{"id":8872,"date":"2013-06-19T18:00:58","date_gmt":"2013-06-19T23:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservators-converse.org\/?p=8872"},"modified":"2013-06-19T18:00:58","modified_gmt":"2013-06-19T23:00:58","slug":"timbuktu-needs-you-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/2013\/06\/19\/timbuktu-needs-you-now\/","title":{"rendered":"TIMBUKTU NEEDS YOU NOW!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, PMG members were challenged to participate in the rescue effort called <b>T-160K Timbuktu Libraries in Exile<\/b> and help raise fund to protect 300,000 precious manuscripts that were evacuated last year from Timbuktu in the midst of a civil war.<br \/>\nOur goal was to help raise $1500 for the preservation of 50 manuscripts; it was met a few days ago. To this day PMG members have contributed enough funds to preserve more than 60 manuscripts.<br \/>\n<b>I am now challenging you, Facebook Friends of AIC, <\/b>to join the fundraising effort.<b> <\/b>If each of you contributes just <b>$1<\/b> to the campaign, you could help preserve<b> 231 additional manuscripts! <\/b><br \/>\n<b>\u00a0<\/b>Hurry up, there are <b>only a few hours left to contribute<\/b> and join this great learning adventure of the Timbuktu Libraries. To show your support, make your donation directly at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiegogo.com\/projects\/timbuktu-libraries-in-exile\/x\/3254149?c=home\">http:\/\/www.indiegogo.com\/projects\/timbuktu-libraries-in-exile\/x\/3254149?c=home<\/a> and &#8220;like&#8221; this posting.<br \/>\n<strong>How your contribution makes a difference:<\/strong><br \/>\nAll of the funding raised through the Indiegogo campaign will serve a single purpose: better accommodate the manuscripts (individual boxing, buffering and humidity control while maintaining mobility so that the manuscripts can be moved in the case of an escalation of socio-political strife in Mali) to lessen the risk of deformation and arrest microbial infestation that are imminent and will lead to very significant loss of substance.<br \/>\nMany thanks,<br \/>\nSylvie P\u00e9nichon<br \/>\nChair, Photographic Materials Group<br \/>\nAmerican Institute for Conservation<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8873\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8873\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.conservators-converse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/20130520151938-reading_on_roof_of_djingareyber_mosque.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8873\" alt=\"Reading on the roof of Djingareyber mosque\" src=\"http:\/\/www.conservators-converse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/20130520151938-reading_on_roof_of_djingareyber_mosque-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faic.wpenginepowered.com\/conservators-converse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2013\/06\/20130520151938-reading_on_roof_of_djingareyber_mosque-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faic.wpenginepowered.com\/conservators-converse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2013\/06\/20130520151938-reading_on_roof_of_djingareyber_mosque.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8873\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reading on the roof of Djingareyber mosque<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, PMG members were challenged to participate in the rescue effort called T-160K Timbuktu Libraries in Exile and help raise fund to protect 300,000 precious manuscripts that were evacuated last year from Timbuktu in the midst of a civil war. Our goal was to help raise $1500 for the preservation of 50 manuscripts; it &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/2013\/06\/19\/timbuktu-needs-you-now\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;TIMBUKTU NEEDS YOU NOW!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":175,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,33,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-disasters","category-outreach-and-advocacy","category-photographic-materials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8872","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\/175"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8872\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}