This is the first book to bring together the work of a modern motion picture film laboratory together with the specialist techniques for preservation and restoration of archival film.

The books data has its origins in a training programme called FILM which was written by members of the Gamma Group with funding from the EU fund Force. The committee comprised senior film archivists and technicians in charge of film conservation departments or working film laboratories within national film archives, together with technicians from commercial laboratories which specialise in archival film...

This second edition of 'Textile Conservator's Manual', now revised and available in paperback, provides an in-depth review of the current practice, ethics and materials used in textile conservation. Concentrating on decorative art objects from the major cultures, the book gives practical instruction and a wide variety of case histories. to include changes bought about by recent developments in the conservation of material. This new information will increase the reader's ability to interpret signs of ageing and past activity on the object. New case histories in Part Two represent major...

One of the problems which beset the practical conservation of stone buildings is the fragmentation of the disciplines involved. This book, with both volumes one paperback, brings these disciplines together by the involvement of contributors with different experiences and approaches to the same material.

Talking about information systems development failures and how to avoid them, this book considers what goes wrong with information systems development projects and what actions may be taken to avoid potential difficulties. It helps to ensure that IS project managers are successful in helping to deliver application systems.

This text examines participatory evaluation which involves teachers and educational administrators along with researchers in a range of education- based evaluation tasks with the aim of improving quality. Topics covered include variations in the approach, its viability and its likely impact.