[NHCOLL-L:1018] IPI Training sessions

[Tim White]

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>The Image Permanence Institute (IPI) has now completed the nine training
>sessions required for the first phase of the Preservation Environment
>Monitor (PEM) and Climate Notebook (CNB) software field trial. There are
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>184 institutions participating from 40 states. Roughly 17% are archives,
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>28% are libraries, and 55% are museums or historic houses. Response has
>been good so far. We are now preparing to enter the second phase:
>creating database records for a large number of materials considered to
>be important by the field. The remainder of this project and future
>spin-offs will require a permanent conservation or preservation
>professional. Collection objects will range from natural history
>specimens to paintings and microfilm so applicants from any area of
>specialty are welcome.
>
>PRESERVATION RESEARCH POSITION. The Image Permanence Institute (IPI), a
>non-profit, university-based reservation research laboratory at
>Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, NY, is seeking a
>conservator, preservation specialist, or conservation scientist to work
>full time on issues related to storage environments in libraries,
>archives, and museums. The successful candidate will have a major role
>in developing new concepts and software to assist institutions in
>managing collection storage and display environments. The position
>requires knowledge of collections preservation, institutional practices,
>and
>computers. Major responsibilities will be to help develop a database of
>environmental parameters for a broad
>range of collection objects, communicate with over 180 participant
>institutions in a field trial of IPI’s hardware and software, and
>perform advanced research on institutional preservation management. A
>variety of
>experiences is a plus, and good people skills are necessary. The
>successful candidate will join a team of
>applied preservation scientists, will have the opportunity to travel and
>will enjoy good benefits and a salary
>commensurate with experience. Contact James Reilly, IPI Director, by
>phone at (716) 475 2306, by FAX at
>(716) 475-7230 or by e-mail: jmrpph at rit.edu. Inquiries held in
>confidence.
>
>James M. Reilly
>Director, Image Permanence Institute
>Rochester Institute of Technology
>70 Lomb Memorial Drive
>Rochester, NY 14623-5604
>
>tel. (716) 475-2306
>FAX (716) 475-7230
>
>e-mail:  jmrpph at rit.edu
>
>visit IPI on the web at: www.rit.edu/ipi