The papers in this volume were presented at the Icon Book & Paper Group Third Triennial Conference 2021 entitled Mod Cons: Modern Conservation. Modern Conveniences. Modern Constraints. Topics include: decolonisation; new treatments; educational programmes; business models; sustainability initiatives and frameworks. The scope of the work provides potential lessons and inspiration, and offers the opportunity for reflection on different approaches.
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Foreword
Pamela Murray
Preface
Abigail Bainbridge
Acknowledgements
Contemporary paper sculptures and their conservation: an artist survey
Jen Bowens
Oil media on paper: reflections on condition assessment in a new context
Penelope Banou and Athina Alexopoulou
Red rot and nano collagen: a ‘work in progress’ research on leather consolidation
Ilaria Camerini
Verba volant, scripta manent? (Words fly, texts remain?)
Floriana Coppola and Matija Strlič
Reconsidering Captain Cook at the National Library of Australia
Susannah Helman and Rachel Sawicki
Connect, conserve and (de)colonise: conservators reflect on the colonial links in W.D. Campbell’s Aboriginal Carvings
Kêyeele Lawler-Dormer and Hoa Huynh
Retrieved from the rubble: reconstructing Ireland’s lost archive
Zoë Reid, Jessica Baldwin, Peter Crooks and David Brown
Inconvenient questions and the question of neutrality
Jane Henderson
Conserving Dunhuang manuscripts at the British Library: how do we avoid dissociation?
Marya Muzart
A licence to conserve: cultural diversity as a practical asset in conservation
Jin Xian Qiu, Meejung Kim-Marandet, Joanna Kosek, Kyoko Kusunoki, Valentina Marabini, Matthias Sotiras and Carol Weiss
Inspiring and informing development: advocating for culture in sustainable development
Claire McGuire
The role of conservation in the development of the British Library Green Network
Morgane Lirette
Paper at a distance: conservation in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic
Isabelle McGinn, Laura Esser and Daniele Knoetze
Born in lockdown. Impact Heritage: setting up a community interest company to improve diversity and access to funding in the cultural heritage sector
Ruth Stevens, Ann-Marie Miller and Ian Watson
'Contemporary Issues in Book and Paper Conservation offers a diverse range of papers that reflect the changes in our worldand discipline – decolonization, sustainability, COVID-19, newresearch – and all papers invite the reader to reflect on ourcurrent practice and how we can improve.'
Review by Rosaleen Hill in Journal of the Canadian Association for Conservation (J.CAC), Volume 46© Canadian Association for Conservation, 2021-2022
