AUTHOR INFORMATION

BARBARA APPELBAUM has been a partner in Appelbaum and Himmelstein since 1972, specializing in the treatment of ethnographic objects and textiles and in conservation assessments and collections surveys. She is the author of Guide to Environmental Protection of Collections (1991) and has been a member of the Editorial Board of Art and Archaeology Technical Abstracts since 1988. She also served as adjunct assistant professor at New York University for 14 years. She has served the AIC as treasurer and vice-president (1976–81), as chair of the Committee on Accreditation and Certification (1982–86), and presently as content coordinator of the Publications Task Force. Address: Appelbaum and Himmelstein, 444 Central Park West, New York, N.Y. 10025.