We kindly ask you to contribute to the development of guidelines for responsible use of heat set tissues and films in paper conservation by filling out this survey: https://heatset.limequery.com/349363?lang=en <https://heatset.limequery.com/349363?lang=en>.
The survey is part of a larger research project that prepares for the conservation of hundreds of thousands of technical drawings in the collection of Het Nieuwe Instituut, Museum for Architecture, Design and Digital Culture (Rotterdam, NL). Together with Hoogduin Papierrestauratoren (Delft, NL), the architecture museum is currently conducting research into the side effects of heat set tissues. The research aims to develop guidelines that should ensure heat set tissues and films are used with minimal impact on the object. The research project is funded by Metamorfoze, the Netherlands' National Programme for the Preservation of Paper Heritage. Heat set tissues and heat set films have been on the market since the early eighties and are used by paper conservators around the world. Their use, however, is contested. Not in the least because heat set tissues and films require the application of heat. Still, for many of their applications, there does not seem to be a viable alternative. The forthcoming guidelines should help conservators and collection managers to make informed decisions with regard to treatment strategies, especially when these concern mass conservation projects. To ensure that the outcome of this research is relevant to the field of conservation, we kindly ask you to contribute by filling out this survey asking you if, how and why you use heat set tissues or films. Depending on your answers, the survey takes about 10 to 20 minutes to complete. It is possible to save your answers and complete the survey at a later time. The survey runs until the 30th of September. After this date it will no longer be possible to submit your answers. Responses to this survey are anonymised, but there is an option to leave your contact details should you want to be kept informed of further developments. Thank you for you effort, Aafke Weller and Hilde Schalkx Hoogduin Papierrestauratoren (Delft, The Netherlands) wel...@atelierhoogduin.nl <mailto:wel...@atelierhoogduin.nl> scha...@atelierhoogduin.nl <mailto:scha...@atelierhoogduin.nl> ****** Unsubscribe by sending a message to consdistlist-le...@cool.conservation-us.org Searchable archives: http://cool.conservation-us.org/byform/mailing-lists/cdl/
