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Gary: Is
guidance available regarding the use of a paper moisture content meter in
collection areas that have been involved in water disasters? Are
you using the Delmhorst P-2000 digital read-out meter? Have
you contacted IPI? -
Walter Cybulski From: Frost, Gary
[mailto:gary-frost@xxxxxxxxx] I would just like to mention a few issues with preservation
monitoring that we have come to appreciate. In the aftermath of flooding here
we realized that we have the only record of building interior response to the
power failures and to the emergency drying operations. This data will be of
interest to all risk management types on campus. But I also regret that this documentation relates only to
the un-circulating air in these dark buildings. What we really need is measures
of moisture absorption and aspiration in the collections themselves. Again such
a record would be of great interest generally. For example we had damage of
instruments and furniture in the Music building which I attribute not to flood
water humidification but to recovery drying. At present I have located identical 19th c. books
at various PEM stations and watch the paper response with a Delmhorst paper
moisture content meter. I would be very interested to hear of any recording
version of such an instrument that could be integrated with a Climate Notebook
type interface. Gary Frost From: Paula De Stefano
[mailto:pd3@xxxxxxx] Hi
all, I
would appreciate hearing from anyone who has intake policy or procedures for
materials entering their library’s offsite storage facility that protect
against contaminates, such as mold and insects, being introduced into the
facility, or any policies regarding cleanliness of materials. Also,
I’m interested in what type of environmental monitoring people are using.
Dataloggers? If so, what type, what strategy was used to place them and how
often are they checked? Are you satisfied with them? Thank
you! Paula ________________________________ Paula De Stefano (destefano@xxxxxxx) Head, Preservation Department Barbara Goldsmith Preservation & Conservation Department New York University Libraries 70 Washington Square South, LL2 New York, NY 10012 Phone: 212/998-2563 Fax: 212/995-4566 |