Chantry Library transferred from OCC to Icon

The Institute of Conservation (Icon) and the Oxford Conservation
Consortium (OCC) are delighted to announce that they have reached
agreement on the transfer of ownership and management of the Chantry
Library from Icon to the OCC.  In 2014, Icon's Trustees made the
decision to close the Library and seek to transfer it and the
remaining restricted fund to a suitable new owner.  The Oxford
Conservation Consortium is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation
whose members and Trustees are fourteen of the colleges of the
University of Oxford.  OCC provides collection care services within
the historic library and archive collections of its members.  The
Chantry Library is an important reference collection of conservation
literature and is currently located in the same building in Oxford
that is occupied by OCC.  Under the new agreement the Chantry
Library will be owned and managed by OCC, and from August 2016 it
will be accessible to Icon members and the public by searching the
Oxford University Online Catalogue and making an appointment to
visit.  Further details and contact information will be announced in
due course.  OCC is pleased to be the new custodian of the Chantry
Library, and to be able to continue the work of Icon in maintaining
this unique collection.  Icon is delighted that the Library is
staying in its current home where Icon members can continue to have
access to this very special collection.

For further information please contact:

    Jane Eagan ACR FIIC
    Oxford Conservation Consortium
    jane.eagan<-at->magd<.>ox<.>ac<.>uk

Alison Richmond ACR FIIC
Chief Executive
Icon, The Institute of Conservation


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