[PADG:117] Re: storage facility environmental conditions

[Jacob Nadal <jnadal@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I wouldn't suggest that anything we do in Indiana is standard, but we 
are at 50ºF / 30% RH...

--Jake

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Jacob Nadal
Head, E. Lingle Craig Preservation Laboratory
Indiana University Libraries
(812) 855-6281 | mailto:jnadal@xxxxxxxxxxx
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On Jul 23, 2004, at 3:47 PM, Baker, Whitney S wrote:

> I have been asked to gather input from other research libraries that 
> have off-site storage facilities for library materials.  What are the 
> environmental guidelines currently in place in your facilities (where 
> no humans normally work)?  The recommendations our facilities 
> librarian has received from a colleague are to maintain the 
> temperature at a constant 50 degrees and the RH at 30%.  He wonders if 
> these are standard figures.
>
> Thanks for your response,
>
> Whitney Baker
> Conservator, University of Kansas Libraries
> 1425 Jayhawk Blvd., Room 135
> Lawrence, KS  66045-7544
> (785) 864-3429; (785) 864-5311 (fax)
> wbaker@xxxxxx <mailto:wbaker@xxxxxx>
> www2.lib.ku.edu/preservation