Good conservation decisions are made with knowledge of the significance, history, past interventions, and current conditions of cultural resources. Records, inventories, and information management tools are continuously being developed and must be considered a fundamental part of the conservation process.

Since 2003, ICCROM has implemented three courses in Rome on this subject, the last two in partnership with the Getty Conservation Institute. During this period, the course syllabus and resource materials have been developed, and resource persons identified.
It is now proposed that the course should take place regularly every two years.

The course draws upon the vast wealth of cultural material in Rome and is taught by leading experts in the field. It approaches architectural records and information management from the point of view of planning, practice, access and dissemination.

Aims and content include: reviewing the theory of documentation and recording; addressing recording practice based on case studies; promoting discussion among specialists in these fields; and enabling participants to transmit documentation knowledge, aptitudes and skills.

updated on: 22 November, 2007