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Managing the library and archive environment
Preservation Advisory Centre Training Day
Friday 18 June 2010
National Archives of Scotland, HM General Register House, 2 Princes Street, Edinburgh EH1 3YY
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.
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
11.50 Setting targets for environmental conditions for library and archive materials
12.20 Environmental targets for collections: the building and climate
12.50 Lunch
13.35 Matching monitoring equipment to your needs
14.40 Break
15.00 Interpreting RH and temperature charts
16.00 Action Planning
16.30 End
Cost: £95.00 + VAT including lunch and refreshments
To register please visit www.bl.uk/blpac/environment.html
Preservation Advisory Centre
The British Library
96 Euston Road
London NW1 2DB
United Kingdom
T +44 (0)20 7412 7612
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