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AICCM Book and Paper Special Edition Bulletin
Volume 43, Issue 1, 2022 pages 1-63
Proceedings fo the AICCM National Conference Fremantle, Western Australia, 21-15 September 2009.
Volume 32, Issue 1, 2011 pages 3-216
Combined Volume 22-23
Volume 22, Issue 1, 1997 pages 3-i

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Upcoming volumes

AICCM Bulletin-Special Volume 2022 – Book & Paper SIG Special Edition – ‘The Bench and Beyond’

It has a been a time of rapid change in the conservation profession over the past 12 months. With COVID restrictions impacting institutions and businesses worldwide, the profession has had to adapt to changed working circumstances both rapidly and effectively. While these changes have been challenging, there have been some surprisingly positive outcomes allowing for international exchanges and sharing of ideas. Equally, periods of lockdown have offered opportunities for conservators to put pen to paper and write up successful treatments and methodologies conceived at the bench or have explored new ways of sharing with audiences the wealth of information that conservation provides about cultural heritage. Work- from-home for many has also provided new ways of thinking and opportunities that have changed the traditional constructs of how we define the role of conservators.

The Book and Paper SIG invite both Research & Technical papers across a range of topics such as:

  • Fascinating bench treatments involving new techniques or methodologies
  • Innovative storage, rehousing or preventive solutions
  • Interesting or unusual collaborative projects
  • ‘Out of the box’ projects or ideas that can help shape the future of the conservation profession.

The AICCM 50th Anniversary Volume 44: Cultural materials conservation: Self, systems and society

As a small but committed profession, the AICCM was inaugurated in 1973 and in 2023 we mark 50 years of collaboration, advocay and support. Now established and globally interconnected, this significant milestone presents an opportunity to reflect on how our proactice is keeping pace with societal change. Drawing attention to the AICCM's Strategic Plan 2020-2025 and the AIATSIS Code of Ethics of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research, this special 50th anniversary volume, Cultural materials conservation: Self, systems and society, ams to provide systematic and critical analysis of a number of themes below, with related questions acting as provocations:

  • Self & identity
  • First Nations representation
  • Society and connections
  • Diversity and inclusion
  • Accountability and sustainability
Paper submissions are by invitation and submitted papers are currently under review.