The Preservation Directorate of the Library of Congress announces the 52nd presentation in the Topics in Preservation Series (TOPS):
"The Mechanical Properties of Cultural Materials"
Mumford Room, Madison Building, 6th floor Library of Congress
101 Independence Avenue SE
Washington DC 20540
Thursday, July 15, 2010
3:00-4:00 pm
Senior Research Scientist Marion Mecklenburg will discuss the role that mechanical testing plays in determination of the effects of temperature, relative humidity, conservation treatments and chemical degradation on the long term stability of cultural collections.
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The Topics in Preservation Series lectures are free and open to the public.
Dr. Mecklenburg has published extensively on the mechanical properties of cultural heritage materials, particularly in relation to their environment. He has been at the Smithsonian Institution for over two decades, as Senior Research Scientist and Assistant Director for Conservation Research of the Conservation Analytical Laboratory. He has held faculty positions at the University of Delaware Art Conservation Program, the University of Maryland Department of Mechanical Engineering, the Johns Hopkins University Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and served as Coordinator for the Smithsonian-Johns Hopkins Graduate Program for Material Science.
For further details and updated information about the series, please visit http://www.loc.gov/preserv/tops/schedule.html.
Dianne van der Reyden
Director for Preservation
Library of Congress
101 Independence Ave. S.E.
Washington, D.C. 20540-4500
202-707-5213
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