Conservation Training Day 23 August 2013

29 August 2013

On 23 August the Highland Archive Centre hosted an event organised by Richard Aitken, Senior Conservator of the Archive Service, under the aegis of the Archive and Records Association. Seventeen people representing organisations as far apart as Western Isles Archive Service, Orkney Archive Service, Edinburgh City Archives, the University of Glasgow and Cumbria Archive Service attended, with speakers from Inverness Museum & art Gallery, Fort George and the Glucksman Conservation Centre at the University of Aberdeen. Richard himself gave a presentation on Integrated Pest Management. The response from people attending the event was very positive. Feedback from the event suggesting future training days on the subjects of digital preservation, book conservation, photographic conservation and disaster planning for multiple formats, ie photographs, books, paintings, etc. It is hoped that this will be the first of many such training events to be held at the Highland Archive Centre.

If there is an aspect of training in the field of archive or museum conservation which you yourself would find useful, please contact Richard to discuss, tel 01463 256438 or email [email protected]