2008 Library of Congress presentation Ncptt And Opportunities In Preservation Technology

NCPTT and Opportunities NCPTT and Opportunities in Preservation Technologyin Preservation Technology

Cultural Cultural resources are resources are lost everyday lost everyday due to poor due to poor

maintenance, maintenance, disasters, disasters,

destruction, or destruction, or decay.decay.

NCPTT develops and implements NCPTT develops and implements technologies to preserve cultural technologies to preserve cultural

resources nationwide. resources nationwide.

Without Without thorough thorough

understanding of understanding of material material

properties and properties and behavior, more behavior, more resources are resources are

lost. lost.

Limited funding and few Limited funding and few preservation research facilities preservation research facilities

slow the preservation technology slow the preservation technology process. process.

NCPTT provides funding NCPTT provides funding opportunities to apply sound opportunities to apply sound

research and technologies to solve research and technologies to solve preservation problems. preservation problems.

Materials Materials Science and Science and

Chemistry are Chemistry are the building the building

blocks for new blocks for new preservation preservation

technologies. technologies.

New preservation technologies can New preservation technologies can result from pioneering research in result from pioneering research in a wide range of sciences. a wide range of sciences.

Sometimes Sometimes new new

technologies technologies are being are being applied in applied in

other fields other fields but have not but have not

been been transferred to transferred to preservation. preservation.

NCPTT creates NCPTT creates and distributes and distributes

new new technologies technologies through PTT through PTT

grants. grants.

Video Preservation Website, 2002 PTT Granthttp://videopreservation.stanford.edu

The 2009 PTT The 2009 PTT Grants Grants program program awards up to awards up to $25,000 for $25,000 for research and research and training. training. Protocol for Emergency Washing, Drying, and Sterilization of Historically Significant Books, 2004 PTT Grant

We work and fund grants in the fields We work and fund grants in the fields of. . . of. . .

Architecture, Archeology, Historic Landscapes, Architecture, Archeology, Historic Landscapes, Collections, Materials Research, EngineeringCollections, Materials Research, Engineering

NCPTT’s NCPTT’s priorities help priorities help guide our grants guide our grants program. We program. We seek proposals seek proposals to advance to advance methods to. . .methods to. . .

Weeping-Willow, “Map and Compass,” April 14, 2008. Online Image, Flickr.

……Conserve Conserve cultural cultural resources of the resources of the "recent past”… "recent past”…

Spike55151, “Falling Water,” 18 May 2005. Online Image, Flickr.

……Monitor and Monitor and evaluate evaluate preservation preservation treatments…treatments…

Evaluation of Conservation and Preservation Practices in a Southwest Pottery Collection, 2007 PTT Grant

……Investigate minimally invasive Investigate minimally invasive techniques to inventory and assess techniques to inventory and assess cultural resources …cultural resources …

High Definition Documentation using 3D Laser Technology, 2006 PTT Grant

……Protect cultural Protect cultural resources resources against natural against natural and human and human threats…threats…

Disaster Planning and Recovery for Heritage and Cultural Sites, 2006 PTT Grant

……preserve preserve cemeteries and cemeteries and places of places of worship…worship…

Conservation of Wooden Artifacts in Cemeteries, 2007 PTT Grant

……and safeguard resources from and safeguard resources from effects of pollution and climate.effects of pollution and climate.

Microorganisms in the Deterioration by Atmospheric Pollutants of Stone, 1999 PTT Grant

NCPTT NCPTT looks for looks for creative creative ways to ways to teach teach professionalprofessionals and s and spread spread technology. technology. Architectural Records Conference, 2006 PTT Grant

NCPTT grants help convene NCPTT grants help convene specialists for sharing information specialists for sharing information and research ideas.and research ideas.

Preserving Electronic Media Symposium, 2003 PTT Grant

Successful Successful grants move grants move beyond beyond conferences and conferences and traditional traditional publications. publications.

Grant funded Grant funded training gives training gives professionals professionals hands-on hands-on opportunities. opportunities.

Silver Cleaning Workshop, 1999 PTT Grant

NCPTT creates NCPTT creates new new technologies technologies through in-house through in-house research that research that focuses on real focuses on real world problems. world problems.

NCPTT studies NCPTT studies pollution uptake pollution uptake on treated and on treated and untreated untreated limestone and limestone and marble. marble.

NCPTT uses its unique wind tunnel NCPTT uses its unique wind tunnel to measure deposition velocities of to measure deposition velocities of

SO2 on limestone. SO2 on limestone.

Results from this Results from this research are research are changing the changing the thinking of thinking of

conservators. conservators.

NCPTT compares cleaners for NCPTT compares cleaners for federally issued headstones. federally issued headstones.

Cleaners were evaluated based on Cleaners were evaluated based on appearance, biological re-growth, appearance, biological re-growth, chemical changes and physical chemical changes and physical

changes. changes.

Results from this research are Results from this research are influencing National Cemetery influencing National Cemetery

care. care.

NCPTT tests new treatments for NCPTT tests new treatments for graffiti removal. graffiti removal.

NCPTT is comparing chemical, NCPTT is comparing chemical, mechanical, and laser techniques mechanical, and laser techniques

for removing graffiti. for removing graffiti.

NCPTT hopes to advance NCPTT hopes to advance techniques for removing graffiti to techniques for removing graffiti to

a broader public audience. a broader public audience.

Maggie Osterberg, “Removing Parisian Graffiti ,” 28 Sept 2007, online image, Flickr.

Without new research, Without new research, preservation technologies will not preservation technologies will not

advance. advance.

NCPTT grants and projects help NCPTT grants and projects help develop and apply sound research develop and apply sound research and training to solve preservation and training to solve preservation

problems. problems.

Support for Support for NCPTT’s NCPTT’s grants grants

program must program must come from its come from its constituents. constituents.

Jcoleman, “US Capitol Building, Detail of Dome,” 12 June, 2007, online image, Flickr.

Preservation Scientists make the Preservation Scientists make the difference! difference!