Overview of Preventive Conservation Research Work on Seismic Mitigation and Subway Vibration Control in Chengdu Museum of China

ABSTRACT

The 2008 Wenchuan earthquake brought numerous issues to the attention of researchers of seismic mitigation in Chinese museums. After the Wenchuan earthquake, the structural design team of Chengdu Museum conducted a series of research projects on seismic mitigation and subway vibration control design of buildings. These projects included the following topics: optimization of design, numerical simulation of seismic performance, analysis of key technologies for the base isolation structure, in-depth studies on structural vibrations caused by the nearby subway, and proposals for reducing structural vibrations. In 2015, after the superstructure of Chengdu Museum was completed, conservators evaluated the safety of permanent exhibitions under earthquake conditions. Seismic protection devices were installed on the showcases according to the preventive conservation requirements for museum collections. Reinforced measures were used for museum collections according to the methods suggested in the document ‘Specification for seismic protection of museum collection’ (WW/T 0069-2015). The conservators also built a systematic platform for earthquake monitoring for museum collections. Preventive conservation studies on seismic protection and subway vibration control in Chengdu Museum are summarized and forecasted.     

论档案行政执法与刑事司法衔接中的证据转换

档案行政执法与刑事司法有效衔接的重要问题之一就是档案执法证据的转换,《档案法》及《刑事诉讼法》等法律法规的规定为档案执法证据能够在刑事司法程序中采纳与使用提供了法律依据,这既是由档案违法行为与档案犯罪之间的竞合与证据的不可复制性所决定,又有助于提高刑事司法效率。档案执法证据向刑事司法证据的转换包括证据的转换范围、证据转换规则和档案执法文书的转换规则等内容。为确保公安司法机关合理使用档案执法证据,有必要对档案执法证据在刑事司法中的适用条件和特殊程序做出明确规定。     

高校档案文化创意产品开发策略研究

通过对高校档案文化创意产品的开发背景、现状及面临的问题及困境进行分析,对目前档案文化创意产品、高校档案文化创意产品的开发现状的调查,总结出高校档案文化创意产品开发的策略及途径,为高校档案文化创意产品开发提供一定的借鉴。     

高校数字化档案信息安全的影响因素与对策

随着档案信息化程度的不断提高,高校数字化档案的信息安全面临着严峻的挑战。在分析影响高校数字档案信息安全的因素的基础上,分别从提高信息安全意识、建立信息安全技术保障体系、健全信息安全管理体制和加强信息安全人才队伍建设等方面提出了相应的对策。     

Planned Hindsight

By the early 1980s, many life scientists had begun to maintain small collections of cryopreserved tissues for their own specific research purposes. It became apparent that these materials could be successfully reused as new techniques and research questions emerged. This realization led several American leaders in the field of systematic taxonomy (the science of biological classification) and conservation genetics to argue for the need to take stock of and coordinate these heterogeneous collections. Their strategy, which they called ‘planned hindsight,’ was meant to organize the present in a way that appeared to anticipate the needs of future scientists. In this paper I examine how the seemingly paradoxical strategy of ‘planned hindsight’ has functioned as a strategy for choreographing life, time, and value at two centralized biospecimen collections: The Frozen Zoo in Escondido, CA, USA, and the Ambrose Monell Cryo Collection at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. I conclude that, in practice, ‘planned hindsight’ not only contributes to the endurance of frozen tissues but also preserves widely divergent speculative visions of the many different individuals involved with their creation, maintenance, and re-use.     

论数字化档案信息开放利用的原则体系

本文从基本原则、具体原则和实施原则三个层面构建和论述了数字化档案信息开放利用的原则体系.     

新文科背景下我国档案学科的前景展望

[目的/意义]新文科建设驱动档案学科迈入转型升级的连续进程,有待明确具体发展方向与空间。[方法/过程]本文一方面从关联角度解析新文科要义并将其阐释为档案学科的生长点,另一方面则结合档案学科发展动态描摹基于生长点的发展方向与内容。[结果/结论]由此,在正视机遇与危机的认知策略下,提出的发展空间构想如下:综合国力提升驱动下应用属性的系统建构、场景全球化与本土化叠加之中发展方法的互通设定、全景时空格局引领下跨界体系的完整升级、守正创新的基本要求中知识创造转型机制的全面确定。     

A survey on the light-fastness properties of organic-based Alaska Native artifacts

A series of light-fastness tests were conducted on a group of ethnographic objects that will be on exhibit at the Smithsonian Institution Arctic Studies Center, a recent addition to the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center in Alaska. The objects surveyed belong to the collections of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. This work was designed as a feasibility study on the use of a micro-fading tester as a non-contact and non-destructive technique to evaluate the light-stability of materials present in ethnographic collections. A broad range of objects containing a wide variety of materials were selected for the study. The materials investigated included a variety of dyes applied on silk, cotton, and wool substrates along with some unusual materials such as tanned skin and seal gut skin. The results from this investigation have allowed establishing exhibition recommendations taking into consideration the sensitivity of each object, light levels in the museum building, and estimated light exposures based on the duration of the exhibit. The micro-fading tester has proven to be a very useful tool for determining the light-stability of ethnographic materials without causing any harm to the objects. Objects containing equivalent materials are usually classified under a general category based on their probable sensitivity to light. However, micro-fading test results have permitted the detection of dissimilarities among some of these objects, which could be associated to variations in prior fading histories, the quality of raw materials, and different preparation methods.     

Moving or Leaving

Abstract

Difficult decisions about the collection had to be madeby the library staff planning the moveto thenew Walter C. Koerner Library at the University of British Columbia. Thislibrary wasto bethe center for servicesto Humanities and Social Sciencesusers, but could accommodate only 60% of the Humanitiesand Social Sciences collectionshoused in the old Main Library. The staff had to decide what parts of the collection to move and what to leave in the old building, against the day when the second phase of the Koerner Library should be built. This article describes howthese difficult choices were made, including the consultation process, the development of criteria to split the collection, and their implementa-tion.     

图书馆数字馆藏控制理论初探

随着数字资源的迅速增加,有关数字资源的馆藏控制进入了各图书馆的议事日程。如何对数字馆藏实施有效的控制?该文首先回顾了传统馆藏控制理论,接着介绍了数字馆藏控制的基本概念和内容,并从数字资源保存、备份、信息生命周期、控制数字资源采集量、数字资源的分级与剔除四个方面具体地介绍了数字馆藏控制的主要范畴。于论文的最后部分,作者还从建立数字资源存储图书馆、建立数字资源评估体系、设备更新、与其他有关厂商协作、建立专门的研究队伍等五个方面简介了与数字馆藏控制相关的问题。