Environmental Monitoring and Control
One of the most effective ways to protect your collections is to correctly manage the environment that the collections are stored and displayed in. Below is a list of organizations that provide valuable assistance and on-line resources for environmental monitoring and control.
Connecting to Collections Online Community
http://www.connectingtocollections.org/all-topics/manage-collections-environment/
C2C Online Community Webinar Recording: Choosing the Datalogger That is Right for You
http://www.connectingtocollections.org/recording-community-webinar-choosing-the-datalogger-that-is-right-for-you/
C2C Online Community Webinar Recording: Wireless Dataloggers
http://www.connectingtocollections.org/online-event-wireless-dataloggers/
National Park Service Conserve O Grams
http://www.nps.gov/history/museum/publications/conserveogram/cons_toc.html
Conserve O Gram 3/3 Comparing Temperature and Relative Humidity Dataloggers for Museum Monitoring
http://www.nps.gov/history/museum/publications/conserveogram/03-03.pdf
Image Permanence Institute website – developer of the Preservation Environment Monitor (PEM2) and eClimate Notebook software
https://www.imagepermanenceinstitute.org/environmental/overview
PEM2 datalogger information with downloadable product sheet
https://www.imagepermanenceinstitute.org/environmental/pem2-datalogger
eClimateNotebook software
https://www.imagepermanenceinstitute.org/environmental-management/eclimatenotebook
Online Dewpoint Calculator
https://www.imagepermanenceinstitute.org/resources/calculators
Stored Alive! Interactive tutorial program
https://www.imagepermanenceinstitute.org/resources/stored-alive
Northeast Document Conservation Center Preservation Leaflets:
2.1 Temperature, Relative Humidity, Light, and Air Quality: Basic Guidelines for Preservation
2.2 Monitoring Temperature and Relative Humidity
2.6 Low Cost / No Cost Improvements in Climate Control
The British Library National Preservation Office - Managing the Library and Archive Environment
http://www.bl.uk/blpac/pdf/environment.pdf
Crack Warp Shrink Flake: A New Look At Conservation Standards by Pamela Hatchfield, Museum, Jan/Feb 2011
http://www.conservation-wiki.com/w/images/b/bd/Crack_Warp_Shrink_Flake_2011.pdf
Environmental Standards – American Institute for Conservation wiki
http://www.conservation-wiki.com/wiki/Environmental_Guidelines
Advanced Readings and References
British Standards Institution (BSI) PAS 198:2012 Specifications for managing environmental conditions for cultural collections http://shop.bsigroup.com/ProductDetail/?pid=000000000030219669
Ford, Patricia. IPI's Guide to Sustainable Preservation Practices for Managing Storage Environments. Rochester, NY: Image Permanence Institute, 2012.
Grattan, David, and Stefan Michalski. “Environmental Guidelines for Museums.” Canadian Conservation Institute Caring for Collections.
Accessed December 7, 2012.
http://www.cci-icc.gc.ca/caringfor-prendresoindes/articles/enviro/index-eng.aspx.
Laveìdrine, Bertrand. “The Environment.” In Photographs of the Past: Process and Preservation, 280-83. Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute, 2009.
Lull, William P., with the assistance of Paul N. Banks. Conservation Environment Guidelines for Libraries and Archives. Ottawa, ON: Canadian Council
of Archives, 1995.
National Information Standards Organization. Environmental Guidelines for the Storage of Paper Records. Technical Report NISO-TR01-1995.
Mecklenburg, Marion F. “Determining the Acceptable Ranges of Relative Humidity and Temperatures in Museums and Galleries.” Washington, DC: Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute, 2007.
http://www.si.edu/mci/downloads/reports/ Mecklenburg-Part1-RH.pdf and http://www.si.edu/mci/ downloads/reports/Mecklenburg-Part2-Temp.pdf.
Padfield, Tim. “Conservation Physics – Index.” Conservation Physics. Accessed December 7, 2012.
http://www.conservationphysics.org/.
Reilly, James M., Douglas W. Nishimura, and Edward Zinn. New Tools for Preservation/Assessing Long-Term Environmental Effects on Library and Archives
Collections. Washington, DC: Commission on Preservation and Access, 1995.
Walch, Victoria Irons. "Checklist of Standards Applicable to the Preservation of Archives and Manuscripts." American Archivist 53 (Spring 1990): 324–38.
Weintraub, Steven. "The Museum Environment: Transforming the Solution into a Problem." Collections: A Journal for Museum and Archives Professionals, 2.3 (February 2006): 195-218.
http://www.connectingtocollections.org/all-topics/manage-collections-environment/
C2C Online Community Webinar Recording: Choosing the Datalogger That is Right for You
http://www.connectingtocollections.org/recording-community-webinar-choosing-the-datalogger-that-is-right-for-you/
C2C Online Community Webinar Recording: Wireless Dataloggers
http://www.connectingtocollections.org/online-event-wireless-dataloggers/
National Park Service Conserve O Grams
http://www.nps.gov/history/museum/publications/conserveogram/cons_toc.html
Conserve O Gram 3/3 Comparing Temperature and Relative Humidity Dataloggers for Museum Monitoring
http://www.nps.gov/history/museum/publications/conserveogram/03-03.pdf
Image Permanence Institute website – developer of the Preservation Environment Monitor (PEM2) and eClimate Notebook software
https://www.imagepermanenceinstitute.org/environmental/overview
PEM2 datalogger information with downloadable product sheet
https://www.imagepermanenceinstitute.org/environmental/pem2-datalogger
eClimateNotebook software
https://www.imagepermanenceinstitute.org/environmental-management/eclimatenotebook
Online Dewpoint Calculator
https://www.imagepermanenceinstitute.org/resources/calculators
Stored Alive! Interactive tutorial program
https://www.imagepermanenceinstitute.org/resources/stored-alive
Northeast Document Conservation Center Preservation Leaflets:
2.1 Temperature, Relative Humidity, Light, and Air Quality: Basic Guidelines for Preservation
2.2 Monitoring Temperature and Relative Humidity
2.6 Low Cost / No Cost Improvements in Climate Control
The British Library National Preservation Office - Managing the Library and Archive Environment
http://www.bl.uk/blpac/pdf/environment.pdf
Crack Warp Shrink Flake: A New Look At Conservation Standards by Pamela Hatchfield, Museum, Jan/Feb 2011
http://www.conservation-wiki.com/w/images/b/bd/Crack_Warp_Shrink_Flake_2011.pdf
Environmental Standards – American Institute for Conservation wiki
http://www.conservation-wiki.com/wiki/Environmental_Guidelines
Advanced Readings and References
British Standards Institution (BSI) PAS 198:2012 Specifications for managing environmental conditions for cultural collections http://shop.bsigroup.com/ProductDetail/?pid=000000000030219669
Ford, Patricia. IPI's Guide to Sustainable Preservation Practices for Managing Storage Environments. Rochester, NY: Image Permanence Institute, 2012.
Grattan, David, and Stefan Michalski. “Environmental Guidelines for Museums.” Canadian Conservation Institute Caring for Collections.
Accessed December 7, 2012.
http://www.cci-icc.gc.ca/caringfor-prendresoindes/articles/enviro/index-eng.aspx.
Laveìdrine, Bertrand. “The Environment.” In Photographs of the Past: Process and Preservation, 280-83. Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute, 2009.
Lull, William P., with the assistance of Paul N. Banks. Conservation Environment Guidelines for Libraries and Archives. Ottawa, ON: Canadian Council
of Archives, 1995.
National Information Standards Organization. Environmental Guidelines for the Storage of Paper Records. Technical Report NISO-TR01-1995.
Mecklenburg, Marion F. “Determining the Acceptable Ranges of Relative Humidity and Temperatures in Museums and Galleries.” Washington, DC: Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute, 2007.
http://www.si.edu/mci/downloads/reports/ Mecklenburg-Part1-RH.pdf and http://www.si.edu/mci/ downloads/reports/Mecklenburg-Part2-Temp.pdf.
Padfield, Tim. “Conservation Physics – Index.” Conservation Physics. Accessed December 7, 2012.
http://www.conservationphysics.org/.
Reilly, James M., Douglas W. Nishimura, and Edward Zinn. New Tools for Preservation/Assessing Long-Term Environmental Effects on Library and Archives
Collections. Washington, DC: Commission on Preservation and Access, 1995.
Walch, Victoria Irons. "Checklist of Standards Applicable to the Preservation of Archives and Manuscripts." American Archivist 53 (Spring 1990): 324–38.
Weintraub, Steven. "The Museum Environment: Transforming the Solution into a Problem." Collections: A Journal for Museum and Archives Professionals, 2.3 (February 2006): 195-218.
Resource list created by Rachael Arenstein, AM Art Conservation
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