Fenella G France PhD, MBA, FAIC 521 E. Nelson Ave, Alexandria VA 22301 Tel: (646) 234-6444 Email: frfr@loc.gov Cultural heritage scientist and manager, with over two decades of experience in scientific management, international collaborations, and scientific research program planning, project management and data integration to support preservation of cultural heritage collections. Employment: Feb Jun 2015: Acting Director, Preservation Directorate, Library of Congress June 2015 October 2007 Present, Library of Congress, Washington DC September 2011: Chief, Preservation Research and Testing Division Responsibilities include: Coordination and Development of Research Programs for Library of Congress National and International Collaborative Research Projects Expansion of Quality Assurance Testing and Specifications Program Development of Multi-Disciplinary Research (Federal, Academic, Industry, Cultural Heritage) Budget, Grants and Funding, New Research and Technology Initiatives March-May 2011: Acting Special Assistant to the Director (Special Detail) June 2008: Scientist, Preservation Research Program Liaison Research material specific degradation and preservation of traditional and modern materials protein, cellulose and modern laminates for Library collection items including Top Treasures Manage and supervise performance-based contractor teams developing new technologies Supervise imaging staff and interns (2007-present) Manage development of innovative system for global access to preservation research spectral data Develop and integrate long-term strategic plans for preservation research and systems development Developing digital data and preservation standards to increase scientific and scholarly access Research and monitor environmental requirements for 1507 Waldseemüller map and Top Treasures Present PRTD research at major international preservation and scientific conferences and symposia Publish peer reviewed papers, including major Library Quarterly special edition paper Define and implement advanced imaging system in response to library and archive requirements Support performance review of Masters interns for credit to complete Masters degrees (GWU, Paris) Conduct outreach for preservation research with national and international libraries, archives, museums Scientific Research & Project Management included: o Preservation Data Access Systems Development o Anoxic Case Guidelines and Training Development o Advanced Spectral Imaging, Assessments and Systems Development o International Collaborative Research into Parchment and Protein o Non-Invasive Materials Characterization (Colorant and Ink Analysis) and Data Management o Technology transfer and innovation to address LC collection preservation issues
October 2001 October 2007, Art Preservation Services, NY Project and Scientific Manager Managed teams of technical and collaborative researchers working on major preservation projects: o Allocated staff and resources to meet project needs and ensure cost-effectiveness o Sourced and hired specialist staff for specific projects, assessed work quality o Managed technical and professional personnel to meet multiple project demands Collaborated in developing and implementing research protocols and standards o Served on ASTM, AATCC and CIE Illumination Standard Committees Conducted assessments of indoor air quality standards for cultural heritage institutions Developed standard for case leakage testing of exhibit cases Supervised teams of up to 20 conservation professionals, administrators, and scientists for range of large projects including MAAM, World Trade Center and projects below: o Assigned work responsibilities, tasks and work schedule to complete project phases o Hired and reviewed personnel performance, detailed staff tasks to meet deadlines o Tracked hours and resources to remain within budget and complete project(s) Developed strategic plans and schedules for research data integration and dissemination Conducted scientific research and published papers on photo-degradation, impact of other environmental parameters, lighting standards and preservation of cultural heritage materials Managed small business, including budget, performance expectations and reviews, work improvement procedures, HR and regulatory issues Projects Include: (partial list) Port Authority NY/NJ Project Manager & Analyst, World Trade Center 9/11 Project National Park Service Data and Research Manager, Web-Accessible Fiber Reference Imaging Library Ellis Island Project Manager & Research Scientist, Treasures Gallery Rehabilitation Project Peebles Island, NY State Environmental Researcher and Analyst, 1812 Period Flags Historic House Trust of NY: Environmental and Lighting Program for NYC Houses Smithsonian Institute, Washington DC Textile Scientist, Star-Spangled Banner Project American Museum of Natural History Textile Scientist, MAAM Argentina September 1998 March 2003, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institute Star-Spangled Banner Project, Technical Manager and Textile Scientist Led scientific analysis and collaboration by large team of specialists, scientists & professionals Led critical environmental and preservation reviews by senior scientists, museum management and technical advisory group for program and strategic planning Integrated analytical data from scientific studies into specific recommendations for exhibit design through innovative artifact and environmental testing Developed and conducted leading-edge scientific materials analyses, including mechanical and chemical, scanning electron and elemental spectroscopy, and accelerated aging of dyes / substrate Developed / conducted environmental analyses to determine display & conservation requirements Supervised staff undertaking additional scientific analyses within USDA and other agencies January 1997 September 1998, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand Research & International Postgraduate Research Manager Developed international postgraduate examination, research policies & procedures, and ensured they met all nondiscriminatory and affirmative action requirements Coordinated graduate research and examination activities of PhDs at University (on-site), three medical schools and international site-specific research projects and locations Supervised and managed scholarly research, scholarship and grants and human resource activities for PhD and other Higher Degree students: o Managed internal staff and international examiners to meet exam and scholarship budget deadlines, 2
o Integrated new university-wide database system, directed international database firm to address needs of University for higher degree/ graduate students, staff/ student research, and scholarship and grants foundation requirements Worked with Board of Graduate Studies to implement new research procedures, disciplinary action January 1989 January 1997 University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand Textile Science Lecturer & Research Fellow Developed course curriculum, lab course requirements, exam papers and research topics Supervised Masters and PhD students in Textile Science and laboratory tutors Managed annual performance reviews for graduate students and technical staff Supervised International & New Zealand National Research Projects, including: New Zealand China Research Alliance, Consumer Institute of NZ, Maori Heritage Research Coordinated and developed Design Studies curriculum, interactive projects and managed schedule and work assignments for design studies tutors Qualifications PhD (Textile Science) University of Otago (Dunedin, NZ) MBA Deakin University (Melbourne, Australia) Masters Textile Science (Distinction) University of Otago (Dunedin, NZ) Bachelor of Commerce (HR & IR) University of Otago (Dunedin, NZ) Bachelor Applied Sciences (Distinction) University of Otago (Dunedin, NZ) Professional Organizations American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC) [Fellow] International Institute for Conservation (IIC) Institute of Conservation (ICON) (London, UK) International Council of Museums (ICOM) International Commission on Illumination CIE (USA) International Textile Institute American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC) American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) International Reviewer Archaeometry Journal 2012- Digital Humanities Symposia and Journal 2009- Journal of the American Institute for Conservation (JAIC) 2009- Conservation Assessment Program Reviewer 2007- Peer reviewer for National Center for Preservation Technology and Training Grants 2009- Journal reviewer for the Journal of Testing and Evaluation (JOTE) 2007- Teaching (Visiting Lecturer partial list) South Carolina University (College of Arts and Sciences and Department of History and Technology) Rochester Institute of Technology (Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science) George Washington University, Forensic Masters Program North Carolina State University (Color Science and Textile Engineering) NYU NY Fine Arts Conservation Graduate program Invited Lecturer / Speaker (partial list) Vatican Library, Rome, Italy, December 2014 61 st International AVS Conference, Baltimore, November 2014 Leuven Catholic University, Digital Humanities Summer School, September 2014 Colour and Space in Cultural Heritage, EU COST Initiative, April 2013 Clark / CLIR Colloquium on Preservation and Its Intellectual Framework, Jan 2013 Eighth Islamic Manuscript Conference, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2012 3
International Digital Cartographic conference, France 2012 National lecturer, Applied Spectroscopy (Chicago, Massachusetts, Baltimore/Washington) 2012 Mid-Atlantic Association of Forensic Scientists, 2011 British Library: Focus on Collections, 2011 National Library of Medicine, Board of Directors Keynote Speaker, 2010 Materials Research Symposium, Boston, 2010 Eastern Analytical Symposium (2009, 2010) SORTT Conference: Imaging Applications, Standards Development and Research at the Library of Congress, 2009 Environmental Goals, Opportunities and Research, Developing International Environmental Standards for Cultural Heritage, The National Archives, London, March 2009 Anoxic Encasements for Select Treasures: In and Out Air Strategies From Climate Change to Microclimate: Library, Archives and Museum Preservation Issues; Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, 2009 Summit of Research Scientists: Anoxic Cases Developments and Assessment Jul 2008 CCAHA Exhibition and Case Design Symposium Conservation Standards for Exhibition Dec 2007 Association of American Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC) Atlanta, GA, 2006 Microscopy Society of America Microscopy and Microanalysis in the Real World, 2006 US Customs Department of Homeland Security, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) AHRB Textile Conservation Center - UK International Conference Keynote Speaker, 2004 China Art Academy, Hangzhou, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, Tsinghua University, Academy of Arts & Design, Beijing, China invited visiting lecturer, 2004 National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Auckland and NZFGW, University of Otago, 2003 North Carolina State University (NCSU) College of Textiles: Graduate Program, 2003 NY Microscopy Society, John Jay College NYU, New York, 2002, American Women in Science (AWIS), 2001 Publications (partial list) Fenella G., Sustainable and Accessible Integrated Heritage Science Datasets, Imaging Science and Technology (IS&T) Archiving Conference, Los Angeles, May 2015. France, Fenella G., Wilson, M. and Hessler, J. Multivariate Image Analysis and Detection of Environmental and Treatment Changes on Cultural Heritage Documents and Objects, CMA4CH 2014, Multivariate Analysis and Chemometrics in Cultural Heritage and Environment Fields, Rome, Italy, December 2014. France, F.G. 2014. Fugitive modern media and challenges of long-term exhibition. In ICOM-CC 17th Triennial Conference Preprints, Melbourne,15 19 September 2014, ed. J. Bridgland, art. 1601, 8 pp. Paris: International Council of Museums. (ISBN 978-92-9012-410-8) France, Fenella G. and Toth, Michael B. Integrating science and art: the scriptospatial visualization interface, IFLA WLIC 2014 Lyon - Libraries, Citizens, Societies: Confluence for Knowledge, Session 149 - Art with Science and Technology Libraries (2014) In: IFLA WLIC 2014, 16-22 August 2014, Lyon, France, http://library.ifla.org/id/eprint/763 France, Fenella G. Cartographic Preservation and Digitization of Rare Maps and Globes at the Library of Congress IFLA PAC, Biblioteque nationale de France/ Paris France, Dec 2013. France, F.G., The Waldseemüller Map, The Cartographic Journal Vol. 50 No. 3 pp. 286 292, International Cartographic Conference 2013, Dresden - Special Issue August 2013 France, F.G. and Toth, M.B., Access and Preservation: Addressing Challenges of Linking Cultural Heritage Datasets, Imaging Science and Technology Archiving Conference, Apr (2013). France, F.G., Technologies that Reveal Links between Science and Manuscripts of Science The Eighth Islamic Manuscripts Conference, Cambridge July (2012). France, F.G., Spectral Imaging and Digital Visualization of the Waldseemüller 1507 World Map Digital Cultural Heritage Cartographic Conference July (2012). France, F.G., Toth, M.B. and Hansen, E.F., Advanced Spectral Imaging for Interdisciplinary Cultural Heritage Preservation, ICOM-CC, Lisbon, Portugal, (2011). France, F.G. Advanced Spectral Imaging for Noninvasive Microanalysis of Cultural Heritage Materials: Review of Application to Documents in the U.S. Library of Congress, Applied Spectroscopy, June (2011). France, F.G. Non-invasive Characterization for Long-term Preservation of cultural Heritage, Materials Research Symposium, Boston, November (2010) pp21. 4
France, F.G., Spectral Imaging and Non-Invasive Characterization of Manuscripts, Eikonopoiia 2010, Helsinki, Finland, Oct. 2010, 51-64 France, F.G., Toth, M.B., Christens-Barry, W, and Boydston, K., Advanced Spectral Imaging for Microanalysis of Cultural Heritage, Microscopy and Microanalysis, Portland, OR, Aug (2010) France, F.G., Toth, M.B, and Hansen, E.F., Challenges of Linking Digital Heritage Scientific Data with Scholarly Research: From Navigation to Politics, Digital Humanities, Kings College, London, July (2010). France, F.G., Emery, D., and Toth, M.B., "The Convergence of Information Technology, Data and Management in a Library Imaging Program", Library Quarterly special edition: Digital Convergence: Libraries, Archives, and Museums in the Information Age, Vol. 80, No. 1: 33-59 (2010). France, F. G, Book Chapter 1.2 Historic Usage & Preservation of Cultural Heritage, In Industrial Applications of Natural Fibres: Structure, Properties and Technical Applications, Wiley (Jan 2010) France, F.G., Christens-Barry, W., Toth, M.B., Boydston, K., Advanced Image Analysis for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage, 22nd Annual IS&T/SPIE Symposium on Electronic Imaging, California, Jan 2010 France, F. G., and Kullman, M., Recycled Paper Research at the Library of Congress, International Federation of Library Associations, August 2009 pp10 http://www.ifla.org/files/pac/ipn/48-august-2009.pdf France, F.G., Hansen, E.F., and Toth, M.B., Creating a Composite Cultural Heritage Artifact the Digital Object, Digital Humanities, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, June (2009). Emery, D, France, F. G., and Toth, M. B., Management of Spectral Imaging Archives for Scientific Preservation Studies, Archiving 2009, Society for Imaging Science and Technology, May 4-7 (2009), 137-141. France, F. G., Best Practice and Standards in Environmental Preservation for Cultural Heritage Institutions: Goals, Knowledge, Gaps, Advances in Paper Conservation Research Developing Conservation Research at the British Library, London, March (2009) http://www.bl.uk/aboutus/stratpolprog/ccare/events/index.html#advances. Christens-Barry, W., Boydston, K., France, F. G. Knox, K., Easton, R. L., and Toth, M. B., Camera system for multispectral imaging of documents, Digital Imaging Sensors and Applications, 21st Annual IS&T/SPIE CA, Jan (2009). France, F.G. Lighting the Treasures, NATCC, Washington DC, November 2007. France, F.G. Managing Digital Image Repositories as Key Tools in Preservation of Cultural Objects, IS&T, VA, 2007. France, F. G. The Colour of our Past, 85th Textile Institute World Conference, Sri Lanka, 2007. France, F.G. Developing cultural heritage preservation databases, Dublin Core Conference, Mexico, October 2006. France, F.G. et al. Textile Treasures of Llullaillaco, (NATCC), Mexico City, Mexico, November 2005. France, F.G. Andean to Banners, 12th International Wool Research Conference, Leeds, UK, September 2005. France, F.G. Preservation of Textile Heritage, Textile Institute Journal, December 2004. France, F.G. Microscopy of Historic Textiles, Microscopy Society of America, Savannah, GA, August 2004. France, F.G. Scientific Analysis in the Identification of Textile Materials, AHRB Research, UK, July 2004. France F. G. Preservation of Textile Cultural Heritage, TI World Conference, China, (2004) 1583-1587. France F.G. and Thomassen-Krauss, S. What if you can t make a mistake: Treatment of the Star-Spangled Banner, North American Textile Conservators Conference (NATCC), Albany, New York, November 6-8, 2003. France F.G. Creating a Standard Vocabulary for Defining Levels of Deterioration, Development of a Web- Accessible Reference Library of Deteriorated Fibers, NPS, Shepherdstown, WV April 3-6, (2003) 77-86. France, F.G., Thomassen-Krauss, S., Nũnez, A. and Marmer, W.N. Analysis of Soiling and Trace Contaminants of the Star-Spangled Banner, NATCC, Philadelphia PA & Winterthur DE, (April 2002). France, F.G. & Weatherall, I.L. "The effect of light on wool" 9th IWTR Conference, Italy (1995). 5