Managing the library and archive environment
National Preservation Office Training Day
Monday 30 March 2009
British Library Centre for Conservation, 96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB
This one-day course will help librarians and archivists to understand
the effect that a poor environment has on collections, and demonstrate
how to monitor and control their storage environment. It is led by Jane
Henderson, a well-known expert and trainer from Cardiff University's
Department of History and Archaeology, with demonstrations of equipment
by Chris Michael, Meaco.
Programme
09.45 Registration
10.00 Introduction and welcome
10.15 How collections get damaged
10.30 Agents of deterioration: the role of moisture and temperature in
damaging collections
11.00 Units and targets for relative humidity and temperature
11.30 Break
11.45 Setting targets for environmental conditions for library and
archive materials
12.15 Environmental targets for collections: the building and climate
12.45 Lunch
13.30 Environmental monitoring equipment: range of equipment, how to use
it, costs and accuracy
14.30 Matching monitoring equipment to your needs: criteria for
selection, choosing locations to monitor, collecting data
15.00 Break
15.15 Interpreting RH and temperature charts
16.15 Action Planning
16.45 End
Registration forms can be found at http://www.bl.uk/npo/environment.html
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Alison Walker
Head, National Preservation Office
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