In this webinar, Jonathan Rhys-Lewis, Fellow of ICA and former Chair of the Expert Group on Archival Buildings and Environments, draws on the materials developed for ICA’s “Collection Care” online learning course. He will introduce the Ten Agents of Deterioration, created by the Canadian Conservation Institute.
The Ten Agents provide a useful framework for identifying and managing the factors that threaten the preservation of archive materials. They include:
- physical forces,
- thieves and vandals,
- fire,
- water,
- pests,
- pollutants,
- light and radiation,
- incorrect temperature,
- relative humidity, and
- and dissociation.
Jonathan will also discuss the importance of the planning process and gathering statistics to argue for resources to support the collection care function which is fundamental to the management of archives.
The webinar will be delivered by Zoom. It will be recorded, edited and published in ICA’s YouTube channel. It is a condition of attendance that participants agree to this process.
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Language: This virtual session will be delivered in English. Interpretation into other languages will not be provided.
Date: 27 March, 08.00-09.30 CET
Facilitator:
- Margaret Crockett, ICA Training Programme Manager
Speaker:
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Jonathan Rhys-Lewis, author of ICA’s “Collection Care” online learning course Jonathan Rhys-Lewis is a self-employed, preservation and collections management consultant with almost 35 years experience. He is a professionally qualified archive conservator and is an accredited member of the UK Institute of Conservation. He was the Chair of the International Council on Archives Expert Group on Archive Buildings & Environments (2013-2018), and was elected a fellow of ICA in November 2018. In addition, Jonathan is also co-author of the successful book Preserving Archives, published by Facet in March 2013. Jonathan lectures widely on preservation and collections management issues and is an Honorary Lecturer delivering the Curation & Stewardship and Collection Care modules as part of the Diploma/MA in Archive Studies and Records Management at University College London. Jonathan is the author and presenter of the ICA’s Collection Care training module launched in November 2022. His international work has included successful consultancy missions in France, Grenada, the Netherlands, The Gambia, Uganda, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Macau and Vietnam. |
