Workshop on spectral imaging

Workshop

Spectral Imaging for Conservation
Santa Fe NM
August 24-26, 2016

Join us in Santa Fe to learn how spectral imaging can provide hidden
details about objects.

NCPTT, the Friends of NCPTT, the Museums of New Mexico  -
Conservation (a unit of Museum Resources Division) and the
Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic
and Artistic Works are hosting a three-day workshop on the use of
spectral imaging in conservation.

Students will be introduced to spectral image capture and processing
to assess and discover a depth of unknown information hidden within
the original source material.  Participants will learn a range of
spectral analytical techniques, have access to two image processing
software programs and learn how to process spectral imaging
datasets.  Image processing examples will include how to retrieve
non-visible data from objects such as palimpsests, watermarks,
spectral mapping to separate colorants, spectral curve techniques
for characterization of colorants, and tracking changes due to
treatments and time.

Course activities include:

    Lectures and hands-on examination of historical materials
    Image acquisition
    Data processing to understand better these artifacts

Who Should Come?  Curators Conservators Conservation Scientists
Library and Archive staff Preservation Professionals Students, and
more.

The course is limited to 16 participants.Registration is $299 per
participant.

To register:

    <URL:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/spectral-imaging-for-conservation-workshop-tickets-22470128760>

Join us in Santa Fe to learn how spectral imaging can provide hidden
details about objects.  Students will be introduced to spectral
image capture and processing to assess and discover a depth of
unknown information hidden within the original source material.
Participants will learn a range of spectral analytical techniques,
have access to two image processing software programs and learn how
to process spectral imaging datasets.  Image processing examples
will include how to retrieve non-visible data from objects such as
palimpsests, watermarks, spectral mapping to separate colorants,
spectral curve techniques for characterization of colorants, and
tracking changes due to treatments and time.  Course activities
include lectures and hands-on examination of historical materials,
image acquisition, and data processing to understand better these
artifacts.  Plan to be part of this workshop today.

NCPTT events cancellation policy: Since workshops and conferences
fill quickly, please sign up as early as possible.  If you need to
withdraw from an event, you must inform us in writing via email
debbie_smith_at_nps gov or fax 318-521-5641

Cancellations more than 30 days prior to an event will be fully
refunded less a $30 administrative fee.  No refunds will be
available for cancellations within 30 days of the event, but funds
may be credited towards a future NCPTT event.  In the unlikely event
that NCPTT must cancel an event, you may choose a full refund of the
registration fee or a credit for a future NCPTT event.

Instructors:

    Fenella G. France is Chief of the Preservation Research and
    Testing Division at the Library of Congress researching
    non-destructive imaging techniques, and prevention of
    environmental degradation to collections.  Her current focus is
    the development of spectral imaging and image processing
    techniques, and increasing links and access between scientific
    and scholarly data, developing and providing training workshops
    to preservation professionals.  She received her Ph.D. from
    Otago University, New Zealand.  After lecturing at Otago, she
    was the research scientist for the Star-Spangled Banner project
    at the Smithsonian Institution.  An international specialist on
    polymer aging and environmental deterioration, she focuses on
    links between mechanical properties and chemical changes from
    environmental damage and treatment protocols.  Dr. France has
    worked on projects including the World Trade Centre Artifacts,
    Pre-Columbian mummies and textiles, the Ellis Island Immigration
    Museum, and lighting standards for the preservation of cultural
    heritage.  With three decades of experience, she serves on a
    range of standards and professional committees for cultural
    heritage preservation and maintains close links and
    collaborations with colleagues from academic, cultural, forensic
    and federal institutions.

    Meghan A. Wilson has over 5-years' experience in advanced
    spectral imaging and image processing, both at the Library of
    Congress, and training and capturing data from a range of
    heritage materials including St. Catherine's Monastery, Egypt,
    and University College London, UK.


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