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[padg] Chief of Research and Testing- Preservation Directorate-Library of Congress
The Preservation Directorate of the Library of Congress is pleased to
announce the selection of Dr. Eric Hansen as the new Chief of the
Preservation Research and Testing Division, effective September 17,
2007.
Dr. Hansen is a widely known and highly respected preservation
scientist with over 20 years experience in the field, including two
decades at the Getty Conservation Institute.
(http://www.getty.edu/conservation/publications/newsletters/12_1/gcinews11.html
)
Dr. Hansen received a degree in chemical engineering from California
State University in 1977, followed by an MA in Chemistry from UC Irvine
in 1980 and a PhD in 2000 from UCLA, where he focused on scientific
analytical techniques applied to preservation problems. He was hired by
the Getty Conservation Institute in 1985, moving from Assistant
Scientist in 1987 and Associate Scientist in 1989, to retiring as a
Scientist and Project Manager in 2006. He is currently a Research
Associate at UCLA.
Dr. Hansen’s accomplishments in the field of preservation science
earned him the 2006 President’s Award from the American Institute for
Conservation (AIC). He has also just been awarded the 2007 Kress
Conservation Publications Fellowship through AIC’s Foundation (FAIC).
He has received other grants in the past, most notably an NSF Grant
Award in their Anthropological and Geographic Sciences Program in 1995.
Dr. Hansen is a former founder and chair of AIC’s Research and
Technical Studies Group, as well as of AIC’s Conservation Science Task
Force. He served as Special Editor for Conservation Research and
Technical Studies Papers in the Journal of AIC (JAIC), and has served as
past organizer and moderator for updates on Research and Technical
Studies for the AIC. He also served on the Board of Directors for the
Western Association for American Conservation. He is a Fellow of both
the International Institute for Conservation and the American Institute
for Conservation. He is well known for his national and international
collaborations. Over the years he has played a significant role in
major conservation organizations, serving in various capacities. Dr.
Hansen has also been recruited to be a member of many important
committees, including the review committee for the SI Scholarly Studies
Program for the Smithsonian, and the committee overseeing the treatment
and installation of the Star Spangle Banner.
Dr. Hansen has over 50 peer-reviewed journal articles covering a wide
range of preservation topics, most notably research priorities and field
trials in paper conservation, the effect of relative humidity on
physical properties of modern vellum, and the implications for the
optimum display and storage conditions. His other publications cover
pertinent topics ranging from consolidation in vapor saturated
atmospheres to minimize changes in the appearance of powdering surfaces,
consolidation with moisture-curable polyureas and polyurethanes, the
effects of solvent quality on the properties of polymers used in
conservation, casting of unsupported polymeric films, and technology
used in production of Mayan plasters. He has disseminated his research
through national and international publications and presentations, for
ICOM, ICCROM, JAIC, Studies in Conservation, International Journal for
Restoration, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, and Materials
Issues in Art and Archaeology.
Dr. Hansen has extensive experience in, among other things, the
following:
· designing and directing the development of unique and
leading-edge science technology, addressing preservation problems
involving parchment, paper, adhesives, textiles, polymers, and alkaline
compounds, etc.
· developing methodologies for characterization of degradation
products through innovative instrumentation.
· analysis using scanning electron microscopy, transmission
electron microscopy, viscosity, image analysis, etc.
Dr. Hansen is enthusiastic about joinin
g the Library and focusing on
issues of concern in the science of preservation of library materials,
including the problems of modern media found in audiovisual and digital
collections.
Jeanne Drewes
Chief, Binding & Collections Care,
Library of Congress, LM-G20
jdre@xxxxxxx
202 707 5330
FAX: 202 707 3434