Paper or photo conservator, technician EMPLOYMENT/ BNF, France

Paper or photo conservator, technician

EMPLOYMENT/

BNF, France

Job location: Paris

More info: URL

Description
Full time, 6 months
Starting 1 January 2016

The national Library in France is looking for a photo conservator and a paper conservator to work with the team for 6 months. French speaking.

Book Conservator EMPLOYMENT Bodleian Libraries, United Kingdom

Book Conservator

EMPLOYMENT

Bodleian Libraries, United Kingdom

Job location: Oxford

More info: URL

Description
Temporary (9 months full time)
Full details and instructions for applicants can be found in the website

Archives Conservation Specialist 1 SG-14 (PEF)

Archives Conservation Specialist 1 SG-14 (PEF)

EMPLOYMENT

New York State Archives, United States

Job location: Albany, NY

More info: URL

Description
The Office of Cultural Education (OCE), is seeking to fill an Archives Conservation Specialist (ACS) 1 position in the New York State Archives. Under the direction of the Archives Conservation Specialist (ACS) 3, the incumbent will carry out duties of this position in accordance with the American Institute for Conservation Code of Ethics and Guidelines for Practice. Other duties of this position include, but are not limited to, the following:

Participate in the examination, treatment, documentation, and housing of high priority paper-based collections of the State Archives, State Library, and State Museum. Treatments may include but are not limited to, surface cleaning, washing, deacidifying, flattening, mending, and lining. Housing may include encapsulation, mounting, matting, and framing

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Bookbinder EMPLOYMENT Kiruna Centre for Conservation of Cultural Property, Sweden

Bookbinder

EMPLOYMENT

Kiruna Centre for Conservation of Cultural Property, Sweden

More info: URL

Description
Qualifications:
Bookbinding education (2-3 years)
Experience of book conservation and restoration

The Kiruna Centre for Conservation of Cultural Property, or SFMV, is currently in search of an enthusiastic and creative bookbinder to join the equally enthusiastic team at the paper conservation department. Situated in the Swedish Lapland and about 1300 kilometres from Stockholm; SFMV is a governmental foundation that in collaboration with The Swedish National Archives and The National Library, among others, strive towards preserving and rendering available the common cultural heritage through the means of active object conservation as well as digitisation.
The applicant will have an important role in the conservation team, working with bookbinding assignments of various types that might entail both binding of new books as well as repairing old volumes with a more conservation-related approach. SFMV would therefore greatly appreciate an applicant with highly developed problem-solving abilities and a preservation oriented thinking.
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Conservator EMPLOYMENT University of Manchester Library, United Kingdom

Conservator

EMPLOYMENT

University of Manchester Library, United Kingdom

Job location: Manchester

More info: URL

Description
Normal working hours are 35 hours per week

The University of Manchester Library is one of only five National Research Libraries and the third largest academic library in the UK.
Our vast and rich collections (both print and increasingly digital) help us to deliver a world-class library and information service for the University of Manchester. While our primary objective is to meet the learning, teaching and research needs of University members, we are also fully committed to widening access to our
services to individual researchers, local schools and others in the regional community.

This six month fixed-term post, in the Collection Care Team (part of Collection Management) will be based across several sites including the John Rylands Library on Deansgate in Manchester city centre.
The John Rylands Library houses the Special Collections of the John Rylands University Library which include numerous world-renowned manuscripts, archives and printed books.

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Boxes for rolled items Tickets, Mon, 7 Mar 2016 at 09:00 |

Ebbene sì non abbiamo solo da imparare, brave Veronica e Claudia che andate a insegnare alla British Library !

 Workshop on scroll-boxes

Icon Book and Paper Group Scroll-box Workshop
The British Library Centre for Conservation
96 Euston Road
London NW1 2DB, UK
7-9 March 2016
9:30am - 5pm

Tutors: Claudia Benvestito and Veronica Zoppi

The Icon Book and Paper Group Co-operative Training Register is
delighted to present this workshop, generously hosted by the British
Library and supported by Conservation by Design.

This three day course will teach participants how to make a bespoke
box for rolled paper and parchment documents.  This multi-function
box not only provides safe housing for the document but also enables
it to be safely and easily accessed and displayed in-situ.

The box, with its slanting base, was originally designed to house
Ethiopian magic scrolls and is particularly well suited to housing
small vertically rolled documents on paper or parchment.  During the
workshop, modifications necessary to make the box suitable for
housing horizontally rolled documents will be discussed.  The
document is rolled onto two cylindrical concertina structures,
supporting it and allowing it to be scrolled up and down for
consultation or display.  No mounting strips are necessary but can
be added if desired.  Both options will be demonstrated and
discussed during the workshop.

Participants will each make one box, including the concertina
supports.  They will learn to measure and cut the board, paper and
cloth and will prepare cutting patterns in order to better
understand the box's structure.  The final box will be constructed
from pre-cut board.  In this way participants will take away both a
finished box and the board and cloth cutting patterns which can be
used for future reference.

There will be discussions and demonstrations of different housing
possibilities throughout the workshop.  Participants are encouraged
to bring objects for discussion and during the practical sessions
each participant will be given one object to house.

Tutor biographies:

    Claudia Benvestito is a book, manuscript and paper conservator
    based at the Marciana National Library in Venice, Italy since
    1999.  She graduated in Humanities from the University of Bari,
    Italy and attended the European School for the Conservation and
    Preservation of Book Materials in Spoleto, Italy, graduating in
    1995.

    Veronica Zoppi graduated as a book and paper conservator from
    the Centre of Professional Training in Cremona, Italy in 2005.
    She has been working as a freelance conservator in Italy until
    2013 and moved to London in 2014.  In October 2015 she began
    working as a book and manuscript conservator at Corpus Christi
    College in Cambridge.

Booking: There are 11 places available and the cost of the workshop
is GBP UKP265 for Icon members and GBP UKP290 for non-members,
including refreshments and lunch.

Prior experience making a drop-spine box is essential.

Booking is via Eventbrite only.  To book your ticket please visit

    <URL:https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bespoke-boxes-for-rolled-items-tickets-20695721460>




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Conserving the past, whilst training for the future | Chester Beatty Conservation

"Conserving the past, whilst training for the future
JANUARY 26, 2016 / CHESTERBEATTYCONSERVATION
The Conservation team were delighted to start the New Year by offering a student placement (4th– 22nd January 2016) to Laura O’Farrell. Laura is originally from Dublin, and currently a student at West Dean College, University of Sussex. She has spent the past three weeks with us as part of her post-graduate diploma work placement, and we’re happy to share this post from her."Conserving the past, whilst training for the future | Chester Beatty Conservation:



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«Ti affido il libro, abbine cura» - Cronaca - La Sentinella del Canavese

Ma sì affidiamo i restauri ai tipografi ! Tanto lavoro per i restauratori ce n'è molto !



«Ti affido il libro, abbine cura» - Cronaca - La Sentinella del Canavese: "«Ti affido il libro, abbine cura»
Il notaio al Sostituto Adriano. Il tipografo Bardessono artefice del restauro


25 gennaio 2016
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It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time: Crazy Book Repairs, Part Two | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time: Crazy Book Repairs, Part Two | The Metropolitan Museum of Art: "It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time: Crazy Book Repairs, Part Two"



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It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time: Crazy Book Repairs, Part One | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time: Crazy Book Repairs, Part One | The Metropolitan Museum of Art: "It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time: Crazy Book Repairs, Part One"



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‘Adhesives for Parchment Treatment’ | The Book & Paper Gathering

"Adhesives for Parchment Treatment’

A training day at the National Records of Scotland Conservation Services Branch with Antoinette Curtis and Yuki Russell

Author’s note: I am very grateful to Antoinette Curtis for generously offering to review the lines that follow. It is now a few weeks since Antoinette retired (congratulations!) and I feel so glad to have had the chance to benefit not only from the latest fruits of her smart research, but also from the example of the craftsman’s attitude with which that research has been pursued. I owe the same degree of gratitude to Head of Conservation Linda Ramsay and colleagues at the National Records of Scotland.

Following on from the success of the ARA training day on adhesives held at General Register House of the National Records of Scotland (NRS) on 5 November 2014, Antoinette Curtis and Yuki Russell, from the Norfolk Record Office (NRO), were invited to visit the Conservation Services Branch of the NRS to deliver a workshop on the principles, materials and techniques currently applied in the treatment of parchment at the NRO.

The workshop, as rich in theoretical information as in practical tips, took place on 18 March 2015 and included presentations and demonstrations on the properties and use of gelatine, isinglass, ZorbixSM and alum-tawed caecum, as well as an update on the Apocalypto Project."

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Documenti e libri antichi: sapienti mani per dare nuova vita ai 'tesori' - Economia - Corriere di Romagna

Documenti e libri antichi: sapienti mani per dare nuova vita ai 'tesori' - Economia - Corriere di Romagna: Forlì, struttura aperta nel settore cultura di Formula Servizi

Kenneth Spencer Research Library Blog » We’re gonna need a bigger box

 "We’re gonna need a bigger box

Enclosures play a very important role in the preservation of library collections by protecting fragile items from dust and fluctuations in environmental conditions, and by enabling safe and easy handling of heavy, oversized, or awkward objects. Whenever possible, standard-sized prefabricated archival enclosures are used; shelving like containers with like makes efficient use of shelf space and contributes to ease of access and retrieval. However, in all libraries and archives, especially a large academic library with very diverse collections, there are always exceptional items that do not fit into standard enclosures, and that is where we in Conservation Services are called upon to create custom-made housings."

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“To conserve or not to conserve, that is the question” | medievalbooks

 "“TO CONSERVE OR NOT TO CONSERVE, THAT IS THE QUESTION”
DECEMBER 11, 2015 KARINSCHEPER LEAVE A COMMENT
From time to time this blog shows damaged manuscripts. One may be inclined to think that books are better off in pristine condition. However, Karin Scheper, conservator at the University Library Leiden, explains why it is sometimes better to leave a book be. Here is an intriguing guest post about useful disrepair and the upsides of damage. Enjoy! Erik Kwakkel"



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A tale of twisting threads | Chester Beatty Conservation

Mentre noi siamo ancora a decidere se conservare o no i fili staccati ecco cosa succede alla Chester Beatty :



A tale of twisting threads | Chester Beatty Conservation: "

A tale of twisting threads

DECEMBER 9, 2015 / CHESTERBEATTYCONSERVATION

With this post, we’d like to take the opportunity to welcome our new intern, Cécilia Duminuco. As we mentioned back in May, our internship programme is celebrating its 10thyear, and we’re very happy that Cécilia has joined our team in this anniversary year. We hope you enjoy hearing about Cécilia’s work prior to joining the CBL Conservation team.

Before starting my internship at the Chester Beatty Library this November, I completed an MA research project at West Dean College, University of Sussex, in the U.K.

My research developed in collaboration with the Heritage section of the Maurits Sabbe Bibliotheek at the Catholic University of Leuven (Theology Faculty) in Belgium. I studied the sewing threads and sewing structures of twenty-four manuscripts and printed books from Western Europe, ranging from the 12th to the early 19th century, by means of two methods: visual assessments and Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) with a Microdome, a digitisation tool created by the Catholic University of Leuven.

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Book Conservator | ICCROM

"Book Conservator
EMPLOYMENT
New York Society Library, United States

Job location: New York

More info: URL

Description
The New York Society Library seeks qualified candidates for the permanent full or part-time position of Book Conservator. The Book Conservator will participate in all activities carried out by the lab including but not limited to item-level conservation treatment of materials held in both the Rare Book and circulating collections of the library; collection-level preservation projects and library exhibition setup responsibilities including but not limited to book cradle construction, signage and installation.

The Book Conservator can expect to work closely with colleagues in the library, including curatorial, reference, cataloging and public services staff, while carrying out lab activities. Although bench work will be a primary focus of this position, the Book Conservator should be prepared to spend some time also promoting the lab by way of conducting tours and arranging workshops for library members that are geared towards both adults and children."

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A Guide to Swell | jeff peachey

A Guide to Swell by Jeff Peachey In bookbinding, the term "swell" describes the thicker area of a book block at the spine due to the addition of sewing thread. It depends on factors detailed below, but a binder or conservator generally does not have control over all these variables. Knowing how to estimate the amount of swell that will develop is […] Read more of this post

Carta Antica

Temporary Graduate Teaching Assistants for bank cover (cover when required) West Dean College

Work for us:

Temporary Graduate Teaching Assistants for bank cover
(cover when required)
West Dean College
West Dean, West Sussex, UK

UKP26,000 p.a. pro rata

West Dean College is a charitable trust offering internationally
renowned education in the conservation of cultural heritage, located
in West Sussex, UK, about 60 miles southwest of London.  We are
seeking to establish a pool of dynamic and enthusiastic conservation
professionals who, under the direction of the programme leader
and/or Head of Conservation, are able to provide occasional
supervision and tuition of students and contribute to the general
supervision and care of the studios, workshops and equipment in
compliance with Health and Safety legislation.  Cover may be
scheduled in advance (e.g. backfill for staff training) or at short
notice (e.g. for unplanned staff absence).  Expressions of interest
are sought in relation to the five conservation disciplines offered
at the college:

    Books and archival materials

    Clocks

    Furniture and decorative surfaces

    Ceramics

    Metals

Conservators with 3 or more year's post-qualification experience in
the above disciplines are invited to view the full job description
and person specification at

    <URL:https://www.westdean.org.uk/about/work-for-us>

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LE NANOSCIENZE | Florence

LE NANOSCIENZE | Florence: "EVENT DETAILS LE NANOSCIENZE
Cari Soci, Amici e Colleghi,

Venerdì 20 Novembre 2015 ore 16.00 avrà luogo, presso la sede dell'Associazione Bastioni, un incontro tecnico sulle nanoscienze con i professori PIERO BAGLIONI e RODORICO GIORGI e con il restauratore di opere d'arte su carta, nonché nostro socio onorario, ANTONIO MIRABILE

Seguirà un aperitivo.

Inoltrate ad amici e colleghi interessati.

L’ingresso prevede una donazione di € 5.00 per tutti i soci Bastioni in regola con la quota annuale 2015.
Ai non soci sarà richiesta una donazione di € 10.00.
È necessaria la prenotazione.
Inviare una e-mail con all’indirizzo: gianlorenzop@hotmail.com includendo il vostro nome e cognome.
In allegato la locandina dell'evento.

Associazione Bastioni
Via di San Niccolò 93r - 50125 Firenze
Tel : 055 2023866 Fax : 055 2480696
www.associazionebastioni.com"

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