Rebecca, Thanks. I think I can get the EI from the University where I teach.

Sarah

Rebecca Tinkham wrote:

> Sarah,
>
> I would suggest you look in the Ei Compendex (Engineering Index). This is
> an on-line database of journal articles covering a wide range of 
> engineering
> and industrial research including textiles and textile related topics.
> Since the journals are from the industry they can become very complex 
> very
> quickly, but I was often able to understand enough. The articles would
> probably cover manufacture, characteristics, and possibly degradation, 
> but
> not conservation.
>
> Access to the database is by subscription (for quite a lot of money I'm
> sure.) I would suggest asking the area branches of the public library to
> see if any of them subscribe. If not, your best bet will be a university
> library, if you can use it. A university library is also the most likely
> place to find the journals themselves.
>
> Good Luck,
>
> Rebecca Tinkham
>
>
>
>
>
>
>> From: Sarah Lowengard <[log in to unmask]>
>> Reply-To: Textile Conservators <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: available or existing research in contemporary textiles
>> Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 14:56:08 -0400
>>
>> I am about to begin a project involving some late 20th century/early
>> 21st century industrial and experimental textiles. The group is varied
>> in technique, material and projected uses. With the exception of
>> polyester, the materials used are not those regularly encountered by
>> most textile conservators --or, at least, not as a principal component.
>> The "oldest" of the lot was produced about 12 years ago.
>>
>> As background to this study, I am looking for sources of information
>> about behavioral characteristics or predictions of behavior over time,
>> anecdotal or documented descriptions of deterioration or longevity and
>> other catalogues of long-term care strategies. I am especially
>> interested in the relationship between production technqiues and
>> preservation. I have checked most of the standard art conservation and
>> textile industry databases with (predictably) few results.
>>
>> Can anyone suggest relevant publications I might not have seen? Has
>> anyone compiled a bibliography recently that she would be willing to
>> share with me? Would anyone who has worked on these classes of textiles
>> be willing to talk to me (off-list or on)?
>>
>> I do recognize that literature and experiences might be either extremely
>> general or extremely specific and am willing to work through that 
>> myself.
>>
>> Thanks very much
>>
>> Sarah
>>
>> Sarah Lowengard
>> [log in to unmask]
>> New York City
>
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