ICOMOS database

UNESCO-ICOMOS Documentation Centre
Bibliographical Database

The UNESCO-ICOMOS documentation centre specializes in the
conservation and restoration of cultural heritage. It gathers and
disseminates information concerning principles, techniques and
policies for the conservation, protection, rehabilitation and
enhancement of monuments, groups of buildings and sites.

The documentation centre keeps around 40.000 volumes, 400
periodicals and a collection of 25.000 slides on monuments and sites
inscribed in the World Heritage List.

>From now on our bibliographical database is also available on the
internet at <URL:http://databases.unesco.org/icomos/>

The database includes monographs, articles from specialized
journals, conferences proceedings, technical reports, unpublished
and audiovisual documents.

At present the database contains over 19.000 bibliographical
references, mainly on the following topics:

    archaeology
    conservation and restoration techniques
    cultural landscapes
    cultural routes
    cultural tourism
    earthen architecture
    historic gardens and parks
    historic towns and villages
    industrial heritage
    inventories
    legislation
    monuments in seismic areas
    photogrammetry
    risk preparedness and heritage at risk
    rock art
    stone and other building materials
    town planning
    training
    underwater heritage
    vernacular architecture
    wooden architecture
    world heritage monuments and sites

and all the nomination files of the cultural properties inscribed on
the World Heritage List

The database is also available on the Conservation Information
Network (CIN) web site <URL:http://www.bcin.ca/> , of which ICOMOS
is a partner.

ICOMOS thanks the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York, for its
generous support towards this project.

Information:

    Mr. Jose Garcia Vicente
    Centre de documentation de l'ICOMOS
    49-51, rue de la federation
    75015 Paris, France
    +33 145 67 67 70
    Fax: +33 1 45 66 06 22
    centre-doc-icomos [at] unesco__org
    <URL:http://www.international.icomos.org>




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