude Descending a Staircase (No. 3)
    Scott Homolka, Associate Conservator of Works of Art on Paper, Philadelphia Museum of Art
    Material Characterization – A Contribution to Reduce Fake Practices in Contemporary Prints
    Anna Vila, PhD Candidate, University of Barcelona
    Contribution of the Mid-IR Fiber Optic Reflectance Spectroscopy to the Non-Destructive Characterization of Artistic Prints
    José F. García, Department of Paintings, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Barcelona

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