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Change Over Time is a new, semiannual journal focused on publishing original, peer-reviewed research papers and review articles on the history, theory, and praxis of conservation and the built environment. Each issue is dedicated to a particular theme as a method to promote critical discourse on contemporary conservation issues from multiple perspectives both within the field and across disciplines. Themes will be examined at all scales-from the global and regional to the microscopic and material. Forthcoming issues will address topics such as repair, documentation in the digital age, professionalism, vandalism, interpretation and display, the public good, and the Venice Charter at 50. To subscribe, please contact the publisher at journals@upenn.edu.

Please visit us on the Web at cot.pennpress.org for submissions guidelines and information. For all other editorial inquiries, please contact the editor at cot@design.upenn.edu.

Frank Matero's innovative preservation work at Mesa Verde National Park, a national treasure known for its 13th-century cliff dwellings, is featured in the Jan/Feb 2011 issue of Preservation.  Dr. Matero's use of the "soft-capping" technique at Far View House and his work with the endangered plasters at Spruce Tree House, Mesa Verde's third-largest cliff dwelling, are discussed.

http://www.preservationnation.org/magazine/2011/january-february/mesa-verde.html

Feature article on Frank Matero and the Architectural Conservation Lab in Penn's Gazette
http://www.upenn.edu/gazette/0709/feature2_1.html

 A New York Daily News article about the Architectural Conservation Lab's 'Back on the Map' project on Philip Johnson's New York State Pavilion, and the recent School of Design architecture studio led by Gionata Rizzi and a link to the current exhibition at the New York Center for Architecture
http://cfa.aiany.org/index.php?section=exhibitions&expid=121

a review of the exhibit
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=36414

Review of Randy Mason's recent book in Bookforum
http://www.bookforum.com/inprint/016_02/3822

Randy Mason interview on the website Rorotoko
http://www.rorotoko.com/index.php/article/randall_mason_book_once_future_new_york_historic_preservation_modern_city/

PlanPhilly article on Randy Mason book talk
http://planphilly.com/improving-development-through-preservation

Article from Architect magazine about the future of the National Trust for Historic Presevation
http://www.architectmagazine.com/preservation/futures-of-the.aspx

Finishing Touches: Conserving Wall Paintings and Other Architectural Surfaces: Video with Frank Matero: http://www.getty.edu/conservation/publications/videos/public_lecture_videos_audio/finishing_video.html