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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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Mount Rushmore Laser Scanning Complete

On June 3, 2010 By Ed FitzGerald
3D laser scan of Mount Rushmore

The National Park Service recently completed a laser-scanning project at Mount Rushmore National Monument. Over the past month, crews have been using lasers to create a three-dimensional digital scan of the four presidential faces and other features. Tripod-mounted lasers were used to project and measure millions of points on the monument, capturing sub-centimeter details. This [...]

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Digital Preservation of Documents at the Library of Congress (Podcast 20)

On June 2, 2010 By Jeff Guin
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In this episode of the Preservation Technology Podcast, Kit Arrington, digital library specialist at the Library of Congress, discusses how the Library of Congress digitizes and shares documents online for longterm public access.
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Gulf Coast Cultural and Natural Resources

On May 27, 2010 By Sean Clifford
NOAA Office of Response and Restoration Maps
These maps are provided courtesy of the Cultural Resources Geographic Information System Facility (CRGIS) which aggregates data from several sources as noted below. Certain sensitive sites, such as archeological sites, are not displayed. Additional resources:
  • ERMA at GeoPlatform.gov
  • NOAA ORR Maps
  • Deepwater Horizon Response Maps
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The Role of HTPC in the National Park Service (Podcast 19)

On May 25, 2010 By NCPTT
Moss Rudley pointing areas of loss in the historic bouisillage.
In this edition of the podcast, we join NCPTT's Jason Church as he speaks with Moss Rudley, an exhibit specialist with the masonry division at the Historic Preservation Training Center. They will discuss the role of HTPC in the National Park Service including work they are doing with the historic building work bousillage.

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Interactive Map: Gulf Coast Cultural Resources

On May 13, 2010 By Ed FitzGerald
Gulf Coast Cultural Resources and Environmental Sensitivity Map
NCPTT has prepared an interactive map showing Gulf Coast cultural resources within the Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) zone. This zone is established by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

This map below plots resources listed on the National Register of Historic Places and includes National Park Service sites and National Historic Landmarks.
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Symposium: Preservation Meets Sustainability, June 25

On May 3, 2010 By Ed FitzGerald
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The University of Vermont  Historic Preservation Program will host a one-day symposium, Modernist Architecture Comes of Age: Preservation Meets Sustainability, on Friday, June 25, 2010 in Burlington, Vermont.  Speakers will explore the preservation of historic modernist buildings and how to rehabilitate them to be sustainable and functional in the 21st [...]

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Courses: Sustainability and Stein Communities, 21-22 May

On May 3, 2010 By Ed FitzGerald
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Cornell University’s Historic Preservation Planning Program will offer two courses, Preservation and Sustainability and Preserving Stein Communities, from 21 to 22 May at the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, New York City:

Preservation and Sustainability addresses energy- and resource-conscious design at both building and neighborhood scales through the strategies, tools and ethos [...]

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Preservation of Mount Vernon National Historic Landmark (Podcast 18)

On April 27, 2010 By NCPTT
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In this episode of the Preservation Technology Podcast, Dennis Pogue, associate director at historic Mount Vernon, talks about the challenges of preserving a historic site with more than one million visitors each year. He also talks the archeology of the site and about the balancing act of maintaining historic artifacts in a structure that was built as a residence.
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Masonry Conservation and Lime Mortar Workshop, Nantucket

On April 22, 2010 By Andrew Ferrell
One-week workshop on masonry conservation and traditional lime mortars in Nantucket, Mass., Aug. 1-7, 2010.

In partnership with the University of Florida Preservation Institute: Nantucket, NCPTT will offer a one-week workshop on masonry conservation and traditional lime mortars in Nantucket, Massachusetts, August 1-7, 2010.  Participants will work with skilled and experienced masons to undertake the repair of an early-nineteenth-century structure associated with Nantucket’s famed whaling industry.  The [...]

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