Managing the library and archive environment - Preservation Advisory Centre training day
18 January 2011, British Library Centre for Conservation, 96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB
Avoiding a 'one size fits all' approach to environmental parameters, the day helps you to understand the vulnerabilities and tolerances of your collections and then shows how to set realistic and achievable targets that are appropriate to the materials in your care and the resources available to you. At the end of the day you will be in a strong position to take cost-effective decisions and prioritise actions for maintaining a sustainable environment. The training day is aimed at people with responsibility for the care of library and archive collections. It is led by Jane Henderson, a lecturer at Cardiff University's Department of History and Archaeology with demonstrations of equipment by Chris Michael of Meaco.
Programme
09.45 Registration
10.00 Welcome and introductions
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 the 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
Cost £95 + VAT (including lunch and refreshments) = £111.63
To register, please complete the form at http://www.bl.uk/blpac/environment.html
Preservation Advisory Centre
British Library
London
NW1 2DB
T +44 (0)20 7412 7612
www.bl.uk/blpac
Events:
Preservation Policies, 15 October, London http://www.bl.uk/blpac/policy.html
Damaged Books and Bound Archives: Practical First Steps, 9 November, Sheffield http://www.bl.uk/blpac/damaged.html
Dust, Dirt and Volunteers, 3 December, London http://www.bl.uk/blpac/dust.html
Preserving historic photographs, 7 December, London http://www.bl.uk/blpac/photographic.html
Managing the library and archive environment, 18 January, London http://www.bl.uk/blpac/environment.html
The British Library Preservation Advisory Centre is the new name for the National Preservation Office.
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