Profession book restorer

Book restorers work to correct and treat books based on an evaluation of their aesthetic, historic and scientific characteristics. They determine the stability of the book and address the problems of chemical and physical deterioration of it.  

Personality Type

• Realistic / Conventional

Knowledge

• Museum databases

  The tools and processes involved in working with museum databases.

Skills

• Select restoration activities

  Determine restoration needs and requirements and plan the activities. Consider the desired results, the level of intervention required, evaluation of alternatives, constraints on actions, stakeholder demands, possible risks and future options.

• Evaluate art quality

  Correctly evaluate the quality of art objects, artefacts, photographs and documents.

• Provide conservation advice

  Formulating guidelines for object care, preservation and maintenance, and providing professional advice on possible restoration work to be done.

• Evaluate restoration procedures

  Evaluate the outcome of conservation and restoration procedures. Evaluate the degree of risk, success of treatment or activity and communicate the results.

• Coordinate operational activities

  Synchronise activities and responsibilities of the operational staff to ensure that the resources of an organisation are used most efficiently in pursuit of the specified objectives.

• Apply restoration techniques

  Select and apply appropriate restoration techniques in order to achieve the required restoration goals. This encompasses preventive measures, remedial measures, restoration processes and management processes.

• Assess conservation needs

  Assess and list the needs for conservation/restoration, in relation to current use and planned future use.

• Ensure safety of exhibition

  Ensure safety of exhibition environment and of artefacts by applying safety devices.

• Use ICT recources to solve work related tasks

  Ability to choose and use ICT recources in order to solve related tasks

• Restore art using scientific methods

  Follow closely works of art and artifacts by using scientific tools such as x-rays and visual tools, to define the causes of deterioration. Analyse the possibility to restore these objects in a way that can take their original form or condition.

• Create solutions to problems

  Solve problems which arise in planning, prioritising, organising, directing/facilitating action and evaluating performance. Use systematic processes of collecting, analysing, and synthesising information to evaluate current practice and generate new understandings about practice.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB