Objective Assessment of the state of archival, museum and library collections is a task of utmost importance. Depending on the type and size of a collection, surveying may also be one of the most demanding tasks in terms of the necessary resources. It is usually done using simple physical and chemical tests, often destructive, in order to reveal the collection condition, the general conservation needs and in order to plan preservation activities. As testing of a single item should take as little time as possible, the information obtained is usually only rudimentary.By providing a near-infrared-spectroscopic instrument prototype, the end-users will be provided with a powerful survey tool allowing reagent-less multi-component low-cost analysis of items. As the technique itself has recently found the way into industry as an in-line production control tool, and as a number of preliminary experiments have already been performed, the risk of its implementation for the purpose is low. Furthermore, the spectra can be taken non-destructively in a matter of minutes, then analysed using advanced statistical methods and as the result, data important for the preservation officer and policy maker may be provided, such as material composition and chemical state in a user-friendly software interface.The tool will be tested in seven collections, thus demonstrating the relevance of the developed approach. The involvement of an SME, a university lab and two libraries, three archives, and two museums, i.e. seven end-users, ensures an efficient and directed dissemination both of knowledge and of the developed technology.Surveying is indispensable in the sustainable impact assessment especially of protection treatments, and is the basis of all planning in collection management, so the project is highly relevant to Task 3 of the work programme. Fields of science natural scienceschemical sciencesanalytical chemistrynatural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwarenatural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdatabasesnatural sciencesphysical sciencesopticsspectroscopyabsorption spectroscopy Keywords conservation cultural heritage materials non-destructive chemical analysis spectroscopy Programme(s) FP6-POLICIES - Policy support: Specific activities covering wider field of research under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) POLICIES-3.6 - The protection of cultural heritage and associated conservation strategies Call for proposal FP6-2003-SSP-3 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project Coordinator UNIVERZA V LJUBLJANI Address Kongresni trg 12 Ljubljana Slovenia See on map Links Website Opens in new window EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (8) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all DRZAVNI ARHIV U DUBROVNIKU Croatia EU contribution € 0,00 Address Svetog dominika 1 Dubrovnik See on map Links Website Opens in new window NARODNA IN UNIVERZITETNA KNJIZNICA Slovenia EU contribution € 0,00 Address Turjaska 1 Ljubljana See on map Links Website Opens in new window NATIONAAL ARCHIEF Netherlands EU contribution € 0,00 Address Prins willem alexanderhof 20 Den haag See on map NATIONALMUSEET ER DANMARKS Denmark EU contribution € 0,00 Address Frederiksholms kanal 12 Copenhagen See on map Links Website Opens in new window RIKSARKIVET Sweden EU contribution € 0,00 Address Fyrverkarbacken 13-17 Stockholm See on map THE BRITISH LIBRARY United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address 96 euston road London See on map Links Website Opens in new window VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address Cromwell road, south kensington London See on map Links Website Opens in new window ZFB ZENTRUM FUER BUCHERHALTUNG GMBH Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Mommsenstrasse 7 Leipzig See on map Links Website Opens in new window
