Conference: The consequences of preservation

International Conference
"The consequences of preservation"
Bibiena Theatre
Mantua, Italy
March 20-21, 2015

The Italian Association of Curators and Conservators-Restorers of
Archive and Library materials, AICRAB, together with the
Municipality of Mantua and in collaboration with the Universities of
Venice 'Ca 'Foscari', Padua and Cassino, is organizing the
International Conference "The consequences of preservation" which
will take place in Mantua, Bibiena theatre, on March 20-21, 2015.
The conference is part of the project 'Bibliotheca Italica
Manuscripta (BIM): describing, documenting and promoting medieval
manuscripts in Italy", a research of relevant national interest
within the PRIN 2010-2011 programme.  The Scientific Committee is
composed of the following members: Flavia De Rubeis, Paolo Eleuteri,
Nicoletta Giove, Cesare Guerra, Marilena Maniaci, Irma Pagliari and
Melania Zanetti.

"Preservation of cultural heritage is ensured by coherent,
coordinated and planned activities involving study, prevention,
maintenance and conservation treatments'.  The beginning of Article
29 of the Italian Cultural Heritage Code clarifies the way to
perform preservation, but does not define it.  The following is a
proposed definition: preservation is a combination of all the
actions carried out directly or indirectly to slow down the
degradation which material components of cultural heritage undergo
due to time and use, and thus preservation ensures their
accessibility at the present time and hands them down to the future
generations.  The conference results from these preliminary
considerations and addresses curators, conservators, restorers and
all those who use archives and libraries for study, work or
pleasure.  The conference is divided into the following sessions,
each one allocating time for debate.

Participation is free of charge but it is essential to register at

    <URL:https://eventbrite.it/event/15681162780/>

Italian is the language of the conference.

Friday, March 20, 2015

    10 am       Conference opening.  Welcoming addresses by the
                Authorities

    10.30 am    1.  Preservation and Access General discussion

                Session chair: Paolo Eleuteri
                Ca 'Foscari University, Venice

                    Alessandro Vitale Brovarone
                    University of Turin

                    Sabina Magrini
                    Palatine Library, Parma

                    P. Martin M. Morales S.J.
                    Archive of the Pontifical Gregorian University,
                    Rome

                    Marco Palma
                    University of Cassino and Southern Lazio

                    Adriano Prosperi
                    Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa

    1 pm        Quick lunch

    2.30 pm     2.  Rethinking conservation treatments:
                    objectives and new perspectives

                Session chair: Flavia De Rubeis
                Ca 'Foscari University, Venice

                    Elisabetta Braidot, Giulia Manfre, Gloria
                    Maurig, Teresa Pitton, Viviana Zanotel
                    Friuli Venezia Giulia
                    And after conservation treatments?  Feedback and
                    opinions from the Tavolare Archive in Trieste

                    Mariella Magliani
                    Public Library, Padua
                    Necessity is the mother of invention

                    Andrea Giovannini
                    Bellinzona, Switzerland
                    Quid non mortalia pectora cogis, auri sacra
                    fames! An alternative experience in awarding and
                    managing contracts in conservation

                    Valeria Zanini and Antonella Gasperini
                    National Institute for Astrophysics, Padua and
                    Florence
                    Promoting while conserving

    4.30 pm     3.  Study to preserve, preserve to study

                Session chair: Nicoletta Giove
                University of Padua

                    Konstantinos Choulis
                    Technological Educational Institute, Athens
                    The conservator's dilemmas

                    Giulia Orti
                    'Ca 'Foscari' University, Venice
                    Degradation of 15th and 16th century papers

                    Simona Inserra
                    University of Catania
                    Starting in childhood.  Teaching book
                    conservation to children

                    Timothy Leonardi
                    Capitulary Library, Vercelli
                    Synergies between preservation and
                    technological innovation at the
                    Capitulary Library in Vercelli

                    Luciano Sassi
                    Isola Dovarese, Cremona
                    The neutral eye: discoveries of the conservator

    7 pm        Te Palace - Tour of the exhibition dedicated
                to Ai Weiwei and Miro

    8.30 pm     Te Palace - Reception

Saturday, March 21, 2015

    9.30 am     4.  Preservation and digitization

                Session chair: Marilena Maniaci
                University of Cassino and Southern Lazio

                    Marina Battaglini
                    Central National Library, Rome
                    The book heritage of the National Library (BNCR)
                    and it's the Google digitization project

                    Cesare Guerra
                    Teresian Library, Mantova
                    Historical newspapers and digitization

                    Flavio Marzo
                    British Library, London
                    Active, supportive and flexible

                    Monsignor Cesare Pasini
                    Vatican Library, Vatican City
                    Preservation and access: a virtuous combination
                    in the digital age

                    Raffaele Santoro
                    State Archives, Venice
                    The Venice Time Machine Project at the State
                    Archive in Venice

    1 pm        Closing of the Conference

                Councillor Marco Cavarocchi

    2.30 pm     AICRAB General Meeting (members only)

    5 pm        Closing of AICRAB General Meeting


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