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

Infrared Spectroscopy in Conservation Science (1999)

Authors: Michele R. Derrick, Dusan Stulik, and James M. Landry
Title: Infrared Spectroscopy in Conservation Science
Publisher: The Getty Conservation Institute
Year: 1999
Links: http://www.getty.edu/... [PDF, 6.09 Mb]

Table of contents (short version):

Chapter 1. History of Infrared Spectroscopy
Chapter 2. Infrared Absorption Theory
Chapter 3. Sample Collection and Preparation
Chapter 4. Infrared Analysis Methods
Chapter 5. Spectral Interpretation
Chapter 6. Case Studies
Appendix I. Selected Infrared Spectra Collections and Digitized Libraries
Appendix II. Infrared Reference Spectra
Glossary
Suppliers
References
Index

World Congress of the Organization of World Heritage Cities (2008)

Editors: Juan Manuel Martinez, Françoise Descamps and Kathleen Louw
Title: Proceedings 9th World Congress of the Organization of World Heritage Cities, Kazan, 19-23 June, 2007
Publisher: The Getty Conservation Institute
Year: 2008
Links:
English [972 KB, 88 pp.]
Français [1 MB, 88 pp.]
Español [1 MB, 88 pp.]

Table of contents (short version):

Keynote Presentations
Overview of Heritage and Economics: Some Basic Concepts, David Throsby
Sustainable Development Based on Valorizing the Historic Urban Fabric, Mona Serageldin
A Balancing Act, Managing Development Pressures in Urban Heritage Sites: The multiple Values of Urban Heritage Sites, Eduardo Rojas
Practical Tools for the Enhancement of Heritage and Economics in Historic Cities: An Operational Approach, Jean-Louis Luxen
Reports of Discussions

The Nefertari Wall Paintings Conservation Project (1993)

Title: Art and Eternity. The Nefertari Wall Paintings Conservation Project. 1986-1992
Editors: Miguel Angel Corso and Mahasti Afshar
Publisher: The Getty Conservation Institute
Year: 1993
Links: Section 1 (54pp., 7.4MB, pdf)
Section 2 (80pp., 6.6MB, pdf)
Section 3 (30pp., 5.5MB, pdf)


Table of contents (short version):

- The Valley of the Queens and Royal Children, Christian Leblanc
- Iconography of the Nefertari Wall Paintings, Mahasti Afshar
- Original Painting Techniques and Materials used in the Tomb of Nefertari, Stephen Rickerby
- Analyses of Pigments, Binding Media, and Varnishes, Dusan Stulik, Eduardo Porta and Antoni Palet
- The nefertari Conservation Program, Paolo Mora and Laura Sbordoni Mora
- The Color Measurement Program in the tomb of Nefertari, Michael Schilling
- Photographic Documentation of the Nefertari Wall Paintings, Mahasti Afshar
- Environmental Monitoring at the Tomb of Nefertari, Shin Maekawa
- Conclusion, Neville Agnew
- Source Materials for the Study of the Nefertary Wall Paintings, Mahasti Afshar