1. Men and Books … for a risk free use of Europe‘s written cultural heritage 01.05.2012 – 30.04.2014

2. Project Consortium: University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences (Department for Biotechnology) ATCoordinator Evangelical Parish and Church of the Holy Trinity Świdnica PLCo-Organiser European Research Center for Book and Paper Conservation-Restoration ATCo-Organiser Charles University Prague (Faculty of Humanities)CZCo-Organiser ICARUS - International Centre for Archival ResearchATCo-Organiser Technical University Graz (Institute for Paper-, Cellulose and Fibertechnology) ATCo-Organiser Austrian National LibraryATAssociated partner Polish Academy of SciencesPL/ATAssociated partner Camberwell CollegeGBAssociated partner

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4. Project Aims: Research and Processing of the holdings of the historical church archive of Świdnica: regarding content (art-, socio-, historical research – University Prague and Wroclaw) regarding mould disinfection methods (ethylene oxide fumigation and its possible health hazards – research on microorganisms)  defining risk free conservation methods for dealing with archival material infected by microorganisms