Book and Paper Group Annual

I am pleased to announce that at long last the American Institute
for Conservation Book and Paper Group Annual vol. 26 (2007) is now
published in print. The 2007 Annual includes thirty-one papers,
abstracts, and posters presented at the Book and Paper
Group/International Council of Museums Committee for Conservation
(ICOM-CC) joint session at the AIC 35th Annual Meeting in Richmond,
Virginia, in April 2007, as well as several independent submissions.
Full-text articles in this volume are listed below.

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In addition to nine abstracts of other papers delivered at the
Richmond meeting, full-text articles in this volume include:

    Brenna Campbell
    A Checkered Past: The Impact of Theft and Forgery on Treatment
    Decisions

    Dianna Clise and Bryan Draper
    Jean Zuber et Compagnie's Le Paysage a Chasses at Willow Wall:
    Removal, Treatment, and Reinstallation of an Early
    Nineteenth-Century Scenic Wallpaper

    Nuria Ferrer and M. Carme Sistach
    FTIR Technique Used to Study Acidic Paper Manuscripts Dating
    from the Thirteenth to the Sixteenth Century from the Archive of
    the Crown of Aragon

    Christa Hofmann, Dubravka Jembrih-Simburger, Manfred Schreiner,
    Rudolf Eichinger, Leopold Puchinger, Oliver Hahn, Ute Henniges,
    Antje Potthast, and Erna Pilch-Karrer
    To Treat of Not to Treat That is the Question: Options for the
    Conservation of Iron-Gall Ink on Paper

    Scott Homolka, Beth A. Price, and Ken Sutherland
    The Remaking of a Modernist Icon: Marcel Duchamp's Nude
    Descending a Staircase (No. 3)

    Istvan Kecskemeti
    Paper Identification Database: Characterization and
    Documentation of the Papers of the First Finnish Paper Mill,
    Tomasbole, 1667-1713

    Jane E. Klinger
    The Value of the Original and the Use of the Surrogate

    Mark Ormsby, Timothy Barrett, Joseph B. Lang, Joy Mazurek, and
    Michael Schilling
    Nondestructive Measurement of the Gelatin Content of Historic
    Papers Using Near Infrared Spectroscopy

    Jiri Polisensky
    The Development of a Multifunctional Vacuum Chamber

    Randy Silverman, Miranda Bliss, Harold M. Erickson, Niki
    Fidopiastis, Jan Francl, Barry Knight, Kirk Lively, Jiri
    Neuvirt, Deborah Novotny, and Nicholas Yeager
    Comparing Mass Drying and Sterilization Protocols for
    Water-Damaged Books

    Theresa Smith
    The Unique Story of the Kupferstichkabinett-Berlin

    Catherine Stephens, Timothy Barrett, Paul Whitmore, Joy Mazurek,
    Michael Schilling and Walter Rantanen
    Composition and Condition of Naturally Aged European Papers

    Denise Stockman
    Treatment Options for Oil Stains on Paper

    Anna Vila and Jose F. Garcia
    Material Characterization: A Contribution to Reduce Fake
    Practices in Contemporary Prints

    Joan Weir
    Eggs, Milk, and Fish: A Practical Investigation of Artists' Use
    of Fixatives

    Sarah Reidell and Christine McCarthy, discussion group co-chairs
    Library Collections Conservation Discussion Group 2007:
    Digitization and the Role of the Conservator

    Tish Brewer
    The Analysis and Authentication of a Civil War Valentine

    Jo-Fan Huang
    A Technical Study of a Painting by Suzuki Harunobu at the Museum
    of Fine Arts, Boston: Artist's Palette and Techniques

    Katherine Sanderson
    Making it Stick: Paste on Paper

    Samantha Sheesley
    Artist Interviews as Tools for Diligent Conservation Practice

    Theresa Smith
    Historical Paper Conservation: Washing with Boiling Water
    Followed by Sun Bleaching

    Lauren M. Varga
    A Hand-held Surface Suction Device: Design, Construction, and
    Application

    Cathleen A. Baker
    Sodium Carboxymethylcellulose (SCMC) Re-evaluated for Paper,
    Book, Papyrus, and Parchment Conservation

    Leyla Lau-Lamb
    A New Material for the Conservation of Papyrus

    Louiselle Bonnici and Joseph Schiro
    The Rebacking of a Photo Album with a "Tambour" Spine

Shannon Zachary
Head, Preservation and Conservation
University of Michigan Library


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