The Workshop will gather speakers from laboratories which do
research in the preservation of photographs together with
representatives for users of the research results; curators,
librarians, conservators etc. Apart from the speakers, we expect
30 people to attend the workshop. We will prioritise
participants who are responsible for the preservation of
photographic collections in the broadest sense and who will
participate in the debate. We hope that all will prepare
themselves for an active role in the workshop. To help with the
preparation, all will receive a copy of the preprints before
they begin their journey to the workshop.
The intent of the workshop is to go behind the research results
and discuss methods used for research, why they are used and how
results change thinking about preservation: how research
projects are planned, how to choose the methods and how to
interpret and publish the results. Discussions on new directions
and needs in research are included.
We hope that the participants will leave the workshop with a
renewed respect for the possibilities and limitations of a
variety of investigation techniques and how they can be
implemented in practical preservation initiatives. This should
also be reflected in the preprints, which will present a survey
of research methods used in 1995 and the directions for further
research in preservation of photographs.
In addition to the deep scientific program, we will arrange an
amusing excursion to Scandinavian photo museums and the
stimulating hospitality of the city of Copenhagen.
The workshop and papers will be in English. The registration fee
for the workshop will be 3000 DKK including an excursion to
Norway and Sweden. The registration closes April 3, 1995.
For further information post, fax or email your postal address
asking for the programme on the workshop RTICP-1995 to:
The National Museum of Denmark
Department of Conservation
Box 260
DK-2800 Lyngby
Denmark
Attention: Jesper Stub Johnsen
Fax: + 45 33 47 33 27
Email: bev-jsj@brede.natmus.min.dk
or meet Mogens S. Koch, School of Conservation, Copenhagen at
the American Institute of Conservation/Photographic Materials
Group meeting, 2-3 March 1995 in Washington, D.C.