Preface

Naoko SONODA and Claude LAROQUE

Section I: New Possibilities for the Evaluation of Paper Deterioration

Research on the Conservation of Paper and Books and New Techniques for Evaluating Paper Deterioration

Naoko SONODA

Evaluation of Acidic Paper Deterioration in Library Materials by Pyrolysis-Gas Chromatography

Hajime OHTANI

A New Method for the Assessment of Deteriorated Paper Documents

Takayuki OKAYAMA

Section II: Conservation and History of Ancient Papers

Conserving Beeswax-treated Volumes of the Annals of Joseon Dynasty: An Overview of the Studies by the National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage of Korea

JEONG Hye-young

A Paper Fragment from the Gol Mod Necropolis, Mongolia
(a Late First Century BC Archaeological Excavation)

Guilhem ANDRE and Véronique ROUCHON

Section III: Papermaking Materials and Techniques

Khartasia: a Database for Asian Papers

Claude LAROQUE

Database of Traditional Papermaking Centers in East Asian Regions

Masazumi SEKI

Traditional Handmade Hanji and the Identification of Fibrous Raw Materials
in Ancient Korean Hanji Books

KIM Hyoung-Jin and CHOI Tae-Ho

The Characteristics of Traditional Papermaking Techniques in Northern China

CHEN Gang and ZHANG Xuejin

About the Authors

Appendix: Workshop Program