Symposium on ethics of book and paper conservation

"Preserving the Evidence: The Ethics of Book and Paper Conservation"
Newberry Library
Chicago, Illinois
April 18, 2015

"Preserving the Evidence: The Ethics of Book and Paper Conservation"
is a one-day symposium sponsored by the Caxton Club, The
Bibliographical Society of America and The Newberry Library.

Experts, including Jeanne Drewes (Library of Congress), Marcia Reed
(Getty Research Institute), Michele Cloonan (Simmons College), and
Sherelyn Ogden (Minnesota Historical Society), will discuss ethical
issues that confront collectors of works on paper or parchment.
Speakers will outline the challenges of preserving historical and
material evidence amid the conflicting expertise and interests of
collectors, dealers, readers, scholars, librarians, curators,
binders, and conservators.

For a full program and downloadable poster, go to

    <URL:http://www.caxtonclub.org/events/2015-symposium-on-the-book/ethics-books-paper-conservation-april-program/>

Lesa Dowd
Director of Conservation Services
The Newberry Library
60 West Walton Street
Chicago, Illinois 60610
312-255-3549


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