COST D42 WG2 Meeting

“Preservation and challenges in Libraries, Museums and Archives: environmental controls and analytical diagnostics"

National Library of Spain,

Paseo de Recoletos, 22, 28001 Madrid, Spain

11-12 March, 2010

Final program

 Links to presentations from the name of speaker and to abstracts (in paranthesis after presentation name)

11 March 2010

13:30 - 14:00 Registration

14:00 - 14:05 Welcome addresses

14:05 - 15:45                      Session 1: International and National projects (1 h 40 min) 

Chair: Marta Castillejo

14:05 - 14:30   John Havermans, COST: General presentation (abstract)

14:30 - 14:55   Matija Strlic, Recent EU projects and results (abstract)

14:55 - 15:20   Istvan Kecskemeti, Condition survey of paper collection of National Archives (abstract)

15:20 - 15:45 Vasco Fassina, Update of the Technical Committee 346-Conservation of the Cultural Property - After a Five Year Period (abstract)

15:45 -16:05    Coffee Break

16:05 - 17:55                      Session 2: Practical demonstrations (1 h 55 min)

16:05 - 17:00   Dirk Lichtblau, Practical demonstration of SURVENIR (abstract)

17:00 - 17:55    Istvan Kecskemeti, Practical demonstration of False Colour Infra Red Imaging FCIR (abstract)

12 March 2010

9:00 - 10:40  Session 3: Non-destructive testing I (1 h 40 min) 

Chair: Matija Strlic

09:00 - 09:25     Núria Ferrer and Maria Carme Sistach, Near Infrared Spectroscopy applied to manuscript samples: Comparison with Mid Infrared region (abstract)

09:25 - 09:50   Marta Castillejo and Mohamed Oujja, Optical Laser Spectroscopies for Cultural

                                            Heritage (abstract)

09:50 - 10:15   John Havermans, Non-destructive evaluation of photographic materials (abstract)

10:15 - 10:40   Concepción Domingo, Raman techniques applied to Cultural Heritage objects (abstract)

10:40 -11:00    Coffee Break   

11:00 - 12:40                      Session 4: Non-destructive testing II (1 h 40 min)

Chair: Concepción Domingo

11:00 - 11:25     Eva Marín, Maria Carme Sistach, Antoni Padró and José Francisco García, LA-gf-ICP/MS (Laser Ablation-great format- Inductively Coupled Plasma / Mass Spectrometry) a new analytical tool with high space resolution without sampling for material characterization of manuscripts (abstract)

11:25 - 11:50   Birgit Kanngießer, Analytical diagnostic with X-ray spectroscopy of cultural artifacts (abstract)

11:50 - 12:15     David Juanes, Livio Ferrazza, Isabel Martínez Lazaro and María Gerturdis Jaen Sánchez, Control of corrosion process in modified atmospheres. First tests and results  (abstract)     

12:15 - 12:40   Margarita San Andrés, Marisa Gómez, Ruth Chércoles and Jose Manuel de la Roja, Colour and composition changes in materials used in conservation and restoration of graphic documents  (abstract)

12:40 - 14:40   Lunch Break   

14:40 - 16:45                      Session 5: Environment in museums, archives and libraries (1 h 40 min)

Chair: John Havermans

14:40 - 15:05   Gerrit de Bruin, Smell of books and paper: indicator of physical condition? (abstract)

15:05 - 15:30   Nieves Valentín and Carmen Muro, Air quality in museums, archives and                                              libraries. Risks assessment of microbial contamination (abstract)

15:30 - 15:55   Rene van Grieken, Identifying the sources of atmospheric particles in museum environment (abstract)

15:55 - 16:20   Rene van Dijke, Air Purification & Preservation- new developments (abstract)

16:20 – 16:45   Raed Alghazawi, John Havermans, Willem Willems, Assessment of museum                      

                        lighting system in Jordan (abstract)

16:45 – 17:10  Coffee Break

17:10 - 18:10                      Session 6: Round table discussion (1 h)

“Materials and environment: Analysis and control of degradation”  

Participants: John Havermans, Matija Strlic, Gerrit de Bruin, Vasco Fassina, Luís Crespo, Fuensanta Salvador.