Upcoming Events:
2018 Preservation Emporium
Saturday April 7th
1-4 pm, Spurlock Museum, 600 South Gregory St, Urbana http://www.spurlock.illinois.edu/
Free parking!
Organized by the Preservation Working Group of the University of Illinois, this informational event welcomes visitors to meet and talk with preservation specialists whose expertise ranges from antiquities to modern digital media. Have you ever wondered how to preserve that old film of family memories or take care of grandma’s quilt? Bring your small, hand-held items to the Museum or come with images of larger items and have your preservation questions answered by the presenting experts.
KEYNOTE ADDRESS (2 pm)
Mapping History at the University of Illinois: Saving memories and making history
Mapping History at the University of Illinois is a collaborative project of the University Archives, Library, and School of Architecture that brings together archival content, historical research, GIS technology, and architectural design to tell the University’s story through time and space. The project includes three components—a digital archives of over 500 campus and community maps; an historical overview divided by era and illustrated with archival materials, architectural drawings, oral histories and more; and an interactive campus map and series of story maps on a host of UI topics created by project staff, student interns, and classes. Mapping History harnesses archival materials and research in a way that engages students, scholars, alumni, and the community and inspires them to explore UI history more deeply. https://www.library.illinois.edu/mappinghistory/
SPEAKERS
Ellen D. Swain, as Archivist for Student Life and Culture, directs the Student Life and Culture (SLC) Archives, a program of the University of Illinois Archives. The SLC Archives documents the history of national fraternities and sororities and all aspects of student life and culture at the University of Illinois. Her research focuses on documentary and outreach strategies, oral history, and teaching with primary sources. In 2013, she was inducted as a Distinguished Fellow of the Society of American Archivists.
Marci S. Uihlein is an Associate Professor in the School of Architecture at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research focuses around the structural engineering profession: its history, the professional relationship between architects and engineers, and creativity in structural engineering design. Marci has articles published in the Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction, Journal of Architectural and Planning Research, and Construction History. Her article on the history of the early architectural engineering education, “University of Illinois, N. Clifford Ricker, and the Origins of Architectural Engineering Education in the United States” has been published in the Journal of Architectural Engineering.
Joe Porto is a Master of Library and Information Science (LIS) student in the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois. He also received his bachelor’s degree in History with a minor in Anthropology from the University of Illinois. He is currently a Graduate Assistant at the Scholarly Commons in the University of Illinois Main Library, where he utilizes Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to contribute to library GIS projects, including the Mapping History project. For the past three semesters, he has been guiding undergraduate History students who contribute to the Mapping History project for course credit. Joe is pursuing a career in business research, where he can utilize the GIS and research skills he has gained during his time in the LIS and History programs at the University of Illinois.
Recent Past Events:
Biennial University of Illinois Conservation Colloquium: The Iron Gall Ink Dilemma: To Treat or Not to Treat?
December 5-6, 2016, Champaign IL
Please join us for our second free conservation colloquium for mid-career conservators. This year’s colloquium will focus on the understanding and treatment of iron gall ink, led by Crystal Maitland, Conservator for Works of Art on Paper at the Canadian Conservation Institute. Day one (open to 70 participants) will be filled with lectures on the history, chemistry, identification, degradation, and treatment possibilities for iron gall ink, to be held at the iHotel on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Campus. For additional educational fun, interactivities associated with the lectures will be interspersed throughout the day. Day two of the colloquium (open to 13 participants) will be held in the conservation laboratory at University of Illinois Library. It will be a full-day, hands-on workshop focusing on testing iron gall ink stability, creating phytate solutions and performing phytate treatment. Low moisture mending will be explored using remoistenable tissue and moisture levels will be monitored by using Dutch iron migration test kits. This symposium is free to all participants but space is limited.
This event is offered free of charge thanks to the gracious support of the University of Illinois Dean of Libraries, Friends of the Library, and a Workshop Development Grant through the Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (FAIC).
**Please note** Preference for attendance in both days will be given to members of the AIC, however non-members are encouraged to attend day one and, as space allows, day two events.
| Day One (Lecture, see schedule below) | Day Two (small group workshop – FULL) |
|---|---|
| Monday, December 5th, 2016
8:30 am – 3 pm IHotel & Conference Center website) light breakfast and box lunch provided |
Tuesday, December 6th, 2016
8:30 am – 4:00 pm Velde Library Conservation Lab, University of Illinois (website) light breakfast and box lunch provided |
To Register
Registration is closed.
Day One Schedule:
| 8:30-9:00 | Registration & Coffee |
| 8:55–9:00 | Welcome, Opening Remarks |
| 9:00–9:45 | Lecture 1 – IGI History, chemistry, degradation, identification |
| 9:45–10:15 | Interactive 1 – Risk assessment / Bathophenanthroine indicator paper |
| 10:15–10:30 | Break |
| 10:30–11:15 | Lecture 2 – Chemical Treatment possibilities and risks |
| 11:15–12:15 | Lunch (Box lunch provided) |
| 12:15–1:00 | Lecture 3 – Physical Treatment possibilities and risks |
| 1:00–1:15 | Interactive 2 – Assessing quality of repairs |
| 1:15–1:30 | Break |
| 1:30–2:15 | Lecture 4 – Treatment case studies |
| 2:15–3:00 | Open Floor Discussion |
| 3:00–5:00 | OPTIONAL: Preservation Unit Open House; OR Tour of Conservation and Oak Street Library Facility |
| 4:00–5:00 | (Limited space) Guided Tour of Krannert Art Museum Exhibit: Making and Breaking Medieval Manuscripts by curators Maureen Warren and Anna Chen |
Planning Your Stay in Champaign, IL
A block of rooms at the IHotel has been reserved for this event at the rate of $122/night, available on a first-come, first-served basis. To ensure reservations at this rate, please book directly with the IHotel by November 4, 2016 (website) and mention the “Iron Gall Ink” event.
Speaker Bio
Crystal Maitland is the conservator of Works of Art on Paper at Canadian Conservation institute (CCI). Previously Crystal worked as the paper conservator at Sheridan Libraries and Museums of John Hopkins University. Crystal has an undergraduate degree in Chemistry and a Master’s degree in Art Conservation from Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada. She began investigating treatment methods for copper- rich iron gall ink documents in 2006 and has presented, published and peer-reviewed literature on the subject. Crystal gained extensive treatment experience caring for a range of collections containing iron gall ink documents in the Johns Hopkins University Archives and Special Collections. Crystal continues to research metals in paper, primarily the role of copper ions in the catalysis of paper degradation and the treatment methodologies that can permit care of such collections.