ICCROM Newsletter n° 35 - Special edition

Title: ICCROM Newsletter n° 35 - Special edition
Publisher: ICCROM
Year: October 2009
Pages: 36
Available in several languages: English, Français, Castellano, Arabic (PDF, 2.1 Mb)


Description: A special edition conmemorating ICCROM's 50th Anniversary with timelines highlighting the milestones of the organization.

Digital Documentation, Interpretation & Presentation of Cultural Heritage (2009)

Title: Proceedings of the 22nd CIPA Symposium: "Digital Documentation, Interpretation & Presentation of Cultural Heritage"
Publisher: ICOMOS Documentation Centre
Year: 2009
File: each article is available as a single PDF
Number of articles: 121
Link: http://cipa.icomos.org/...

Metallography and Microstructure of Ancient and Historic Metals (1991)

Title: Metallography and Microstructure of Ancient and Historic Metals
Author: David A. Scott
Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum
Year: 1991
Pages: 185
Link: http://www.getty.edu/... (PDF, 9.29 Mb)


Table of contents:

1. The Nature of Metals
2. The Microstructure of Ancient Metals
3. Two-phased Materials
4. The Microstructure of Tin Bronzes
5. Notes on the Structure of Carbon Steels
6. Martensite in Low-carbon Steels
7. The Tempering of Martensite
8. Structure and Properties of Cast Iron
9. Corroded Microstructures
10. Reflected Polarized Light Microscopy
11. Grain Sizes of Ancient Metals
12. Metallography and Ancient Metals
13. Metallographic Sampling of Metals
14. Mounting and Preparing Specimens
15. Recording Results
16. Etching and Etching Solutions
17. Mounting Resins
18. Microhardness Testing
A. Appendix: Common Microstructural Shapes
B. Appendix: Microstructure of Corroded Metals
C. Appendix: Microhardness Values for Different Alloys and Metals
D. Appendix: Alloys Used in Antiquity
E. Appendix: Terms and Techniques in Ancient Metalworking
F. Appendix: Metallographic Studies
G. Appendix: Phase Diagrams

Copyright and Cultural Institutions: Guidelines for Digitization for U.S. Libraries, Archives, and Museums (2009)

Title: Copyright and Cultural Institutions: Guidelines for Digitization for U.S. Libraries, Archives, and Museums
Authors: Peter B. Hirtle, Emily Hudson, and Andrew T. Kenyon
Publisher: Cornell University Library
Pages: 275 pages
Year: 2009
ISBN-13: 978-0-935995-10-7
Licence: Creative commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States
File: PDF, 1.74 Mb
Site: http://hdl.handle.net/...

Abstract:
Digital communications technologies have led to fundamental changes in the ways that cultural institutions fulfil their public missions of access, preservation, research, and education. Institutions are developing publicly-accessible websites in which users can visit online exhibitions, search collection databases, access images of collection items, and in some cases create their own digital content. Digitization, however, also raises the possibility of copyright infringement. “Copyright and Digitization” aims to assist understanding and compliance with copyright law across libraries, archives, and museums. It discusses the exclusive rights of the copyright owner, the major exemptions used by cultural heritage institutions, and stresses the importance of “risk assessment” when conducting any digitization project. It also includes two cases studies, examining digitizing oral histories and student work. As well as free availability here, print copies are available for purchase via www.createspace.com/3405063.


Contents (short version):

1. Introduction
2. Copyright Fundamentals
3. Duration and Ownership of Copyright
4. Exclusive Rights and Infringement
5. Fair Use and Other Exemptions
6. The Libraries and Archives Exemptions
7. Copyright Permissions and Licenses
8. Locating Copyright Owners
9. Other Types of Intellectual Property, Contracts, and Jurisdictional Issues
10. Risk Management: How to Digitize Safely
11. Case Study 1: Interviews and Oral Histories
12. Case Study 2: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Papers

Physico-Chemical Research of Cultural Heritage Materials Using Microanalytical methods (2009)

Title: Physico-Chemical Research of Cultural Heritage Materials Using Microanalytical methods
Author: Liz Karen Herrera Quintero
Advisors: Ángel Justo Erbez and José Luis Pérez Rodríguez
Publisher: Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Sevilla (ICMS-CSIC), Universidad de Sevilla
Pages: 223 pages
Year: 2009
ISBN: 846920906-X
Type: Doctoral thesis
Site: http://hdl.handle.net/...

Abstract:

The research work included in this thesis is focused on the characterisation of five different materials: paintings, baroque mirrors, natural fibres, organ pipes and several metallic artefacts, which are representative of Spanish Cultural Heritage. All of these ornamental elements are characteristic of the Andalusian Baroque period of art. One of the main contributions of this work is the application of synchrotron radiation-based techniques at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) within the Cultural Heritage Group. These synchrotron x-ray techniques were carried out in combination with other analytical laboratory techniques such as x-ray diffraction, micro-infrared, micro-Raman spectroscopy, optical and electron microscopy, and mass spectrometry. Synchrotron radiation was very powerful and useful in the detection, analysis and distribution of different elements and crystal phases. These findings are critical to the different aspects of the artwork.

Index (short version):

Chapter I. Studies and Research of Paintings
I.1. Advanced Combined Application of μ-X-ray Diffraction/μ-X-ray Fluorescence with Conventional Techniques for the Identification of Pictorial Materials from Baroque Andalusia Paintings
I. 2. Characterisation of iron oxide-based pigments by micro X-Ray diffraction
I. 3. Synchrotron-based X-ray experiments used for the study of an iron oxide micrometric pigment in 18th century paintings
I. 4. Characterisation of azurite and malachite pigments by combined application of μ-X-ray diffraction/μ-X-ray fluorescence in cross section from Spanish Baroque paintings

Chapter II. Studies on Ancient Mirrors
II.1. Hg/Sn amalgam degradation of ancient glass mirrors
II.2. Study of nanocrystalline SnO2 particles formed during the corrosion processes of ancient amalgam mirrors

Chapter III. Studies on Baroque Metallic Organ Pipes
III.1. Chemical composition of the metal pipes of Spanish baroque organs as determined by laboratory and synchrotron techniques
III.2. Chemical composition of the red pipes of a Spanish baroque organ

Chapter IV. Studies of Ancient Fibres
IV. Identification of cellulose fibres belonging to Spanish cultural heritage using synchrotron x-ray diffraction and laboratory techniques

Chapter V. Studies of Metallic Artefacts
V. Analysis of cultural heritage metallic artefacts from Andalusia

Chapter VI. Conclusions
Chapter VII. Resumen