HVAC is the single biggest lever you have over your collection environment — and for most collections staff, the least visible. In this guide, Christopher Cameron, Conserv’s Director of Conserv Services, opens up an air handling unit and walks through what each...
The Joyner Library at East Carolina University sits on sandy soil with a high water table in a coastal pine swamp. Storage for its Special Collections department is housed in the building’s basement, posing consistent issues with leaks and water. Conservator...
If you’re working out how to evaluate an environmental monitoring vendor, the Victoria and Albert Museum has effectively done the groundwork for you. The V&A recently ran an open, multi-stage tender to build a framework of vetted Environmental Monitoring...
The Conserv team is growing! We’re thrilled to introduce Jenny Mathiasson as our new Regional Accounts Manager for the UK. Jenny is an objects conservator and collections care consultant based in west Wales, where she runs Kuriosa Conservation out of a bright...
The Conserv team is growing! We’re thrilled to introduce Jane Henderson as our new Community Advisor. You may recognise her as our host for the “Conserv Conversations” programme in the online community. Jane Henderson (BSc, MSc, PACR, FIIC, FRHisS,...
