[PADG:1426] date change- Florian- Mycology course at Campbell Center

[Olivia Primanis <primanis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There has been a date change to October 2-6, 2001 for the following course:

Mycology for Archival, Cultural and Natural History Collections
    Conservators: Solving fungal problems in heritage collections
    Campbell Center for Historic Preservation Studies Course
    Instructor: Mary-Lou Florian

    Enrollment Limit: 10
    Course Fee: $800 (including accommodations)
    Registration Deadline: extended to Sept. 10, 2001
    Friends and Pomerantz Scholarships Available

    This five-day course will combine lecture and laboratory sessions.
    It is intended to provide specialists with the basic information to
    solve their own fungal problems in archives, and natural and
    cultural history heritage collections. The course will emphasize the
    analysis of fungal infestations, growth patterns, and population of
    conidial species, on organic materials, which will help to determine
    why they are present, which is needed to pursue prevention. The
    latest information on bioaerosols, monitoring, and health issues
    will be discussed.  Course work will include:

        1.  Review of the basic biology of fungi including structure,
            life cycle, dormancy, activation, germination, growth, and
            their microenvironments;

        2.  Lecture and laboratory sessions on manifestations of fungal
            growth on materials, including growth pattern analysis,
            metabolic products and fungal structures in the substrate,
            and potential material interaction, fungal stains and
            material degradation;

        3.  Determining the causative species, their source and
            evaluating species identification methods and need for
            identification;

        4.  Prevention and eradication including: evaluation of
            monitoring methods; analysis of the infestation; and
            analysis of eradication methods; and the effects on material
            and fungus;

        5.  Testing and evaluation of methods of conservation recovery;

        6.  Discussions on monitoring for surface and air contamination,
            health hazards and protection, allergens and toxins and
            disaster and collection recovery planning;

        7.  Review and critique of pertinent conservation literature.

    Contact:

        Campbell Center for Historic Preservation Studies
        203 East Seminary
        Mount Carroll, IL 61053
        815-244-1173
        Fax: 815-244-1619
        campbellcenter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
        <URL:http://www.campbellcenter.org/>
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