Environmental Monitoring

 

VCU Libraries Preservation Department has been monitoring Cabell Library's temperature and relative humidity for active and stored collections since 2002.

We use dataloggers to record data once every hour, every day, for up to 3 months.

 

The Image Permanence Institute (IPI) is a nonprofit research laboratory devoted to preservation research and a world leader in sustainable practices. It is the world's largest independent laboratory with this scope. IPI produces:

Climate Notes Newsletter (a free e-newsletter that covers a wide range of topics)

Webinars: Sustainable Preservation Practices for Managing Storage Environments

Conservation2 = Preserving Collections x Our Environment ---- wiki for 2011 National Archives and Records Administration Preservation Conference