Contemporary Issues in Book and Paper Conservation Proceedings of the Icon Book and Paper Group Third Triennial Conference 2011

About this book

The papers in this volume were presented at the Icon Book & Paper Group Third Triennial Conference 2021 entitled Mod Cons: Modern Conservation. Modern Conveniences. Modern Constraints. Topics include decolonisation; new treatments; educational programmes; business models; sustainability initiatives and frameworks. The scope of the work provides potential lessons and inspiration, and offers the opportunity for reflection on different approaches.

Contents

Foreword / Pamela Murray
Preface / Abigail Bainbridge
Acknowledgements

- Contemporary paper sculptures and their conservation: an artist survey / Jen Bowens
- Oil media on paper: reflections on condition assessment in a new context / Penelope Banou and Athina Alexopoulou
- Red rot and nano collagen: a ‘work in progress’ research on leather consolidation / Ilaria Camerini
- Verba volant, scripta manent? (Words fly, texts remain?) / Floriana Coppola and Matija Strlic
- Reconsidering Captain Cook at the National Library of Australia / Susannah Helman and Rachel Sawicki
- Connect, conserve and (de)colonise: conservators reflect on the colonial links in W.D. Campbell’s Aboriginal Carvings / Kêyeele Lawler-Dormer and Hoa Huynh
- Retrieved from the rubble: reconstructing Ireland’s lost archive / Zoë Reid, Jessica Baldwin, Peter Crooks and David Brown
- Inconvenient questions and the question of neutrality / Jane Henderson
- Conserving Dunhuang manuscripts at the British Library: how do we avoid dissociation? / Marya Muzart
- A licence to conserve: cultural diversity as a practical asset in conservation / Jin Xian Qiu, Meejung Kim-Marandet, Joanna Kosek, Kyoko Kusunoki, Valentina Marabini, Matthias Sotiras and Carol Weiss
- Inspiring and informing development: advocating for culture in sustainable development / Claire McGuire
- The role of conservation in the development of the British Library Green Network / Morgane Lirette
- Paper at a distance: conservation in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic / Isabelle McGinn, Laura Esser and Daniele Knoetze
- Born in lockdown. Impact Heritage: setting up a community interest company to improve diversity and access to funding in the cultural heritage sector / Ruth Stevens, Ann-Marie Miller and Ian Watson

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