Workshop on low-pressure suction tables

There are still a few places available on the SOA conservation
training day coming up in October.  Attendance would be really
valuable if you are a conservator that works on parchment.

Society of Archivists Training Day
at Norfolk Record Office
17 October 2008

    Low Pressure Suction table uses

    10:30am     Introduction and coffee

    11am        Viewing of current NRO exhibition and tour of the
                Archive Centre

    11:30am     Conservation Studio
                Discussion and practical demonstration of the uses
                of a low-pressure suction table for parchment
                conservation, Antoinette Curtis, Norfolk

    1pm         Lunch at County Hall restaurant

    1:45pm      Powerpoint presentation
                The Salthouse Project: a parchment parish register
                that was buried in the church yard during the Second
                World War and later conserved at the NRO, Antoinette
                Curtis and Jenny Watts, Norfolk Record Office

    2pm         Conservation Studio
                Pressure sensitive tape removal using low-pressure
                suction table, A practical demonstration of paper
                pulp repair, Rebecca Donnan, Dorset Record Office

    3:30pm      Questions and information exchange

    4pm         Finish

If you would like to book a place, please contact

    Lorraine Logan
    Membership and Office Administrator
    Society of Archivists
    Prioryfield House
    20 Canon Street
    Taunton
    Somerset TA1 1SW
    +44 1823 327077
    Fax: +1823 271719

Mark Allen, Conservator
Flintshire Record Office
+44 1244 532 364


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