Volume 11, Number 7
Oct 1987

Events In The News

• A small exhibition on paper history has been prepared for the Victoria & Albert Museum, and is now touring the U.S. Till November 8, it will be at the Museum of Art at Pennsylvania State University in University Park, PA; Dec. 2 to Jan. 24, at the Yale Center for British Art. "English Artists' Paper: Renaissance to Regency" is am overview of the types of paper which were available during the growth of the hand papermaking industry in England: from the importation of French, Dutch and Italian papers, through the production of the competing English product, to the emergence, in the years around 1800, of such fine English introductions as Bristol board, copperplate paper, and drawing paper. The exhibition catalog is published by Abaris Books, New York.
• On October 17 and 18, three members of the Iowa Center for the Book will visit the Minnesota Center for Book Arts and offer workshops in letterpress printing, bookbinding and papermaking. Kim Merker, Bill Anthony and Tim Barrett will give talks on their specialties as part of the workshops, and participate in a panel discussion afterwards, so the events are a kind of cross between a seminar and a workshop.
• The Oct. 22 membership meeting of the Association of Research Libraries will focus on "Preservation: A Research Library Priority for the 1990s." There will be three panel sessions, on 1) some of the major challenges in developing a strong in-house preservation program, from the viewpoint of those responsible for funding and major policy; 2) administrative issues, including the roles of the director and the preservation administrator, as well as environmental, architectural and other preservation-related issues that do not translate into preservation "activities"; and 3) agencies that help libraries and foster cooperative action. Since the ARL is concerned with the full range of functions in research libraries, this focus on preservation is significant, and the topics are well chosen.
• The College of Engineering at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, as part of its professional development program, is having a program Nov. 18-20 on "Preventing Building Design and Construction Failures" designed for architects, building conservators, facility managers, and all individuals responsible for building design, construction and maintenance. Since buildings are an important part of the preservation picture, collection-holding institutions may want to send a representative. Sessions of particular interest are: Inspection and Identification of Defective Areas of Existing Structures [includes water and moisture problems] - Hugh C. Miller (historical preservation architect); and two sessions on restoration and repair techniques, also by Hugh Miller; all three on the first day. Registration: $395 ($115 for first day only). For more information, call 608/263-4705 or write Philip M. Bennett, Dept. of Engineering Professional Development, Univ. of Wisconsin--Madison, 432 N. Lake St., Madison, WI 53706.
• The Atelier d'Arts Appliqués du Vesinet (28 bis, Chemin du Tour des Bois, 78400 Chatou, France) is giving a series of workshops for people already working in bookbinding who wish to perfect their techniques and learn new ones. They are one to four days in length. For details see the Guild of Book Workers Newsletter or the review Art et Metiers du Livre.