Resource Management Needs:

Primary among the challenges to the effective management of
cultural resources are the following:

-   efficient  access  to  technical  and nontechnical
information that will facilitate the decision making processes
that affect the integrity and viability of the individual
artifact and the collective cultural heritage;

-   education of professional preservation practitioners in the
availability and skillful utilization of contemporary
technologies and techniques that represent appropriate,
cost-effective tools for sensible cultural resource management;

-   effective networking of preservation management and research
interests, so that practical decision making experiences of the
preservation movement can be fully shared across the local,
regional, national, and international spectrum;

-   application of "technology transfer" to develop sophisticated
decision making tools, methodologies, and standards that employ
contemporary technologies to serve cultural resource management
needs; 

-   education of public constituencies in the value of our
cultural heritage in order to promote cultural literacy and
expand public support for protecting the integrity of this
nation's cultural heritage. 


Focus Areas (education; resource planning and management; design
and construction)

<bfile11>   Nonrenewable loss
<bfile16>   Threats to Resources
<bfile18>   Meeting Management Needs (Current)
<bfile35>   Research Summary: Areas of Contribution
<bfile23>   Education Objectives
<bfile29>   Resource Management and Planning
<bfile30>   Design and Construction	
<bfile31>   Technology Transfer
<ffile17>   Active/Reactive Postures