Publication and funding

Looking over the number of volumes written at the award of a grant
from the FAIC I wondered what the membership would find useful among
them. The subjects of these volumes are certainly of interest to
scientists, scholars and collectors, but are they useful to the
average bench conservator? What is the purpose of this grant
program, to promote conservation practice or some other agenda? What
would the membership choose if they were given the opportunity to
vote on what book proposals would be awarded grants?

I would like to open a discussion on this topic.  Should the
membership have the power to award grants for books that will be
published in the field that they are working, or is the control of
the choices limited to certain unwritten guidelines?

Niccolo Caldararo
Director and Chief Conservator
Conservation Art Service


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