Subject: Publication on environmental monitoring
The announcement of the Heritage Health Index on Dec 6, 2005 underlined the importance of improving collection storage conditions. As a first step towards acting upon the call for improving collection storage I would like to invite everyone to download a free PDF document from our web site that is an in-depth discussion of setting-up an environmental monitoring program at your institution. The document called "Step by Step Workbook; Achieving a Preservation Environment for Collections" talks about * the importance of environmental monitoring * the effect of the environment on the natural aging of collections * understanding your building and its climate control system * taking action to improve the preservation quality of your environment This workbook was developed in conjunction with a recent NEH sponsored grant project that presented workshops on setting up monitoring programs in institutions. We felt that it would be useful to anyone that has an ongoing monitoring program or is planning one. Please feel free to save a copy of this document on your local machine, print it out, and share it with anyone you wish. The workbook is available at <URL:http://www.imagepermanenceinstitute.org/sub_pages/8contents.htm> Edward Zinn Image Permanence Institute Rochester Institute of Technology *** Conservation DistList Instance 19:29 Distributed: Tuesday, December 6, 2005 Message Id: cdl-19-29-014 ***Received on Tuesday, 6 December, 2005