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Preparing You For the Next Disaster Webinar

NCPTT will be offering a free webinar "Disaster Preparedness for Cultural Resources: Preparing You For the Next Disaster" on May 22-23 from 9 am -12 pm central. The webinar will […] More

Go Digital and Social: the Public Face of NPS Park Cultural Landscapes Program

On October 2012, the National Park Service Park Cultural Landscapes Program launched its program website (http://www.nps.gov/cultural_landscapes/). This site is designed for broad audiences as well as preservation community members, to […] More

Training in Climate Change and Cultural Resources

Climate change (Call to Action #21, “Revisiting Leopold”) and NPS workforce collaboration and training (Call to Action #31, “Destination Innovation”) were fused in February 2013 with a workshop on cultural […] More

New Guidance Published for Installing Solar Panels on Historic Properties

TPS published new online guidance for Solar Panels on Historic Properties to showcase successful projects that have added solar energy systems to historic buildings, districts, and landscapes. The guidance will […] More

Web Catalog Increases Access to NPS Museum Collections

The National Park Service (NPS) Museum Management Program has re-launched its Web Catalog museum collections website. This project is an ongoing initiative that supports the Director’s Call to Action #17, “Go Digital” […] More
 
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APT launches online library of historic building trade catalogs

On October 22, 2010 By Ed FitzGerald
Page from the 1946 HIMCO Storefront Construction Catalog available through the Building Technology Heritage Library.
The Association for Preservation Technology International has launched the Building Technology Heritage Library with support from NCPTT. The library provides free access to over one hundred period documents on building construction. APTI has taken the initiative to locate collections and develop cooperative agreements with collection owners to digitize and share materials through the Library contained within the Internet Archive.
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2010 Annual Report

On October 20, 2010 By NCPTT
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The NCPTT 2010 Annual Report outlines research, training, and grant activities undertaken by the Center during FY2010.

NCPTT advances the application of science and technology to historic preservation. Working in the fields of archeology, architecture, landscape architecture and materials conservation, the Center accomplishes its mission through training, education, research, technology transfer and partnerships.
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Identifying & Growing Skills: Historic Landscapes 2010 Annual Report

On October 12, 2010 By Debbie Smith

Caring for historic landscapes requires skills beyond basic maintenance and horticultural practices.  Understanding and applying these skills is essential to properly maintain our nation’s most significant sites. NCPTT’s historic landscape program is advancing knowledge of site-sensitive landscape maintenance practices through research and training.

NCPTT’s Historic Landscape and Material Conservation programs are collaborating to study of [...]

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NCPTT experiences Rocky Mountain High-Tech at the Association for Preservation Technology Conference

On October 9, 2010 By Jeff Guin
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This past week, I was thrilled to attend my first-ever Association for Preservation Technology (APT) conference. The conference was hugely successful, both in numbers and in the quality of information presented. We at NCPTT were happy to take part as a sponsor of the conference and a partner in some of the learning experiences [...]

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Workshop: Nondestructive Evaluation Methods for Historic Structures, 5-6 November 2010

On October 7, 2010 By Ed FitzGerald
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NCPTT is sponsoring a workshop entitled APT Preservation Engineering Workshop: Non-Destructive Evaluation Methods for Historic Structures to be convened by the Association for Preservation Technology on Nov. 5-6, 2010 at the historic Presidio of San Francisco.
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Creation of a Web-accessible Database of the Comparative Plant Fiber Collection (2010-02)

On October 6, 2010 By Sean Clifford
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This database of micrographs of textile fibers acquired through the use of multiple microscopic techniques contains 145 collections with 1404 individual files, and requires 23GB of storage space. Each file contains a high resolution image with text fields that delineate image location and size, image collection information, microscopy technique and details of the features presented in the image. Micrographs are shown of single fibers and fiber groups examined using brightfield, darkfield, polarized light, and differential interference contrast techniques; the sequences of images provides information complementary to the others.
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Symposium: Heritage Recording and Information Management, 19-20 November 2010

On October 5, 2010 By Ed FitzGerald
Recording the Metropolitan Cathedral of Cuenca (Ecuador, 2008). Photo courtesy of SMARTdoc.

PennDesign’s Graduate Program in Historic Preservation and the Raymond Lemaire International Centre for Conservation at the University of Leuven are organizing an international conference on advanced digital methods for recording built heritage, titled “Heritage Recording and Information Management in the Digital Age (SMARTdoc)”, scheduled for 19-20 November 2010 on [...]

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Register for Free “Connecting to Collections” Webinar Series

On September 29, 2010 By Ed FitzGerald
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Heritage Preservation has announce that registration is open for this Fall’s series of Webinars, the latest installment in the Connecting to Collections initiative.  They are working with the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the American Association for State and Local [...]

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Register Now for Preservation Trades Workshop, 2010

On September 28, 2010 By Ed FitzGerald
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If you haven’t registered yet for the International Preservation Workshop, IPTW 2010 in Frankfort, Kentucky, October 21-23, time is running out to save big by registering early. This year’s conference is shaping up to be one of the best in years. The venue is the spacious Frankfort Convention Center which [...]

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