{"id":13473,"date":"2015-10-16T11:50:51","date_gmt":"2015-10-16T16:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservators-converse.org\/?p=13473"},"modified":"2015-10-16T11:50:51","modified_gmt":"2015-10-16T16:50:51","slug":"new-collection-storage-book-seeks-cover-image","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/2015\/10\/16\/new-collection-storage-book-seeks-cover-image\/","title":{"rendered":"New Collection Storage Book Seeks Cover Image"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-13476\" src=\"http:\/\/www.conservators-converse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/new-book.jpg\" alt=\"new-book\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" \/>The Society for the\u00a0Preservation of Natural History Collections,\u00a0The American Institute for Conservation,\u00a0the\u00a0Smithsonian Institution, and the Museum Studies Program of George Washington University are collaborating on a new book entitled <em>Preventive Conservation: Collection Storage<\/em>. \u00a0The volume discusses all aspects of collection storage, from planning and assessment, through building design and facilities management, to storage furniture\u00a0and\u00a0specimen housing. It is due for publication in late 2016.<br \/>\nAs part of the book design process, the editorial board is seeking a cover image that reflects the concept of (good) collection storage. We hope that you will contribute one or more images you feel would work well. Given the scope of the book, the image might be a photograph at the building, room, cabinet\/shelf, or object level, or simply reflect a &#8220;good storage concept.&#8221;<br \/>\nThere is no financial reward, but you and your institution will receive full acknowledgement and a free copy of the book\u00a0<u>and, of course, incredible bragging rights!<\/u>\u00a0\u00a0The winning image may also be used on the book website and other promotional materials.<br \/>\nIf you&#8217;re interested in submitting an image for consideration, please send a\u00a0horizontal image, at least 300 dpi, and minimum of\u00a08 in W\u00a0x 5 in H\u00a0(2400 x 1500 pixels, 300 pixels\/inch). JPG or TIF format preferred\u00a0to Lisa Elkin (<a href=\"mailto:lelkin@amnh.org\">lelkin@amnh.org<\/a>) or Chris Norris (<a href=\"mailto:christopher.norris@yale.edu\">christopher.norris@yale.edu<\/a>) by October 31.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Society for the\u00a0Preservation of Natural History Collections,\u00a0The American Institute for Conservation,\u00a0the\u00a0Smithsonian Institution, and the Museum Studies Program of George Washington University are collaborating on a new book entitled Preventive Conservation: Collection Storage. \u00a0The volume discusses all aspects of collection storage, from planning and assessment, through building design and facilities management, to storage furniture\u00a0and\u00a0specimen housing. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/2015\/10\/16\/new-collection-storage-book-seeks-cover-image\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;New Collection Storage Book Seeks Cover Image&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":13476,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,25,14],"tags":[258,824,965],"class_list":["post-13473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-allied-organizations","category-collectioncare","category-publications","tag-collections","tag-preventive-conservation","tag-storage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13473\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}