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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Dear Linda</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>The Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural
Material (AICCM) list of members in private practice is on AICCM's website
at<BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.aiccm.org.au/public/content/ViewCategory.aspx?id=5"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"
size=3>http://www.aiccm.org.au/public/content/ViewCategory.aspx?id=5</FONT></A><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>. There is a list for Victoria. Search
for someone with the specialisation 'Paper', 'Books' and/or Collection
Management. You will probably find it helpful to read the 'Guidelines for
Commissioning Conservation Treatment' too.<BR><BR>Jenny
Dickens<BR>Executive/Administration Officer<BR>AICCM Secretariat<BR>GPO Box
1638<BR>Canberra ACT 2601<BR>Tel: 03 9013
0933<BR>Fax: 03 9527 2383<BR>Mob: 0400 090 435<BR>email:
</FONT><A href="mailto:secretariat@aiccm.org.au"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>secretariat@aiccm.org.au</FONT></A><BR><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>web: </FONT><A href="http://www.aiccm.org.au"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>www.aiccm.org.au</FONT></A><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT><BR><BR><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: </FONT><A
href="mailto:can-talk-bounces@collectionsaustralia.net"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"
size=3>can-talk-bounces@collectionsaustralia.net</FONT></A><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>[mailto:can-talk-bounces@collectionsaustralia.net]
On Behalf Of Linda<BR>Barraclough<BR>Sent: Sunday, 18 November 2007 9:15
AM<BR>To: </FONT><A href="mailto:can-talk@collectionsaustralia.net"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"
size=3>can-talk@collectionsaustralia.net</FONT></A><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Subject: <BR><BR>Hi Everyone,<BR><BR>Old Gippstown
is a large open-air museum at Moe in Gippsland, Victoria.<BR><BR>We have been
fortunate to receive funding through a Community Heritage<BR>Grant from the
National Library to commission a Preservation Needs<BR>report on the Narracan
Mechanics' Institute collection. This is a<BR>collection of about 2,500 books
and associated borrowing records etc.<BR>Some views can be seen
at<BR><BR></FONT><A
href="http://gippslandheritagepark.blogspot.com/2007/04/mechanics-institutes-l"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"
size=3>http://gippslandheritagepark.blogspot.com/2007/04/mechanics-institutes-l</FONT></A><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>ibraries.html<BR><BR>If anyone out there is able
to suggest a qualified and experienced<BR>conservator in Victoria, who could
possibly be interested in what is<BR>probably a relatively small job, I would
really appreciate it if they<BR>would contact me offline on </FONT><A
href="mailto:kapana@netspace.net.au"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>kapana@netspace.net.au</FONT></A><BR><BR><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Thanks!<BR><BR>Linda Barraclough<BR><BR>Team Leader - Cataloguing<BR>Old
Gippstown - </FONT><A href="http://www.gippslandheritagepark.com.au/"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"
size=3>http://www.gippslandheritagepark.com.au/</FONT></A><BR><BR></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>