Preservation and Conservation Satellite Conference, Rome, 2009: Proceedings now on line

There were 2 days of presentations that highlighted particular aspects and issues related to Preservation.

The first day featured preservation and conservation activities in several major and famous places in Rome:

The Vatican Library (http://www.vaticanlibrary.va), The Istituto Centrale per il Restauro e la Conservazione del Patrimonio Archivistico e Librario (http://www.icpal.beniculturali.it) and the Library of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei e Corsiniana (http://www.lincei.it/). 

The second day included two sessions, focusing respectively on topics associated with robotic mass digitisation of cultural heritage library materials, and on exhibition advances for cultural heritage library material.

For details concerning this event,
please see:

• the Satellite Meeting Programme (updated 6 August 2009)
• the list of speakers
• the list of participants

Proceedings

Monday August 31 

Welcome and Introductions

• Armida Batori, Director of the ICPAL
  

• Maurizio Fallace, Director General for Library Heritage in Italy (Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali) (Italiano)
  

• Monsignore Cesare Pasini, Prefect of the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana
  

• Per Cullhed, Chair of IFLA P&C Section
  

• Christiane Baryla, IFLA-PAC Core Activity Director
  

The Vatican Library

• Introduction / by Monsignore Cesare Pasini, Prefect (English/Italiano) 
  

• The Laboratory of Restoration of the Vatican Library / by Dr Angela Nuñez Gaitán, Restorer (English/Italiano) and Dr Marta Grimaccia, Restorer (English/Italiano)
  

• The use of photography for manuscripts preservation / by Irmgard Schuler, Photographer, Photographic Laboratory of the Vatican Library (English/Italiano)
  

The Istituto centrale per il restauro e la conservazione del patrimonio archivistico e librario

• Structure and mission of the Institute / by Armida Batori, Director of the ICPAL (English)
  

• Presentation of “The PREM Project”: the Italian emergency plan for archives and libraries / by Gloria Cirocchi, Assunta Di Febo, Paola F. Munafò (English)
  

• A success story: two “codex” discovered in the Mediterranean Sea (Sicily Canal) / by Ignazio Lodato, Restorer, Biblioteca centrale della Regione siciliana (Italiano)
  

Library of the Academia Nazionale dei Lincei e Corsiniana

• Preventive conservation in the Library of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei e Corsiniana: projects and experiences / by Ebe Antetomaso, Chief Librarian for the Ancient printed books section (Italiano)
  

Tuesday September 1

Robot digitization and preservation in museums and libraries 

• Robotic mass digitization of cultural heritage materials / by Stephan Tratter, Treventus Mechatronics GmbH (English)
  

• The possibilities for robotic scanning on cultural heritage materials / by Marcel Aldewereld, Kirtas Europe (English)
  

• Book scanning solutions: features and benefits with a special focus on scanning quality / by Joerg Vogler, President of Zeutschel GmbH (English)
  

• Mass digitization of rare books – important aspects of conservation / by Irmhild Schäfer, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (English)
  

• The use of robots for digitization of cultural heritage materials / by Philippe Vallas, Bibliothèque nationale de France
  

Exhibition advances for cultural heritage library materials

Moderator: Lieve Watteeuw, Coordinator of ICOM-CC