Clarkson Launch 004 - J. Vodopivec Tomažič - Clarkson & Teaching: Conservation Training in Ljubljana
Channel: International Assoc. of Book & Paper Conservators
Date: 2021-03-10

Jedert Vodopivec Tomažič is a retired professor from the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia, she taught preservation of the written heritage and also taught at the Alma Mater Europaea ECM in Slovenia. She was Head of the Book and Paper Conservation Department at the Archives of the Republic of Slovenia from 1990 until recently. She obtained her Bachelors and Masters degree in Chemistry Science and PhD in Conservation Science at the University of Ljubljana. 
She has authored national and international papers, organized conferences, seminars and workshops on conservation of the written and graphic cultural heritage and is collaborating in research projects on book and paper conservation.

Tomažič, Jedert Vodopivec. ‘Christopher Clarkson and Teaching: Book Conservation Staff Training in Ljubljana’. Journal of Paper Conservation 20, no. 1–4 (2 October 2019): 36–46. https://doi.org/10.1080/18680860.2019.1747833.

Christopher Clarkson's teachings, innovations and numerous publications had a profound effect on understanding book structures. However, his main contribution was undoubtedly that of abandoning the rebinding practice based on bookbinding traditions until the twentieth century, in favour of expertise and scientifically grounded principles of modern book conservation. Clarkson trained and mentored many conservators worldwide, including some from Slovenia. He was engaged by the Book and Paper Conservation Centre of the Archives of the Republic of Slovenia in Ljubljana eight times to teach book conservation. The participants not only began to understand Clarkson's conservation theories and principles, they also began to fully adopt his book conservation methods.