5. Survey for Conservators and Paleontological Preparators
(Katharine Corneli)
6. Winchester Bible symposium (Andrew Honey)
7. Composition Ornament Course- July 2017 - London (Jon Slight)
8. Upcoming Online Courses for Students, Museum and Conservation
Professionals, for July 2017. (topladave .)
9. Position: Paper Conservator, Bodleian Libraries, University
of Oxford (Marinita Stiglitz)
10. FW: TIME SENSITIVE Position The National Gallery, London
(Stephenson Wright, Ann)
11. Job posting: Laboratory Technician/ UCL Qatar Conservation
and Archaeological Materials Science Laboratories
(Georgakopoulou, Myrto)
12. PhD studentship University of Leeds and Tate -
'Pigment-additive interactions in synthetic emulsion materials'
(deadline July 3, 2017) (Beth Willneff) (Elizabeth Willneff)
13. Internship at the Okinawa Institute of Science & Technology
(Anya Dani)
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Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2017 19:55:50 +0100
From: Abigail Bainbridge <bainbridge.abig...@gmail.com>
To: consdistlist@cool.conservation-us.org
Subject: [Consdistlist] Polyester film for pockets/portfolios
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A bookbinder colleague has asked for help finding a polyester other than
Melinex suitable for archival pockets to make portfolios. He's having
trouble with it scratching and gathering dust faster than his client likes.
He found Secol online and it seems to suit his needs better but those of us
he's asked haven't used their polyester before. I'd be concerned that if it
resists scratching and dust more, it's due to some kind of coating that
could be a problem. Does anyone know of any testing done on it or have you
used it with good results?
Abigail Bainbridge
Bainbridge Conservation
www.bainbridgeconservation.com
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Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2017 00:03:20 +1000
From: "Elwing & Gurney Archival" <eg.archi...@gmail.com>
To: "Conservation DistList" <consdistlist@cool.conservation-us.org>
Subject: [Consdistlist] consdistlist Digest, Vol 31, Issue 46: 5.
Cold storage for nitrate negatives (Amy Minger)
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consdistlist Digest, Vol 31, Issue 46: 5. Cold storage for nitrate negatives
(Amy Minger)
Amy Minger said:
"We recently purchased a commercial grade freezer to utilize as cold storage
for nitrate negatives ...runs a defrost cycle every 6 hours...The max
temperature was recorded as 19.73 degrees Fahrenheit, and the max RH was
recorded as 92.33%.how did you address these concerns?"
As an institutional conservator, I had the care of nitrates in a freezer for
some years. I placed them within a double bagged corrugated card acid free box
with visible humidity card indicators, the contents having been pre-conditioned
to somewhere between 40% and 50% RH. The box provided an insulating layer to
cover any sudden temperature changes; in your case, defrost cycle temperature
changes.
Were I you, I would try this setup with a datalogger inside to see what RH & T
graph results. Like you, I would not be happy with a max RH of 92% or for that
matter, an average RH of 75.54%.
I would also look into the advisability of including zeolite containing card
(eg Bainbridge 'Artcare') in the box to scavenge acid gases / VOCs.
James Elwing PMAICCM, private conservator
Elwing & Gurney Archival, Lawson, NSW, Australia
eg.archi...@gmail.com
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Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2017 13:39:37 +
From: Karen Potje <kpo...@cca.qc.ca>
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Subject: [Consdistlist] Subject: Cold storage for nitrate negatives
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At the Canadian Centre for Architecture we store our nitrate negs in an
industrial freezer; nonetheless we keep them in Kodak Storage Envelopes for
Processed Film (product number 149 0028) to protect them from any possible
humidity problems. These envelopes come in 2 sizes - for 4 x 5 and for up to 8
x 10 sheets. Of course this product isn't made any more but you can still get
it on Ebay. Since these are heat-sealable foil envelopes, the disadvantage is
that you need to cut the package open to get to the negs. But most of our negs
have been copies and we haven't been asked for consultation of an original in
more than 10 years, a
