Recording, documentation, and information management for the conservation of heritage places : guiding principles / Robin Letellier ; with contributions from Werner Schmid and François LeBlanc.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Letellier, Robin.

Contributor:

Schmid, Werner, Ing. (grad.)

LeBlanc, François, 1946-

Getty Conservation Institute.

International Council on Monuments and Sites.

International Committee of Architectural Photogrammetry.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historic sites--Conservation and restoration.

Historic sites.

Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration.

Historic buildings.

Architecture--Conservation and restoration.

Architecture.

Cultural property--Protection.

Cultural property.

Historic preservation--Data processing.

Historic preservation.

Historic preservation--Documentation.

Records--Management.

Records.

Information resources management.

Physical Description:

xviii, 151 pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 30 cm

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles : Getty Conservation Institute, 2007.

Contents:

Executive summary

Key definitions

The guiding principles

Background : How did this book come about?

Overview : What are we talking about? ; Why is heritage information required? ; When is recording indispensable? ; Who is producing information, and who is using it?

Guidance : How does heritage information fit into the conservation process? ; Why recording, and who produces records? ; What approach is suggested to ensure systematic documentation and good information management? ; How are national heritage information policies and related programs developed?

Appendixes : A. Principles for the recording of monuments, groups of buildings and sites

B. Summary of the gaps and needs identified during the 2002 RecorDIM Meeting

C. Planning for the recording and analyzing masonry deterioration: The Fort Henry Project

D. Planning for recording a specific structure: The Fort Henry Ditch Tower

E. Summary of metric survey techniques for heritage documentation

F. Overview and evaluation of information management tools

G. Developing a national heritage information policy

H. Overview of existing charters and guidelines.

Notes:

Guidelines resulting from a workshop organized in 2002 by Robin Letellier and the Getty Conservation Institute (GCI), in partnership with ICOMOS and CIPA.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-147).

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Gift of the Getty Conservation Institute.

ISBN:

9780892369256

0892369256

OCLC:

165957198