How to apply for papers submission and next steps:
• Send the filled application form until June, 30th 2014;
• Notification of the selected presentations will be sent until July, 8th 2014;
• Full paper/inputs submission and travel details arrangement until July, 21st 2014;
• Conference date: 19th September 2014;
• Publishing the papers and conference results (within 2 months after the conference);
Send the filled application forms by e-mail to:
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For the approved applicants the organizers will cover the hotel and food costs. In certain cases the travel costs may also be covered.
For questions:
Elitsa Licheva,
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Tel: +359 2 9870293
Fax: +359 2 9877477
10, Narodno sabranie sq., Sofia 1000, Bulgaria
www.scas.acad.bg
www.bbinding.org
If you are interested to attend the conference you should fill in a Registration form and send it to organizers at:
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no later than 10th September 2014.
Details:
Working language: English
Confirmation of participation: After receiving the filled in Registration form.
There is no conference fee.
The lecturers fill in only the Call for Papers form.
Here is a preliminary list of the lectures that will be presented in the frame of the BBinding conference and their authors. The exact programme will be published at the end of August 2014.
Theme 1: Bookbinding – now and before
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)
Theme 2: Paper, photography and books preservation in the libraries, museums, archives, private collections etc.
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)
Theme 3: Education in the field of bookbinding and books, paper and photography preservation
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)
The BBinding project – innovative training tools and materials for bookbinders – Dr. Rosen Petkov, Chairman of Student Computer Art Society (Bulgaria)
Bookbinding – now and before
- Traditional bookbinding – cases of old bindings restored, unique bookbindings around the world, traditional bookbinding techniques applied nowadays (cases);
- Modern and artistic bookbinding – contemporary bookbinding examples and cases, creating artistic objects from paper (e.g. notebooks)
- Green approaches in bookbinding and paper-making
Paper, photography and books preservation in the libraries, museums, archives, private collections etc.
- Books preservation – main challenges, best practices and new tendencies
- Paper preservation – main challenges, best practices and new tendencies
- Photography and photo albums preservation - main challenges, best practices and new tendencies
Education in the field of bookbinding and books, paper and photography preservation
- VET, training courses, university programmes, private workshops – best practices and innovations around Europe.
- E-learning and modern media tools in bookbinding