Reports and Publications

Reports on the status of conservation of cultural patrimony form another important section of preservation literature. Below are a few examples of government accords and institutional project and standards reports.

Publications:

BookLab Notes: Full text publications on a variety of conservation topics. Currently only in English, but some print versions have been translated into Spanish.

El Punto: Magazine with Spanish-language articles on a variety of art topics, including conservation and restoration.

Reports:

Getty Information Institute, International Documentation Standards for the Protection of Cultural Objects: Of interest to conservators of a variety of materials.

Commission on Preservation and Access Report: "Preservation Priorities in Latin America," by Dan C. Hazen: An excellent publication that summarizes the decisions made by the delegates to the August 1994 IFLA convention in Havana, Cuba. In English.

"Digital Collections Inventory Report" by Patricia McClung: Also a Commission on Preservation and Access publication, this one online. Provides links to a number of large-scale digitization projects, including a few along Latin American and Caribbean themes. In English.

Tuxtla II Conference: An agreement of February 16, 1996 among Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, México and Belize on many issues, including cooperation in the preservation of cultural property. In Spanish.