Award

Digital Preservation Coalition, United Kingdom
Digital Preservation Award
Application deadline: 31 March 2007

Donations

World Archaeological Congress
Global Library Project - a project developing the archaeological literary collections of libraries in economically disadvantaged countries.

Events

Calendar of Events compiled by ICCROM
Events this month

French Cultural Institute of Damascus, Syria
Programme « ATHAR »: Contribution à la gestion des sites patrimoniaux habités dans le monde arabe, 12 December 2006

National Archives of Cuba
Workshop on the conservation of documentary heritage in tropical climates, 7 - 9 May, 2007
Deadline for presentation of abstracts: 31 January 2007

The World Monuments Fund is now accepting nominations to the 2008 World Monuments Watch list of 100 Most Endangered Sites.
2008 Watch Nomination Form
Application deadline: 15 January 2007

Second International Conference and Exhibition, 11 – 13 February 2007, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Architectural Conservation – Opportunities and Challenges in the Twenty First Century
Application deadline: 31 December 2006

Grants

MET (Metropolitan Museum of Art), New York, United States
Research Scholarship in Photograph Conservation 2007 - 2009
Application deadline: 5 January 2007

MET (Metropolitan Museum of Art), New York, United States
Internships for College and Graduate Students, 2007–2008
Application deadline: 19 January 2007

ICOM 60th Anniversary Project Assistance
One-time only grants
Application deadline: 15 January 2007

National Film and Sound Archive, Centre for Scholarly and Archival Research, Australia
Research Fellowship
Application deadline: 30 November 2006

Jobs

National Gallery of Victoria, Australia
Head of Conservation
Application deadline: 3 December 2006

Opus International Consultants Limited, Christchurch, New Zealand
Heritage consultant
Application deadline: 29 November 2006

A.R.S. Progetti
Cultural heritage projects worldwide
Application deadline: 31 December 2006
Project leader, archaeological site of Dougga, Tunisia
Application deadline: 22 November 2006
Specialists, archaeological site of Dougga, Tunisia
Application deadline: 22 November 2006

National Park Service, United States
Summer jobs : document America's historic sites and structures
Application deadline: 15 January 2007

University of California, USA
Professor or Associate Professor in the area of world heritage
Deadline: 15 January 2007

GCI - Getty Conservation Institute
Head of Field Projects
Deadline: 30 November 2006

Publications & films

Historic Rare Book Conservation Footage - a film on the Florence flood, the catastrophic event that galvanized conservators internationally and from which modern book conservation was born.

RLG - a not-for-profit organization of over 150 research libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural memory institutions.
RLG DigiNews Volume 10, Number 5: RLG's online Newsletter for digital imaging and preservation.

Training

Heritage Conservation Network
International hands-on workshops for architectural and site conservation 2007
Deadline for application: 15 December 2006, 1 May 2007, 15 June 2007

To be held in Xi'an, China. Organized by Bologna University, Italy and Xian Jaotong University, China
MA Conservation/restoration of archeological materials
Deadline for application: 31 December 2006

Web

Boston Public Library launches new state-of-the-art website for the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center.
http://maps.bpl.org/

New website on Geneva's cultural heritage.
www.geneve.ch/patrimoine

CNCPC (Coordinación Nacional de Conservación del Patrimonio Cultural) -INAH, Mexico.
http://www.conservacionyrestauracion.inah.gob.mx/

updated on: 24 May, 2010