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OpenAthens accounts for researchers in conservation and restoration
The ICCROM Library is pleased to offer researchers in conservation and restoration of cultural heritage in our Member States an exciting opportunity to access our electronic resources. Our Library holds a vast and diverse collection of materials that cover a wide range of topics in cultural heritage conservation and restoration. These resources can be an invaluable tool for researchers who are...
ICCROM Library visits Bologna International Children's Book Fair to expand our heritage education space for youth
ICCROM visited the international Bologna Children's Book Fair, which celebrates its 60th anniversary this year. The most important event of its kind, the fair offers a platform for exchange among publishers, rights holders, illustrators and others engaged in the international scene of children's and young adult literature.
Bridging language gaps in conservation information: Search BCIN in French and Spanish
The Bibliographic Database of the Conservation Information Network (BCIN) – one of the most important tools for retrieving bibliographic information on cultural heritage conservation – is now available in French and Spanish.
68-year-old convention more relevant than ever in 2023: Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict
Last year, more than 20 armed conflicts took place in different parts of the world, costing many lives and causing much suffering and destruction. Cultural heritage is far from being exempt from conflict; sometimes it is specifically targeted. In hoping for a more peaceful year in 2023, this year’s first Resource of the Month is the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict. This iconic...
The Art of Drawing, a book for all ages
This month we would like to showcase an art book we found while searching for books to populate our Heritage Education Library for children and youth, as part of the Europe Challenge 2022 project – L’arte del disegno di Mateusz Urbanowicz : Botteghe di Tokyo [The Art of Drawing by Mateusz Urbanowicz: Shops of Tokyo] (2021). It is not a book for the young but for all ages; I’m sure that everyone who holds the book in their hands will be thrilled...
Our library is participating in Europe Challenge 2022!
We are proud to announce that the ICCROM Library is a winner of the Europe Challenge 2022 - an annual programme promoted by the European Cultural Foundation that provides funding and support to libraries and their communities to design, test and implement solutions to local challenges that can benefit all of Europe.
How can we, as conservators, integrate sustainability into our work?
Welcome to the Resource of the Month for August, dear readers. Once again, I would like to invite as many of you as possible to visit our library, either virtually through our online catalogue or, of course, in person here in Rome. In person in Rome? Some of you might think: I'd better not travel in this heat... We read daily about forest fires and city fires and it hasn't rained in Italy for many months...Climate change and its catastrophic...
Celestial Motifs: Ancient Tomb Murals of the Goguryeo Dynasty
It is a normal morning at the ICCROM Library. I start the day by flipping through the mail piling up on my desk – most of the envelopes contain new journal issues, the latest of our periodical subscriptions… But then, there! The last, hefty envelope. I carefully open it and observe its contents: a matte, deep blue book, adorned with golden dragons enveloped in a mesh of ornamental plant motifs. Almost as an afterthought, I read the title that the...
ICCROM Library opens a Children's Section
Our library has launched a new section dedicated to young audiences, from toddlers to teens! Now we need your help filling the shelves with appropriate books and other resources, to help inspire the next generation to love cultural heritage as much as we do! If you have any titles to suggest (or even to donate), please email us at library@iccrom.org