Workshop on duplication

Workshop on Duplication by Traditional Photographic and Digital
    Methods
National Library of Australia,
Canberra, Australia
July 12-17, 2004

This is an announcement of the fourth and final workshop in a series
of photographic conservation and preservation workshops funded by
the Getty Grant Program and supported by PHOTON, the special
interest group for the Australian Institute for Conservation of
Cultural Materials (AICCM). This workshop will include a basic
introduction to the techniques used to duplicate photographic
materials using both analogue and digital methods followed by more
advanced specialised techniques for copying fragile or deteriorated
photographic materials. A wide rang of topics will be covered
relating to the production and storage of preservation duplicates,
for both traditional and digital images, and will include issues
relating to image standards, sensitometry, equipment calibration and
colour management. The workshop will include a series of lectures,
an expert panel discussions, and a trade show.

The workshop is aimed  at a wide audience of professionals from
archives, museums, libraries in the public, private and commercial
sector who are responsible for the management of photographic
collections. The workshop will be presented by Dr Frey, Assistant
Professor at the School of Print Media, Rochester Institute of
Technology (RIT), New York, and Michael Hager, Director of Museum
Photographics Inc., Rochester, New York. The workshop will be held
at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, Australia from July
12-17, 2004 with daily sessions from 8:30am to 5pm.

Additional workshop information and registration forms can be found
by visit <URL:http://aiccm.org.au/aiccm/sig/?photon>

The PHOTON committee would like to thank the following sponsors for
their support with this workshop series:

    The Getty Grant Program
    The National Library of Australia
    The Australian Institute for Conservation of Cultural Materials
    (AICCM)

PHOTON the special interest group for AICCM National Archives of
Australia ScreenSound Australia National Gallery of Victoria
National Museum of Australia.


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