{"id":2426,"date":"2012-01-23T10:41:27","date_gmt":"2012-01-23T15:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservators-converse.org\/?p=2426"},"modified":"2012-01-23T10:41:27","modified_gmt":"2012-01-23T15:41:27","slug":"aic-collection-care-network-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/2012\/01\/23\/aic-collection-care-network-charge\/","title":{"rendered":"AIC Collection Care Network Charge"},"content":{"rendered":"

The founding members of the Collections Care Network<\/strong> (CCN) are excited to announce the network has been approved by the AIC Board of Directors. Now we are beginning the work to create a voice for collections care, preventive conservation, and all of its practitioners. On January 31, founding committee members will meet to begin planning how to encourage and implement the ideas voiced in the Charge prepared for the CCN by the AIC Board of Directors and included in full below. We want to add your ideas and concerns to that discussion. Please post comments here on the blog or contact Rebecca Fifield at Rebecca.fifield@metmuseum.org<\/a> , no later than January 30 with any ideas or issues you would like the committee members to consider at the Jan 31 meeting or in the coming months.<\/p>\n

AIC Collection Care Network Charge<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0Purpose<\/strong><\/p>\n

The AIC Collection Care Network (CCN) was created in recognition of \u201cthe critical importance of preventive conservation as the most effective means of promoting the long-term preservation of cultural property\u201d (Guidelines for Practice<\/em> of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works<\/em>, #20) and to support the growing number of conservators and collections care professionals with strong preventive responsibilities and interests.\u00a0 Its purpose is to:<\/p>\n