FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE "INSTITUTING A CONSERVATION ENVIRONMENT MONITORING PROGRAM" CCAHA Announces Environmental Workshop DATE: Tuesday, September 23, 1997 LOCATION: The Franklin Institute 222 North 20th Street Philadelphia, PA AUDIENCE: The workshop is intended for library, archive, house museum, and museum professionals, as well as for architects, engineers, and staff involved in facilities management and design. CONTENT: The workshop will supply the technical background to develop support and documentation for improving environmental conditions for long-term preservation of cultural collections. The workshop will present the rationale, techniques, and equipment used to monitor the critical environmental conditions for cultural collections. Ways to develop realistic methods to monitor humidity, temperature, lighting, particulates, and gaseous contamination will be discussed, including analysis and interpretation of hygrothermograph data. Various types of monitoring equipment will be demonstrated, and a useful packet of supportive information will be provided. SPEAKER: William P. Lull, Principal and Senior Conservation Environment Consultant at Garrison/Lull Inc., Princeton Junction, NJ, and Adjunct Associate Professor of Building Technology at New York University, will conduct the workshop. COST: $45.00 CCAHA members $50.00 Non-CCAHA members The workshop will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The registration fee includes supplementary materials and a box lunch. The workshop is being co-sponsored by the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts (CCAHA), The Franklin Institute, the Tri-State Coalition for Historic Places, the Delaware Valley Archivists Group, the Museum Council of Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley, and the Tri-State College Library Cooperative. This workshop is partially funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, the Dolfinger- McMahon Foundation, the Merit Gasoline Foundation, and the Claneil Foundation. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND A REGISTRATION FORM, PLEASE CONTACT: Susan W. DuBois, Preservation Services Representative Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts 264 South 23rd Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 Tel: 215.545.0613 Fax: 215.735.9313 email: [log in to unmask] Created by Congress in 1965, the National Endowment for the Humanities is an independent agency that supports education, research, preservation projects, and public programs in the humanities. The Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts (CCAHA), established in 1977, is a non-profit regional conservation laboratory serving other non-profit cultural, educational, and research institutions as well as private individuals and organizations that are located principally in the Mid-Atlantic region. CCAHA specializes in the treatment of works of art and historic artifacts on paper, such as prints, maps, posters, historic wallpaper, photographs, rare books, scrapbooks, manuscripts, and related materials, such as parchment and papyrus. It also offers on-site consultation services; educational programs and seminars; and internships, fellowships, and apprenticeships. # # #