11.28.2008

Bibliography on archaeological heritage by the UNESCO-ICOMOS Documentation Centre

The UNESCO-ICOMOS Documentation Centre has just made available, in the website, a bibliography on archaeological heritage management. All the documents in the bibliography are in the ICOMOS bibliographic database and for consultation in the Documentation Centre.

The bibliography can be downloaded in PDF format

IFLA Newsletter n° 79 and IFLA News Brief, n° 12 - 2008

- IFLA Newsletter n° 79 - November 2008: Issue on Climate Change (Download)

- IFLA News Brief n° 12 (Download)

11.18.2008

Getty Conservation Institute: New publications and video

The Getty Conservation Institute is pleased to announce two new publications on conservation documentation for cultural heritage places: Guiding Principles and Illustrated Examples.

These two publications are available now to download for free from the GCI's website.

New Video: Conservation Education at Vat Phou


Source:
Clarissa Castaneda - Communications & Information Resources
The Getty Conservation Institute

ICCROM LATAM Programme (2008-2019) - Conservation of Cultural Heritage in Latin America and the Caribbean

LATAM - Conservation of Cultural Heritage in Latin America and the Caribbean Programme (2008-2019)

The ICCROM LATAM programme was launched in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia in July 2008. The 12-year programme focuses on cultural heritage in Latin America and the Caribbean, and will improve and strengthen the capacities for conservation, enhance communication and exchange, and increase awareness in the region.

The results of the meeting and proposals for the first phase of the programme are now available in electronic format (pdf 470) in Spanish.

Source: ICCROM website

11.12.2008

Two new volumes of the ICOMOS 'Monuments and Sites' collection: Stone glossary and polar heritage

ICOMOS has just publised two new volumes of the collection "Monuments and Sites":

- Monuments and Sites Vol. XV: ICOMOS-ISCS: Illustrated glossary on stone deterioration patterns = Glossaire illustré sur les formes d'altération de la pierre. English-French version - Version Anglais-Français. Paris: ICOMOS-ISCS, 2008. 78 p. (Monuments and Sites; XV). ISBN: 978-2-918086-00-0. (Download the publication)

- Monuments and Sites Vol. XVII: HISTORICAL polar bases - preservation and management. Edited by Susan Barr and Paul Chaplin for the International Polar Heritage Committee of ICOMOS. Oslo: ICOMOS IPHC, 2008. 95 p. ISBN: 978-82-996891-2-0


ICOMOS 16th General Assembly:
The final and amended Resolutions of the ICOMOS 16th General Assembly are available in the ICOMOS website.

11.10.2008

UNESCO Bangkok Publication available - Seeing with Young Eyes: Using Art to Teach about World Heritage

Seeing with Young Eyes: Using Art to Teach about World Heritage by UNESCO Bangkok
This publication provides creative lesson plan tools and an update on country activities in the field of World Heritage Education. This approach was presented at the third Sub-regional Southeast Asian Teacher Training Workshop on Using Art to Teach about World Heritage held from 15 to 21 January 2006 in Penang, Malaysia.

Download the publication in PDF

Source: ICCROM website

Urban History News - November 2008

URBAN HISTORY NEWS - November 2008 Issue
The November 2008 issue of UHN is now on-line

Source: Centre for Urban History, University of Leicester

11.08.2008

ICOMOS au Salon du Patrimoine 2008 (Paris)

ICOMOS International est présent au Salon International du Patrimoine Culturel, qui se tient du 6 au 9 novembre 2008 au Carrousel du Louvre à Paris,

ICOMOS est dans le stand "de l'Universel au local", organisé et partagé avec nos collègues de la Section Française de l’ICOMOS et le Réseau Grands Sites de France (RGSF)
Notre Stand se trouve dans la salle Soufflot, emplacement F4.

Dans le cadre du Salon, ICOMOS France présente l'exposition "Un patrimoine commun en Méditerranée: Fortifications de l'époque des Croisades", tenue pour toute la durée du Salon à l'emplacement C5, salle Gabriel.

Ci-dessous quelques photos du vernissage le mercredi 5 novembre.


Olivier Poisson (Vice-Président ICOMOS International), Bénédicte Selfslagh (Secrétaire Générale ICOMOS International), Julien Anfruns (Directeur Général de l'ICOM) et Gaia Jungeblodt (Directrice d'ICOMOS International)




11.04.2008

Museum and Heritage Magazine, n° 3, 2008 - online

The n° 3, 2008 of the "Museum and Heritage Magazine" is now online to read or download.
View the magazine

E_Conservation Magazine - N° 7, October 2008

E-Conservation Magazine:
The 7th issue of e_conservation magazine is now online and available for free download!

Issue No. 7, published on October 31, 2008
Download the magazine

IFLA News Brief, n° 11 - 2008

The International Federation of Landscapes Architecture (IFLA):
IFLA News Brief n° 11 - 2008 (available)