[Asis-l] call for papers

[Blaha, Craig]

Colleagues:

 

Call for papers - From Gray Areas to Green Areas: Developing Sustainable
Practices 

in Preservation Environments

 

In November 2007, the Kilgarlin Center for the Preservation of the
Cultural Record 

at the University of Texas, Austin, will host From Gray Areas to Green
Areas: Developing 

Sustainable Practices in Preservation Environments, a three-day
symposium that examines 

sustainable practices in cultural heritage preservation environments.
Symposium organizers 

are seeking submissions for papers and poster sessions on the following
topics:

 

Policy and Politics: What are the key factors that make integrating
sustainable technologies 

in preservation facilities possible? Who are the people we need to
convince? What public 

policies can create positive change in our practices?

 

Costs and Benefits: What are the hard numbers associated with
sustainable buildings, 

materials, and practices? In what ways can we quantify the benefits of
green buildings, 

using renewable energy resources, and other sustainability-oriented
changes when the 

up-front costs may be high?

 

Engineering, Adaptive Reuse and New Buildings: What can changing the
shapes and characteristics 

of preservation facilities do for sustainability? How are new building
materials, thoughtful 

design, and adaptive reuse going to contribute to sustainable
preservation environments? 

What projects are leading the way for us?

 

Indoor Environments: How will we refine our working and storage
environments to create places 

where preservationists and the materials they preserve can co-exist
comfortably? 

 

Practicality and Practices:  What steps can preservationists take to
increase recycling, 

reduce chemical waste, and find alternatives to hazardous materials?

 

DEADLINE IS FEBRUARY 16, 2007.

 

Abstracts for both papers and posters must be in English in either Word
or PDF.  They 

should be no more than 300 words and must include the title, the name of
the speaker or 

speakers, the address of the speaker and any affiliated institution,
email address of the 

principal presenters and the one page resume for the speaker or
speakers.  Please find contact 

information for the symposium organizers at
http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/kilgarlin/gaga 

 

Abstracts should be sent to

 

Karen L. Pavelka

The School of Information, Kilgarlin Center

The University of Texas at Austin

1 University Station D7000

Austin TX 78712-0390

Email:  pavelka at ischool.utexas.edu

 

Or 

 

Snowden Becker

The School of Information, Kilgarlin Center

The University of Texas at Austin

1 University Station D7000

Austin TX 78712-0390

Email:  snowdenbecker at gmail.com 

 

Sincerely,

Craig Blaha

Manager of Special Projects

User Services

The University of Texas at Austin

--What starts here changes the world--

 

c.blaha at its.utexas.edu

Phone (512) 232-5166

Fax (512) 232-9607

 

FAC 248 (Mail code: G9800) 

P.O. Box 7407 

Austin, TX 78713-7407

 

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