Online lecture: Adventures in Paint Analysis

From the Salem Athenaeum newsletter:

Summer Salon Online
Christine Thomson:
Adventures in Architectural Paint Analysis

July 23 at 6:00 p.m.

Historic paint analysis is critical to understanding the history of a building’s evolution through time. Paint color trends change with the years, so sometimes the identification of specific paint colors helps with dating alterations in a particular space. In earlier times, those studying paint would simply sand an area of woodwork down to the wood, creating concentric circles of paint layers. In the 1980s, architectural researchers began using the microscope as a tool to more closely examine paint layers. Christine Thomson will lead us through the various methods and findings she has made in
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Article on resources for seniors wanting to learn how to use technology

Calming Computer Jitters: Help for Seniors Who Aren’t Tech-Savvy
By Judith Graham

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/seniors-tech-help-getting-online/2021/07/09/d13fe374-d90c-11eb-8fb8-aea56b785b00_story.html

Six months ago, Cindy Sanders, 68, bought a computer so she could learn how to email and have videoconference chats with her great-grandchildren.

It’s still sitting in a box, unopened.

“I didn’t know how to set it up or how to get help,” said Sanders, who lives in Philadelphia and has been careful during the pandemic.

Like Sanders, millions of older adults are newly motivated to get online and participate in digital offerings after being shut inside, hoping to avoid the coronavirus, for more than a year. But many need assistance and aren’t sure where to get it.

A survey from AARP,
https://www.aarp.org/research/topics/technology/info-2021/2021-technology-trends-older-americans.html
conducted in September and October, highlights the quandary.

It found that older adults boosted technology purchases during the pandemic but more than half (54 percent) said they needed a better grasp of the devices they had acquired. Nearly 4 in 10 (37 percent) admitted they weren’t confident about using these technologies.
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