Online Publications

We support these often open-access online publications. Most are supported by the institute unless otherwise noted.

Online Community

We maintain an online community that allows cultural heritage professionals and those interested in the field to connect with each other. Its modern, easy-to-use interface allows users to following conversations online or via their email inboxes. It hosts both member-restricted and free content.

• AIC Member Community member-restricted
• Blog
• Connecting to Collection Care Community 

• Emerging Conservation Professionals Community

• Global Conservation Forum 

• Member Directory member-restricted
• Specialty Group & Network Communities member-restricted

Gain access to the member-restricted content by joining the institute as a member or support the free communities by donating to our foundation.

AIC Wiki

We offer the AIC Wiki as a compendia of the field's working knowledge of the materials and techniques used preserving and treating cultural heritage. We encourage collaborative editing and broad access to these resources, ensuring that innovative methods and materials are documented and widely disseminated to practicing conservators and conservation scientists. Learn more about how you can add your knowledge by visiting our Contribute page.

Conference Material

• We make final programs and abstracts, and posters from our past annual conferences at Annual Conference Publications.

• We publish papers from our annual meeting in postprints through our specialty groups.

Conservation Online (CoOL)

• We manage Conservation Online (CoOL), a full text library that covers a wide spectrum of topics of interest to those involved with the conservation of library, archives, and museum materials. The Foundation for Advancement in Conservation funds this program.
• We host our Resource Hub on the site. The hub contains online articles, postprints, archives, and materials on a range of conservation topics.
• We maintain the searchable archives for the former Conservation DistList on the site. The Global Conservation Forum replaced the list in 2019.

JSTOR Access

• We make more than 1,500 academic journals available to our members with JPASS, a personal access plan to JSTOR's digital library of some of the most influential research and ideas published in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
• We offer our members reduced-price access that they can use anywhere, anytime. A pass is now just $99/year with the option to purchase one month for $19.50.

Social Media

We believe that contributing to the online conversations about cultural property, its preservation, conservation, and care means being present where and when they are taking place. Take a look at our Conservation in Social Media page and share with us and our wider audience the insights and expertise gained through your work.

Survey Reports

We share Survey Reports, which cover topics such as salaries, collection care staff concerns, and sustainability.