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Changing attitudes to craft bookbinding - Jeff Clements, Restorer and Bookbinder, Director of Restauratieatelier Meridiaan (The Netherlands)

Conservation of bindings and boards of historical books - Rumyana Decheva, Conservator-restorer, Centre for Slavo-Byzantine Studies “Prof. Ivan Dujcev” to the Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” (Bulgaria)

The role of Conservation in the real world - thirty years in private practice – Rob Shepherd, Managing Director, Shepherds Bookbinders (United Kingdom)

British Library conservation – a balance of preservation and access – Dr. Cordelia Rogerson, Head of Conservation, British Library (United Kingdom)

Restoration of old books from the Cologne catastrophe - Dr. Erna Pilch-Karrer, Restorer, Austrian State Archives (Austria)

Minimal intervention in book conservation - Dr. Patricia Engel, Researcher at University of Graz (Austria)

Ancient photographs and photo albums - Laura Masia, Freelance restorer (Italy)

From restoration to interactive presentation: how old photo’s get a new life… - Peer Boselie, Director of Euregionaal Historisch Centrum Sittard-Geleen (The Netherlands)

The BBinding project – innovative training tools and materials for bookbinders – Dr. Rosen Petkov, Chairman of Student Computer Art Society (Bulgaria)

The training and conservation projects about photographic materials: the experience of Alinari - Emanuela Sesti, Director of the Restoration and Conservation Department, Fratelli Alinari. Fondazione per la Storia della Fotografia (Italy)

Conference


Binding design and paper conservation of antique books, albums and documents /BBinding/


Date: 19th September 2014
Venue: Sofia, Bulgaria

 in the frame of “Leonardo da Vinci” project № 2012-1-BG1-LEO05-06920

Aim: 

The aim of BBinding conference is to present and discuss the new tendencies and best practices in nowadays bookbinding, paper, books and photography preservation and the education opportunities available in the field.

Context:

Larger established bookbinding workshops have been closed and a lot of small ateliers opened. The binding sections of the large printing factories have been automatized and many workers lost their jobs. A lot of binding sections in the libraries have been closed because of the tightening budgets and reduced visitors after the Internet expansion. Another negative tendency is that the printing and bookbinding industry shifted the investments to Asia.

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BBinding conference in organized by Central Library of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (CL BAS) and Student Computer Art Society (SCAS) from Bulgaria and the BBinding project partners: Fratelli Alinari. Fondazione per la Storia della Fotografia (Italy), Stichting Restauratie en Educatie (The Netherlands), Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz (Austria).

The organizers have considerable experience in developing training materials and innovative tools and e-learning in the field of bookbinding, paper and photography preservation as well as in the project topics related to modern and traditional bookbinding throughout the years, paper and photography preservation in the libraries, museums and archives. The organizers are also working in collaboration with professional bookbinders and restorers from Europe, European training associations and universities, libraries, archives and museums, some of them will be invited as key speakers to the conference. 

In the frame of “Leonardo da Vinci” project № 2012-1-BG1-LEO05-06920.

 

SCAS

10, Narodno sabranie sq.

Sofia BG-1000

phone/fax: +359 2 9870293

fax: +359 2 9877477

e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

www.scas.acad.bg

www.bbinding.org

 

Date and venue of the conference:
Conference date: 19th September 2014
Conference venue: “Arena di Serdica” hotel, Sofia, Bulgaria /address: 2-4, “Budapeshta” str./
Hotel website: http://www.arenadiserdica.com/