Newsletter August 2003

  1. Documentation software hericare-docu with extended functions
  2. E-learning courses in a trial phase
  3. Institute presentations

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Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,

this Newsletter deals with the following projects in September:

1. Documentation software hericare-docu with extended functions
Accessing attached files has been optimized and a export function has been added, both of which will make working with hericare-docu more effective in the future. Being able to open the files attached to hericare-docu by means of corresponding programs has greatly simplified managing the contents of the attachments.
But users will be even more comforted by the new export function: With a single click hericare-docu stores a whole report as Microsoft Word format, automatically accompanied by a table of contents including numbered pages. An appendix shows all illustrations and relating information, tests, bibliography and an address list of contributors, companies and institutions are provided, all ready to print out. Of course all features of Microsoft Word can be used to work on the report. Exported attachments in pdf-format can be viewed and printed with the Adobe Acrobat Reader which comes with every version of hericare-docu.


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2. E-learning courses in a trial phase
The online course "Mikrobieller Befall von Kunst- und Kulturgut" (Microbic Infestation of Objects of Art and Cultural Heritage) with distant learners will be launched in September and October. Interest was tremendous: participants in this free pilot course come from six different countries. The authors are available for questions and problems over the telephone, via email, chat rooms or newsgroups, whichever the participant prefers.
Parallel to this part 1 of the course "Schädigung von Kulturgut durch Salze" (Damage to Cultural Heritage from Salt) will be run with students of the University of Applied Arts and Science Hildesheim/Holzminden/Göttingen. The author, the mineralogist Dr. Hans-Jürgen Schwarz, will instruct online from the Getty Conservation Institute in Los Angeles, where he has been granted a research fellowship.
In 2004, this course will be conducted with distant learners students. An English translation is planned for both courses early 2004. http://hornemann-institut.de/english/lernen.html

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3. Institute presentations
The Hornemann Institute will be present at two international congresses:

X. IADA Congress, the international association of archive, library and graphic restorers, September 22 to 26, 2003, the University of Göttingen. http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/iada/ta03_t.html

International VDR Congress "Surface Cleaning Material and Methods", September 29 - October 4, 2003, museum kunst palast, Düsseldorf http://www.restauratoren.de/aktuell.html

Our stands will offer an opportunity to become acquainted with our current projects and to test the documentation software as well as the online courses. Moreover, our publications can be bought there at special congress rates.

We look forward to your visit!

Best regards,
the team of the Hornemann Institute

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