Science and Technology - Ninth Report
Here you can browse the report which was ordered by the House of Lords to be printed 19 October 2006.
CONTENTS
Terms of Reference
Abstract
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Science, technology and cultural
heritage
The meaning of conservation
Scientific and technological input into conservation
Sustainability
Figure 1: United Kingdom Principles of Sustainability
Recommendation
Chapter 3: Background
Governance of the heritage sector
Distribution of heritage scientists
The size of the sector
Immoveable heritage
Moveable heritage
Trends in funding
Numbers active in heritage science
International comparisons
Box 1: Italian National Research Council
and Cultural Heritage
Other aspects of policy relevant to heritage
science
The outlook for heritage science
Conclusion
Chapter 4: Heritage science: a collaborative
enterprise
The need for collaboration
Box 2: The Dust Project
Different perspectives on research
End-user led research
Box 3: A Research Strategy for Libraries
and Archives
Identification of priorities
Academic analogue status
The skills base
Research Assessment
Conclusion
Chapter 5: Dissemination
The conservation community
The written word
Other sources of information
Recommendation
Promoting the role of SET
Chapter 6: Governance and funding
A champion for heritage science
Box 4: Science in the Natural History Museum
The Research Councils
Recommendations
Chapter 7: Information and communications
technologies and the heritage sector
Digitisation
"Born digital" materials
New technologies and conservation
Recommendations
Chapter 8: A strategy for heritage science
Scope
A National Conservation Centre?
Support for the development of a national
strategy
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport
The Research Councils
The Museums, Libraries and Archives Council
The British Museum
The Institute of Conservation
English Heritage
How the strategy would be developed
The benefits of setting and implementing
a strategy
Recommendations
Chapter 9: Summary of Conclusions and Recommendations
The Department for Culture, Media and
Sport
The Research Councils
Dissemination of best practice and public
engagement
Information and communications technologies
A strategy for heritage science
Appendix 1: Members and Declarations of Interest
Appendix 2: Witnesses
Appendix 3: Call for Evidence
Appendix 4: Seminar held at Hampton Court
Palace
Appendix 5: Visit to the National Gallery
Appendix 6: Visit to Italy
Appendix 7: Visit to Blickling Hall, Norfolk
Appendix 8: Visit to Down House
Appendix 9: Visit to National Museums Liverpool
Appendix 10: List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
Recent Reports from the House of Lords Science
and Technology Committee
ORAL AND WRITTEN EVIDENCE
Oral Evidence - 14 March 2006
Oral Evidence - 21 March 2006
Oral Evidence - 28 March 2006
Oral Evidence - 25 April 2006
Oral Evidence - 9 May 2006
Oral Evidence - 16 May 2006
Oral Evidence - 23 May 2006
Oral Evidence - 6 June 2006
Written Evidence
Note: References in the text of the Report are as
follows:
(Q) refers to a question in the oral evidence
(p) refers to a page of written evidence
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