Why I Give to CoOL
Nancie Ravenel
Objects Conservator, Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, Vermont,
USA
It's an amazing resource--this freely available repository of the intellectual output for the field of preservation and conservation. It's the first place I look when there's some new conservation problem I'm asked to address. Chances are there's a resource or link on CoOL that will help me start navigating that decision-making process. If there's not a resource or link on CoOL, I can turn to the Conservation DistList, where I'm connected with more than 10,000 colleagues from over 92 countries. I rely on CoOL to give me access to much of the literature that helps me do my job.
And I remember what it felt like when it went away in 2009. It happened without warning, and it was shocking. Within eight days, FAIC assumed responsibility for CoOL and the Conservation DistList and three months later the first DistList instance appeared on cool.conservation-us.org. It felt great to be reconnected.
I want to thank Walter Henry for creating and managing this resource for us all. I want to support him in his work, even if it is just a small token. I want this resource to be more than simply maintained. I want to see it improve and grow. The more conservators who contribute financially to CoOL, even in a small way, the more FAIC can tell other funders how important this resource is to our field in a way they understand.
So what about you? Will you consider sending a donation in support of CoOL?>
You can donate on line at
http://www.conservation-us.org/donate
or mail a check to:
Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation (FAIC)
1156 15th Street, NW, Suite 320
Washington, DC 20005
Thank you for your participation and support.
Welcome to CoOL
CoOL, an online resource operated by the Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation is a full text library of conservation information, covering a wide spectrum of topics of interest to those involved with the conservation of library, archives and museum materials. It is a growing online resource for conservators, collection care specialists, and other conservation professionals
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Art conservation Paintings conservation Paper conservation Photographic materials conservation Book conservation Sculpture conservation Objects conservation Artifact conservation Wood conservation Textile conservation | Archaeological materials Architecture Archives materials Artifacts Artists' materials Electronic media Electronic records Historic materials Library materials Manuscripts Modern materials Museum materials Natural history collections |
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The content of CoOL comes from a variety of sources and we hope that all users will consider contributing some material to the project. As you use the server please pay attention to lacunae that you might be able to help fill. If this is your first time here, please read an important message about copyright. If you would like to contribute material to CoOL, please send a note to wh. To report problems or offer suggestions, select the Feedback links at the bottom of each page
NewsThis area has News, New items, and Time-sensitive
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Finding PeopleThis area has the ConsDir and other tools
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AIC has moved to a new host http://conservation-us.org where you will find greatly expanded offerings for both conservation (and allied) professionals, the public, and members. AIC members will be especially happy to know that they will now benefit from member-oriented services well beyond those that CoOL has been able to provide.
CoOL and AIC continue to work together to provide quality information for the conservation community. AIC and CoOL have had a long, and happy history together--the first AIC documents were added to CoOL in May 1994, when CoOL was still a Gopher and WAIS site-- and I'm very pleased to say that much of the content you're used to seeing here will continue to be available in CoOL.
The Journal of the American Institute for Conservation (JAIC) remains here, as do the sites of the AIC Specialty Groups, including publications such as postprints, annuals, reports, abstracts, etc., from
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Please see disclaimer
The mailing list archives are in the process of being restored to service
Mailing list archives formerly hosted at palimpsest.stanford.edu have been moved to cool.conservation-us.org and will be made publicly available again as soon as possible. This requires a great deal of work including rewriting/adapting the software that processes the list mail traffic creates the archives. All the existing content up to the date of the site move has been preserved but we will have to find ways to re-acquire/reconstruct list traffic between the date of the move and the date at which service is resumed. It is likely that the older messages (those before the move) will be made available more quickly than more recent traffic.
Online conservation/preservation serials
Conservation Resources at Other Sites ( Updated: Friday, 10-Aug-2012 15:40:27 PDT )
If you're interested in some background information on CoOL, it is being prepared, slowly.
Walter Henry
URL: http://cool.conservation-us.org/index.html
Timestamp: Tuesday, 13-Dec-2011 16:19:38 PST
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