BPG 2011 Annual Conference Program

Wednesday, June 1 (2:00–5:30 p.m.)

• How Far Do We Go? Compensation And Mounting Choices In The Treatment Of Japanese Paintings

• Tanya Uyeda, Asian Conservation Studio, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

• Practical Applications of Lascaux Acrylic Dispersions in Paper Conservation

• Samantha Sheesley, Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts

• The Watercolors Of Charles Russell: An Examination Of The Artists’ Materials And Techniques On The Montana Frontier

• Jodie Utter, Conservator of Works on Paper, Amon Carter Museum of American Art

• The Conservation of Letterpress Copying Books: A Study of the Baird Collection

• Beth Antoine, Post-Graduate Fellow in Book and Paper Conservation, Smithsonian Institution Archives

• Thermal Yellowing of Digital Print Papers

• Doug Nishimura, Daniel Burge, Jean-Louis Bigourdan, and James Reilly, Image Permanence Institute, Rochester Institute of Technology

• The Hours of Catherine of Cleves: Exhibition, Conservation and Analysis of an Illuminated Manuscript

• Francisco Trujillo, Morgan Library

Thursday, June 2 (8:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.)

• Archives Conservation Discussion Group: Digitization and Its Effect on Conservation Treatment Decisions – How Has Wide-spread Digitizing of Collections Changed Our Approach to Treatment?

• Co-chairs: Laura O’Brien-Miller, Conservator, Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University; and Melissa Tedone, Conservator, Parks Library, Iowa State University

• Keynote Presentation: Grappling with Treatment Decisions for Large-Scale Digitization of Archival Materials

• Andrea Knowlton, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• Library Collections Conservation Discussion Group: Models for Educating Library and Archives Conservators

• Co-chairs: Werner Haun, Collections Conservator, New York Public Library; and Justin Johnson, Conservator, Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens
• Moderator: Michele V. Cloonan, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Simmons College
• Panelists: Ellen Cunningham-Kruppa and Lois Price, University of Delaware-Winterthur; Margaret Holben Ellis, New York University and the Morgan Library; Judy Walsh, Buffalo State

• BPG Reception: American Philosophical Society

• 7:00–9:00 p.m. (Ticket required – free for BPG members, $25 for non-members)

Friday, June 3

• Book and Paper Group Breakfast and Business Meeting: 7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.

Morning Session: 8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

• Nicolas De Fer L’amerique Wall Map: A Look Into The Ethical Dilemmas Resulting From Past Restorations

• Doris St-Jacques and Maria Bedynski, Conservators, Preservation Centre, Library and Archives Canada

• Using Magnets as a Conservation Tool: A New Look at Tension Drying Damaged Vellum Documents

• Tammy Jordan, Etherington Conservation Services

• A Comprehensive In-Situ Approach For The Analysis Of Illuminated Manuscripts And Drawings: Exploring The Synergy Between Imaging Spectroscopy, FORS, XRF, And High-Resolution Multispectral Infrared Reflectography

• Paola Ricciardi, John K. Delaney, Lisha D. Glinsman, Mathieu Thoury, and Michelle Facini, National Gallery of Art

• Cut And Tape: Marguerite Yourcenar's Emendations to a Typescript Of L'Oeuvre Au Noir

• Theresa Smith, Weissman Preservation Center, Harvard University

• Made in the U.S.A.: Physical Evidence in Early American Bindings at the National Archives and Records Administration

• Jana Dambrogio, National Archives and Records Administration

• Solving the Ptolemy Puzzle

• Eliza Spaulding, Philadelphia Museum of Art; Sylvia Albro, John Bertonaschi, Lynn Brostoff, Daniel De Simone, Fenella France, Library of Congress

Afternoon Session: 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

• Investigating Crayon Removal from Paper-Based Japanese Prints

• Hsin-Chen Tsai, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

• The Relationship between Inherent Material Evidence in Cultural Heritage and Preservation Treatment Planning

• Lynn Brostoff and Fenella France, Library of Congress

• Light Bleaching: Scientific Investigation Of Various Effects On Different Properties Of Several Old Papers

• Marion Verborg, Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts

• A Comparison Of The Use Of Sodium Metabisulfite And Sodium Dithionite For Removing Rust Stains From Paper

• Seth Irwin, Alaska Paper Conservation

• Pre-Program Student Paper: Treatment of an Oversize Rare Book: Research and Decisions on Rebinding

• Evelyn Mayberger, Intern, National Museum of the American Indian; Betty Fiske, Historic Odessa Foundation; Michaelle Biddle, Wesleyan University Library; Abigail Quandt, Walters Art Museum

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