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CCI Newsletter, No. 36, Fall 2005

Ranked Training Ideas

Rank	Training Ideas - CAC 2005	Points
1	Mid-career hands-on training on new ideas and techniques in conservation, 3–5 days in length	54
2	Digital photography for conservation documentation	17
3	Workshop on the conservation of acrylic paintings	17
4	Update on lighting — new technologies, energy efficiencies	15
5	Re-instatement of CCI internship program opportunities in general for Canadian conservation graduates in Canadian institutions	15
6	Update on plastics and conservation of historical plastics	12
7	Artifact material identification master classes	9
8	Low tech ID methods for various materials	9
9	Preservation of digital media — physical issues of storage, migration, options, metadata	7
10	Funding so that mid-late career conservators can offer internships to young graduates	7
11	Knowledge transfer and mentoring	6
12	Leadership: project management for conservators	6
13	Care of photographs	7
14	Collection management	6
15	Conservation/preventive maintenance of public art	6
16	Consolidation	5
17	Practical workshops on new materials	5
18	Cost benefits of preventive conservation — how to sell PC (esp. to directors); performance indicators to track if institution is implementing PC	5
19	That CCI stop unfair competition with the private sector	5
20	Tools that will help me teach/identify priorities for improving preservation profile of collections; e.g. simple risk assessment process	5
21	Hands-on skills development — metal cleaning techniques	5
22	Materials assessments for bench conservators	4
23	Availability of research information	4
24	Historic house museums — preservation/conservation issues	4
25	Teamwork, working with other conservators, museum professionals, volunteers, the public, mentoring	3
26	Marketing conservation as a profession	3
27	Packing workshop that can be delivered regionally — learning more packing, support options for artifacts that can be used for staff of small museums	3
28	Housing, stabilization, and treatment of glass plate negatives and/or case photographs	3
29	Computerized collections surveys, inventories, assessments, and amalgamating systems and databases	3
30	Treatment of waterlogged basketry, etc.	3
31	Site assessments for recommendations for renovations/move projects	2
32	Access to analytical techniques	1
33	Insect monitoring	1
34	Training for storage planning	1
35	Training for management of aspects of large move projects	1
36	Low-cost housing for oversize paper and photographic records	1
37	Information on research results on fabricator or artists' materials and techniques	0
38	Image of conservators, not responsible to save everything, shared responsibilities	0
39	Preventive conservation	0
40	Fundraising	0
41	Security, policy, practice, and procedure development; assessment and improvement of physical and electronic security in museums	0
42	Site assessments of storage areas	0
43	Training for disaster response	0
44	Wallpaper — preservation and conservation	0