The last presentation of the Outreach to Allies Session at the AIC Annual Meeting 2012 was an interactive session organized by the Collection Care Network. The leadership team of the network designed it as a way to identify priorities and projects for the network. Imagine nine groups of 7 to 9 people sitting around tables discussing the content of a nine different short videos. Each video presented a collection care challenge or question. The discussion aimed to suggest projects the Collection Care Network could develop that would provide tools to overcome the challenge or answer the question. Now imagine people engaged in conversation. So engaged they didn\u2019t get up for food when asked to do so! So engaged they had to be asked a second time!! Now you have a very small idea of what the session was like. This particular post gives you more details about the discussion at Table 6. Look for the other 8 posts if you would like to review all the discussions.<\/p>\n
Table Six: <\/strong>I was particularly pleased to be able to moderate the discussion at table six as day lighting is an environmental element I welcome and loathe all at the same time. Henry Francis DuPont\u2019s house here at Winterthur has over 400 windows which allow day light to stream into the interior and allow visitors inside to see out the magnificent gardens. Without these windows the house would be a cave rather than a house. But without these windows we would also be able to drastically reduce the visible light and UV exposure our collection receives. I imagined moderating a discussion on day lighting would offer the opportunity to throw around problems, ideas and solutions with other equally interested colleagues.<\/p>\n The video: <\/strong>The video presenter was Matthew Tanteri, a lighting designer from New York City. Matthew owns Tanteri and Associates<\/a> and is also an assistant professor at Parsons School of Design. At the start of his video he asks himself the question, \u2018What do I want from a conservator?\u2019 He then goes on to answer his own question with more questions:<\/p>\n He closes the video by suggesting the Collection Care Network develop a database of daylighting solutions and knowledge.<\/p>\n\n