The 5th AICCM Book, Paper & Photographs Symposium was held at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra during July 2008.
Symposium preprints are available from our Bookstore.
Presentation abstracts are available below; alternatively, download the abstract booklet [Adobe Acrobat PDF – 931.57 KB].
Contributions to the 5th AICCM Book, Paper and Photographic Materials Symposium. Editors: Prue McKay and Alana Treasure. Canberra, ACT: AICCM (Inc.), 2008. Abstract The Picture Paradise: Asia-Pacific Photography 1840s-1940s exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia (NGA) coincides with the National Photography Festival in Canberra, July to November 2008. The exhibition chronicles developments in photography […]
Contributions to the 5th AICCM Book, Paper and Photographic Materials Symposium. Editors: Prue McKay and Alana Treasure. Canberra, ACT: AICCM (Inc.), 2008. Abstract In 1916, CEW Bean, the Official War Correspondent, started to formulate his vision of an Australian War Memorial. He envisaged not only a memorial to commemorate the sacrifices of Australians who served […]
Contributions to the 5th AICCM Book, Paper and Photographic Materials Symposium. Editors: Prue McKay and Alana Treasure. Canberra, ACT: AICCM (Inc.), 2008. Abstract The explosion in popularity of digital photography and printing has meant that people produce, use and buy digital output prints without really thinking about what they have in their hands. Is it […]
Contributions to the 5th AICCM Book, Paper and Photographic Materials Symposium. Editors: Prue McKay and Alana Treasure. Canberra, ACT: AICCM (Inc.), 2008. Abstract The State Library of New South Wales (SLNSW) has recently investigated, designed and installed a low-cost, low-energy solution for the storage of cellulose acetate film. In the USA, prominent researchers Mark McCormick-Goodhart […]
Contributions to the 5th AICCM Book, Paper and Photographic Materials Symposium. Editors: Prue McKay and Alana Treasure. Canberra, ACT: AICCM (Inc.), 2008. Abstract This presentation examines the mechanisms of silver image fade in cellulose nitrate motion picture film and describes a non-chemical treatment to intensify the faded silver image. From the earliest days of motion […]
Contributions to the 5th AICCM Book, Paper and Photographic Materials Symposium. Editors: Prue McKay and Alana Treasure. Canberra, ACT: AICCM (Inc.), 2008. Abstract From limp-vellum to ornately stamped cloth publishers’ bindings, books are as varied as they are beautiful. Books are complex and intricate packages and there is often as much to be learned from […]
Contributions to the 5th AICCM Book, Paper and Photographic Materials Symposium. Editors: Prue McKay and Alana Treasure. Canberra, ACT: AICCM (Inc.), 2008. Abstract Latitude 77’33’ 10.7”S, longitude 166’10’ 6.5”E g Ernest Shackleton and his team probably never envisaged that their humble hut at Cape Royds would still be standing after 100 years, but they had […]
Contributions to the 5th AICCM Book, Paper and Photographic Materials Symposium. Editors: Prue McKay and Alana Treasure. Canberra, ACT: AICCM (Inc.), 2008. Abstract From March through to June 2008, the State Library of Victoria held a major exhibition of medieval manuscripts entitled ‘The Medieval Imagination: Illuminated Manuscripts from Cambridge, Australia and New Zealand’. This provided […]
Contributions to the 5th AICCM Book, Paper and Photographic Materials Symposium. Editors: Prue McKay and Alana Treasure. Canberra, ACT: AICCM (Inc.), 2008. Full title: Stabilising Montien Boonma’s Trio & Flattening Dong Wei’s Snapshot: two case studies involving collaboration and adaptation Abstract Rarely does a paper conservator work in isolation. Treating and displaying artworks within a […]
Contributions to the 5th AICCM Book, Paper and Photographic Materials Symposium. Editors: Prue McKay and Alana Treasure. Canberra, ACT: AICCM (Inc.), 2008. Abstract The State Library of Victoria’s permanent exhibition, Mirror of the World: books & ideas opened in 2005. Before this exhibition, the SLV’s conservators were accustomed to assessing material for exhibitions of three […]