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Consultancy Agency and Workshop for Preservation, Conservation and Restoration of Books,
Archival Materials and Graphic Arts. Preservation Management for Libraries and Archives.
Diploma HICOREB. Accredited Conservator Restorer. Member of the Institute of Paper Conservation.
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From 1st July 1989 consultant for the preservation, conservation and restoration of books, archival materials and graphic art and managing-director of "De Zilveren Passer" (The Silver Compasses) a specialized workshop for the preservation, conservation and restoration of books, archival materials and graphic art.

 

Teaching:
  • Since 1st September 1987 part-time lecturer in Graphic Art and Antiquarian Books in the Center for Professional Trade Education (CMO) in St.-Niklaas (B) and since the 1st of September 1996 also in Aalst en Oudenaarde. (CEMOV) (B)
  • Guest-lecturer at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Free University of Brussels) since 1998 for the Interuniversity Courses of Archivist. The subject is Preservation Management, Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Planning.
  • Lecturer at the Library School Gent since 2000 for the Initiation to Library, Documentation and Information Sciences ­ Section Archives. The subject of the course is Preservation Theory and Practical Exercices.
  • Training of library, archive and museumpersonnel in basics of preservation (theory and practice). Courses organised by the Town Council of Bruges and the VVBAD (Flemish Association
    of Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centers) since 1998.
  • Traing of library and archive personnel, in situ, in preservation theory and practice.
Miscellaneous:
  • From 1983 until 1987 part-time librarian and from 1987 until 1989 honorary secretary of the Flemish Guild of Handbookbinders - Ghent (B) with special responsibility for the organization of specialized courses in bookbinding and the organization of the IVde Grote Prijs van de Vlaamse Boekbindkunst (IVth Grand-Prix of Flemish Bookbinding Art) 1989.
  • Since February 1994 member of several Examination Boards for the recruitment of bookbinding and preservation personnel in libraries and archives.
  • Member of the jury of the Grote Prijs van de Vlaamse Boekbindkunst, editions VI, VII and VIII (Grand-Prix of Flemish Bookbinding Art) Ghent 1994, 1996 and 1998.


    The UNESCO CD-ROM.
  • Participation in Unesco CD-Rom "Preventive Conservation of Documentary Heritage". Published May 2000.

 
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