Contemporary Issues in Book and Paper Conservation

The papers in this volume were presented at the Icon Book & Paper Group Third Triennial Conference 2021 entitled Mod Cons: Modern Conservation. Modern Conveniences. Modern Constraints. Topics include: decolonisation; new treatments; educational programmes; business models; sustainability initiatives and frameworks. The scope of the work provides potential lessons and inspiration, and offers the opportunity for reflection on different approaches.

Foreword Pamela Murray Preface Abigail Bainbridge Acknowledgements Contemporary paper sculptures and their conservation: an artist survey Jen Bowens Oil media on paper: reflections on condition assessment in a new context Penelope Banou and Athina Alexopoulou Red rot and nano collagen: a 'work in progress' research on leather consolidation Ilaria Camerini Verba volant, scripta manent? (Words fly, texts remain?) Floriana Coppola and Matija Strlic Reconsidering Captain Cook at the National Library of Australia Susannah Helman and Rachel Sawicki Connect, conserve and (de)colonise: conservators reflect on the colonial links in W.D. Campbell's Aboriginal Carvings Keyeele Lawler-Dormer and Hoa Huynh Retrieved from the rubble: reconstructing Ireland's lost archive Zoe Reid, Jessica Baldwin, Peter Crooks and David Brown Inconvenient questions and the question of neutrality Jane Henderson Conserving Dunhuang manuscripts at the British Library: how do we avoid dissociation? Marya Muzart A licence to conserve: cultural diversity as a practical asset in conservation Jin Xian Qiu, Meejung Kim-Marandet, Joanna Kosek, Kyoko Kusunoki, Valentina Marabini, Matthias Sotiras and Carol Weiss Inspiring and informing development: advocating for culture in sustainable development Claire McGuire The role of conservation in the development of the British Library Green Network Morgane Lirette Paper at a distance: conservation in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic Isabelle McGinn, Laura Esser and Daniele Knoetze Born in lockdown. Impact Heritage: setting up a community interest company to improve diversity and access to funding in the cultural heritage sector Ruth Stevens, Ann-Marie Miller and Ian Watson,

Foreword
Pamela Murray 

Preface
Abigail Bainbridge 

Acknowledgements 

Contemporary paper sculptures and their conservation: an artist survey
Jen Bowens

Oil media on paper: reflections on condition assessment in a new context
Penelope Banou and Athina Alexopoulou 

Red rot and nano collagen: a ‘work in progress’ research on leather consolidation
Ilaria Camerini 

Verba volant, scripta manent? (Words fly, texts remain?)
Floriana Coppola and Matija Strlič

Reconsidering Captain Cook at the National Library of Australia
Susannah Helman and Rachel Sawicki

Connect, conserve and (de)colonise: conservators reflect on the colonial links in W.D. Campbell’s Aboriginal Carvings
Kêyeele Lawler-Dormer and Hoa Huynh 

Retrieved from the rubble: reconstructing Ireland’s lost archive
Zoë Reid, Jessica Baldwin, Peter Crooks and David Brown

Inconvenient questions and the question of neutrality
Jane Henderson

Conserving Dunhuang manuscripts at the British Library: how do we avoid dissociation? 
Marya Muzart

A licence to conserve: cultural diversity as a practical asset in conservation
Jin Xian Qiu, Meejung Kim-Marandet, Joanna Kosek, Kyoko Kusunoki, Valentina Marabini, Matthias Sotiras and Carol Weiss

Inspiring and informing development: advocating for culture in sustainable development
Claire McGuire

The role of conservation in the development of the British Library Green Network
Morgane Lirette

Paper at a distance: conservation in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic
Isabelle McGinn, Laura Esser and Daniele Knoetze

Born in lockdown. Impact Heritage: setting up a community interest company to improve diversity and access to funding in the cultural heritage sector
Ruth Stevens, Ann-Marie Miller and Ian Watson

• Edited by Pamela Murray
• Edited by Leah Humenuck
• Edited by William Bennett
• Edited by Lauren Moon-Schott

"Contemporary Issues in Book and Paper Conservation offers a diverse range of papers that reflect the changes in our worldand discipline - decolonization, sustainability, COVID-19, newresearch - and all papers invite the reader to reflect on ourcurrent practice and how we can improve." Review by Rosaleen Hill in Journal of the Canadian Association for Conservation (J.CAC), Volume 46 Canadian Association for Conservation, 2021-2022
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'Contemporary Issues in Book and Paper Conservation offers a diverse range of papers that reflect the changes in our worldand discipline – decolonization, sustainability, COVID-19, newresearch – and all papers invite the reader to reflect on ourcurrent practice and how we can improve.'

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