[PADG:119] Re: storage facility environmental conditions

["S. Tyra Grant" <stgrant@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Our set point is 60F & 35%RH
Tyra Grant
Head, Preservation Department
Northwestern University
847-491-4672

At 03:47 PM 7/23/2004, you 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