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International Scientific Committee on 20th Century Heritage 

 
IntroHeritage AlertsToolkitMembershipAnnual Meetings 2009 - 2011GA Meeting, Paris, November 2011
ISC20C Heritage Toolkit

INTRODUCTION TO THE ICOMOS ISC20C HERITAGE TOOLKIT 
a web based toolkit of reference resources for ISC20C members 

This on-line reference collection of benchmark “best practice” documents is being constantly assembled by and for members of the ICOMOS ISC20C. The entries identify the range of work being done across the world to simultaneously advance the development of heritage principles and technical research that is worth sharing to assist the conservation of Twentieth Century Heritage.  

The ISC20C toolkit aims to share new methodologies and approaches to conservation practice, by providing access to information and sources that its own members find useful.  All ISC20C members have been invited to share up to 10 benchmark heritage tools (guidelines, policies, publications, websites) that they use regularly as reference resources - with a brief summary and a hyperlink or PDF where practical (and legal) to make them electronically accessible to everyone.  

Contributions from all ISC20C members in every language are welcome.  

SHERIDAN BURKE

President ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Twentieth Century Heritage
September 2011

SECTION 1.  CONSERVATION PRINCIPLES

Burra Charter, The Australia ICOMOS 1999

The 1999 revision of the Burra Charter is available from Australia ICOMOS

Go to the ICOMOS Australia website for further details and to download the document  

(From personal reference resources of ISC20C member Sheridan Burke)

The Illustrated Burra Charter Australia ICOMOS 2004

This companion document to Australia ICOMOS's 1999 revision of the Burra Charter is now available

Go to the ICOMOS Australia website for further details and to download their order form Conservation

(From personal reference resources of ISC20C member Sheridan Burke)

SECTION 2.  GUIDELINES

Conservation Principles, policies and Guidance

Guidelines:  The U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties, http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/tps/standards_guidelines.htm

(From personal reference resources of ISC20C member Gunny Harboe)

Guidelines:  The U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Guidelines for Evaluating and Nominating Properties that Have Achieved Significance within the Past Fifty Years,  http://www.nps.gov/nr/publications/bulletins/nrb22/

(From personal reference resources of ISC20C member Gunny Harboe)

Publication:  The U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Secretary of Interior's Standards for Rehabiliation & Illustrated Guidelines on Sustainability for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings, http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/tps/download/guidelines-sustainability.pdf

(From personal reference resources of ISC20C member Gunny Harboe)

Publication:   The primary aim of the Conservation Principles, Policies and Guidance is to support the quality of decision-making, with the ultimate objective of creating a management regime for all aspects of the historic environment that is clear and transparent in its purpose and sustainable in its application. http://publications/conservation-principles-sustainable-management-historic-environment/

(From personal reference resources of ISC20C member Sheridan Burke)

Publication:   The guidance now concentrates on those areas of practice that are particular to enabling development (and by extension other proposals where financial viability is a key issue), rather than common to most proposals affecting significant places, on which other guidance is now available. http://publications/enabling-development-and-the-conservation-of-significant-places/

(From personal reference resources of ISC20C member Sheridan Burke)

 Design in Context; Guidelines for Infill Development in the Historic Environment
·     NSW Heritage Office, RAIA NSW Chapter 2005
·     Description: advice on designing high quality buildings in heritage areas
·     Design in Context

(From personal reference resources of ISC20C member Sheridan Burke)

  Heritage Interpretation Policy
·     NSW Heritage Office, 2005
·     Description: guidance on best practice in interpreting heritage places and objects. See also Interpreting Heritage Places and Items 
·     Download PDF document [107 KB]

(From personal reference resources of ISC20C member Sheridan Burke)

 Photographic Recording Of Heritage Items Using Film or Digital Capture
·     NSW Heritage Office 2001, revised 2004, 2006
·     Description: a checklist for making an archival photographic record. Revised in 2006 to include digital photography
·     Download PDF document [174 KB] 

(From personal reference resources of ISC20C member Sheridan Burke)

Statements of Heritage Impact
·     NSW Heritage Office and Department of Urban Affairs & Planning 1996, revised 2002
·     Description: originally published as part of the NSW Heritage Manual
\·     Download PDF document [34 KB]

(From personal reference resources of ISC20C member Sheridan Burke)

 Street Smart: Corporate Development in Historic Town Centres
·     NSW Heritage Office 1998
·     Description: policy for introducing new businesses into heritage town centres
·     Download PDF document [16 KB]

(From personal reference resources of ISC20C member Sheridan Burke)  

SECTION 3.  MATERIALS CONSERVATION

Technical Brief:  The U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Preservation Briefs on guidance on preserving, rehabilitating and restoring historic buildings,  http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/tps/briefs/presbhom.htm

(From personal reference resources of ISC20C member Gunny Harboe)

Investigation and Repair of Historic Concrete

·     NSW Heritage Office 2003

·     Description: practical advice on repairing reinforced concrete. Available in hard copy.

·     Download PDF document for free [742 KB]

(From personal reference resources of ISC20C member Sheridan Burke)

  

SECTION 4.  REALLY USEFUL WEBSITES

Heritage Council of NSW publications:  http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au/03_index.htm

Historic Scotland professional publications: http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/index/heritage.htm

English Heritage technical publications:  http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/professional/

Australia ICOMOS: http://australia.icomos.org/publications/other-publications/

UIA Twentieth Century Heritage index: http://www.archi.fr/UIA/

Docomomo: http://www.docomomo.com/history.php#

SECTION 5. REALLY USEFUL REFERENCES

Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) Publication:

(From personal reference resources of ISC20C member Susan Macdonald)

UNESCO World Heritage Center Paper Publications: 

·         1st Regional Meeting on Modern Heritage, for Latin America, 11-13 December 2002

·         2nd Regional Meeting on Modern Heritage, for Asia and the Pacific, 24-27 February 2003

·         3rd Regional Meeting on Modern Heritage, for Sub-Saharan Africa, 4-7 March, 2004 

·         4th Regional Meeting on Modern Heritage: North America, 10-12.November 2004

·         5th Regional Meeting on Modern Heritage: Mediterranean Basin, 29-31 March 2005

·         World Heritage Nomination Files for 20th Century Heritage, World Heritage Center (Archive), UNESCO, Paris

(From personal reference resources of ISC20C member Sandra Uskokovic)