We just completed a 3-days Training at the Qatar National Library from March 5th to March 8th. This event was made possible thanks to the generous funding from IFLA/PAC Regional Center for Arab Countries and the Middle East at Qatar National Library. See the announcement on the IFLA/PAC website. CLICK HERE
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Title: Practical Methods for the Scientific Examination of Library Objects
Dates: 3-days Training Course. 5-7 March 2018
Time: 8:00 am – 2:30 pm
The Qatar National Library (QNL) invited all paper and book conservators from libraries, cultural institutions and museums in Qatar and the Arab world for this 3-day hands-on training with us, the Cultural Heritage Science Open Source. We got awesome participants from Lebanon, Marocco, Kuwait, Turkey, Oman, and Qatar. They were qualified as heads of different Library Departments: mostly Conservation and Digitization. As always, it was so inspirational to learn about their specific projects and plans to use our technical equipment.
The training was free of charge and was part of the 2017-2018 annual plan for the IFLA/PAC Regional Center for Arab Countries and the Middle East at QNL.
FIRST DAY: Reflectance spectroscopy
Reflectance spectroscopy (RS) is a powerful portable technique for the identification of pigments.
An RS spectrum shows the ratio between the intensity of the reflected light and the incident light for each wavelength. The RS spectra can provide information useful for pigments identification.
SECOND DAY: Technical Photography
Technical photography represents a collection of images realized with a modified digital camera sensitive to the spectral range (about 360-1100 nm). Different lighting sources and filters are used to acquire a selection of technical images, with each one providing different information about the object under examination.
THIRD DAY: Multispectral Imaging
Multispectral Imaging is used to identify and map pigments in polychrome artworks, and to enhance the reading of faded historical documents. Conservators can use this technique to distinguish original
sections in paintings and select the proper conservation procedures.
Archimedes – Scanner for Art
In this occasion, we delivered and installed for the Library our scanner for Art – Archimedes.
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