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CONSERVATION SCIENCE RESEARCH AGENDA Workshop Dates: Monday, April 28-29
The Johns Hopkins Sheridan Libraries were awarded a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to convene a conference of internationally recognized conservators and applied research scientists to identify the most pressing conservation issues facing book and paper collections in U.S. libraries and archives.

Press release from Johns Hopkins University prior to the event

Summary Highlights of the two day workshop
List of Participants

Participating Conservators

Sonja Jordan-Mowery, Chair Director of Library Preservation Johns Hopkins University	Cheryl Porter Senior Conservator and Manager for Preservation and Conservation National Library of Egypt, Cairo
William Minter Bookbinding & Conservation	Diane Van der Reyden Head of Preservation Directorate Library of Congress
Karen Zukor Zukor Art Conservation	Nancy Bell Head of Research and Collections Development The National Archives United Kingdom
Glen Ruzicka Director of Conservation Center for Artists and Historic Artifacts	Abigail Quandt Head, Book and Paper Conservation Walters Art Museum
J. Frank Mowery Chief of Conservation Folger Shakespeare Library	Crystal Maitland Book & Paper Conservation Intern Johns Hopkins University

Participating Scientists

Nels Olson, Co-Chair Science & Technology Directorate Department of Homeland Security	Paula DePriest Deputy Director Smithsonian Conservation Science Center
David W. Grattan Manager, Conservation Research Services Canadian Conservation Institute	Dr. Henk Porck Conservation Scientist Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Netherlands
Marion F. Mecklenburg, Ph.D Senior Research Scientist Smithsonian Conservation Science Center	Dr. Eric Hansen Chief, Division of Research & Testing Library of Congress
Barry Knight Head of Research British Library	Daniel Burge Senior Research Scientist Image Permanence Institute
Alison Murray, PhD. Conservation Science, Materials Science and Engineering Queens University Kingston, ONT.	Jonah Erlebacher Associate Professor Department of Material Science, Johns Hopkins University

Participating Industry Representatives

Bob Strauss Vice President Marketing Preservation Technologies, LP	G. Ronald Brown, Ph.D Executive Director, Agenda 2020 Technology Alliance American Forest & Paper Association
Peter Mecklenburg President & CEO, Museum Services Corporation

Guests

Donald J. Waters Program Officer, Scholarly Communications The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation	Kevin Cherry Senior Program Officer 21st Century Librarian Program
Nadina Y. Gardner Senior Program Officer, Division of Preservation and Access, National Endowment for the Humanities

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