28th General Assembly. Rome, 27-29 November 2013

KNOWLEDGE & COMMUNICATION SERVICES

Paul ArensonManager, Librarian

María Mata CaravacaArchivist

Jennifer CopithorneCommunication and Web Officer

KNOWLEDGE & COMMUNICATION SERVICES

Library Archive Communications

KNOWLEDGE & COMMUNICATION SERVICES

of our online audience have NEVER participated in an ICCROM activity

57%

KNOWLEDGE & COMMUNICATION SERVICES

Library Archive Communications

ICCROM LIBRARY AND ARCHIVE

Incomparable research collection

Library: over 90,000 items in 60 languages

Unparalleled coverage of worldwide restoration

ICCROM LIBRARY

Value of collection is huge

Often holds the last remaining copy

ICCROM ARCHIVE

550 linear metres!

Traces history of ICCROM’s role in conservation worldwide

ICCROM LIBRARY

Reading room – no appointment needed!

Document delivery

ICCROM LIBRARY

450 remote requests filled

2100 on site visits

ICCROM LIBRARY

Remote users andlong-term on-site

researchers welcome

library@iccrom.org

ICCROM LIBRARY

SCANNING PROJECT

SCANNING PROJECT

Over 90 titles, 50 Newsletter back issues

• ICCROM contributes its copyright

• Partners and organizations were requested to contribute theirs

• Partner organizations will receive copies

• Available under a Creative Commons License

SCANNING PROJECT

G. TORRACA, SOLUBILITY AND SOLVENTS

PUBLICATIONS

ICCROM ARCHIVE

Arrange, describe, preserve

and make accessible

200 archival requests20 external researchers

AUDIOVISUAL PRESERVATON PROJECT

CONTENT

1,100 audiovisuals (1961-2009)

MEDIA DEGRADATION

FORMAT AND HARDWARE OBSOLESCENCE

MAIN GOALS

• Digitize the audiovisual collection

• Preserve analogue material

• Provide wider access

CHALLENGES MET

• Digital formats

• Metadata for description

NUBIAN CAMPAIGN AUDIOTAPE, 1962

PREMA VIDEOTAPE

Course on Conservation Collections Management, Accra, Ghana, 1989

CHALLENGES TO MEET

Digital storage device

and back-up

200,000 euros

TORRACA’S ARCHIVE PILOT STUDY

PROF. GIORGIO TORRACA (1927-2010)

• 1965-1986: ICCROM staff member (Deputy Director, 1971-1986)

• 1987-2010: Arcotech (Conservation consultancy firm)

TORRACA’S ARCHIVE

THE TABULARIUM, ROME

DESCRIPTIVE INVENTORY

FURTHER EVALUATION

To create a Consortium

Information

Advocacy

Research

Training

CooperationCOMMUNICATIONS !

COMMUNICATIONS

ONLINE SURVEY

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Training

Website and e-News

Think Tank Activities

Library and Archives

Publications

Online Databases

ICCROM’S ONLINE PRESENCE

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Twitter: over 4,500 followers

Website: average of 45,000 monthly visits

E-News: over 11,000 subscribers

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SOCIAL MEDIA

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ICCROM FORUM

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ICCROM FORUM

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ICCROM’S ONLINE PRESENCE

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