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The Istituto Centrale per il Restauro (ICR, Central Institute for Restoration) was founded in 1939 in Rome and is one of the oldest institutions dedicated to the conservation and restoration of cultural heritage. ICR was recently renamed Istituto Superiore per la Conservazione ed il Restauro (ISCR, the Higher Institute for the Conservation and Restoration) and in the end of the month (February 2010) will be forced to leave the historical premises of San Pietro in Vincoli in Rome which it occupied since is foundation.
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Editor: Patricia Engel Publisher: Verlag Berger Publication date: November 2009 Pages: 328 (Paperback) ISBN: 978-3850284905 Language: English This recently published book makes a timely review of the research in the field of book and paper conservation in Europe. An overview of the state-of-the-art will assist paper conservator-restorers in their practical work, providing up-to-date information and results of conservation-restoration in books, prints, drawings and other artistic works on paper. The book aims to help in the decision making process not only the conservator-restorer, but also other key players in the field, such as authorities, politicians and collectors. Three main aspects of research are covered: basic research, applied research and experimental development in preservation and conservation-restoration of books and works on paper. The book is written in English because it aims to reach a pan-European audience, the problems and needs in conservation-restoration being basically the same, regardless of the geographic location.
Two new open access journals dedicated to conservation of cultural heritage were launched at the end of 2009: “ecr – estudos de conservação e restauro” and “Ge-Conservación”.
Not very long time ago there was a big void in our field concerning online publications. In 2007, when e-conservation magazine came online, we made a survey that showed that very few professionals heard of open access concept. Since then, we count at least 3 new publications, namely from Belgium, Spain and Portugal. It is with great pleasure that we welcome their advent on the internet, and witness perhaps the emergence of a new direction in the publication of conservation resources: in electronic format and with free distribution. Ecr – estudos de conservação e restauro (“studies in conservation and restoration”) is a new Portuguese journal published annually in open access by CITAR (Research Center for Science and Technology in Art) from the Portuguese Catholic University. The journal publishes peer reviewed articles, news and reviews in Portuguese, Spanish and English. The journal is distributed under a Creative Commons license. Ecr defines itself as a publication wishing to become a reference not only on the Portuguese academic scene but on international level as well through the dissemination of scientific research done in the field of conservation of cultural heritage. According to its director, Ana Calvo, the publication was born following the establishment in 2002 of a course in conservation-restoration at the School of Arts from the Catholic University and aims to serve as an evaluation platform for the research developed therein. The journal will publish studies on material and technologic aspects of conservation-restoration treatments, including complementary topics such as historic and artistic studies or production technologies and materials. The first issue of the journal has been published online in December 2009 and can be consulted at
http://citar.artes.ucp.pt/ecr/ .
Ge-Conservación, Revista digital hispano-lusa de conservación y restauración ("Hispano-Portuguese Digital Magazine of Conservation-Restoration"), is the new publication of GEIIC (Grupo Español de Conservación/Spanish Conservation Group of the International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works), published in association with the Duques de Soria Foundation. The journal, also published once a year, is addressed mainly to Spanish and Portuguese-speaking countries. Its aim is “to contribute to the scientific development, dissemination and exchange of knowledge in the field of cultural heritage conservation and restoration”. The publishing areas include original academic research, significant case studies and opinion articles. The 2009 issue of this journal was published in pdf format and is available to download from Haiti Earthquake Damage
The recent earthquake that stroke Haiti on January 12, as immediately echoed all around the world, was truly devastating by any standards. Haiti’s cultural heritage was also deeply affected and requires urgent attention, but even now it is still difficult to assess the damages due to the collapse of the communication structure in Haiti.
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