Achieving a Preservation Environment with Data Logging Technology and Microclimates

Abstract

With digital monitoring devices easy to use, inexpensive, and accurate, even the smallest library can afford to identify and address environmental problems using a microclimate approach. This article describes the capability of data loggers and related software, and provides guidance for their selection and use. It further explains how to interpret the data to arrive at affordable solutions for the most pressing environmental problems by treating a library building not as a monolith but as a number of microclimates. By using this approach, libraries can effect modest and inexpensive environmental changes leading to significant improvement in the preservation of library collections as well as potential health problems for staff and users.

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