Environmental monitoring software is an indispensable tool that helps collections care professionals to track and manage the environmental conditions of their collections. When monitoring a collections environment, you will need to keep an eye on temperature, relative...
The wireless data loggers you buy are one thing, but the data logger software is another. You may be very happy with the data loggers you chose based on their range, battery, durability, and accuracy – but is their associated software up to speed? Does your...
FAIC’s Collections Assessment for Preservation (CAP) and Conserv are partnering to help small and mid-sized museums manage their collection environments with confidence. What is the Small Collections Monitoring Program? We, at Conserv, developed the Small Collections...
An effective environmental monitoring program is about more than measuring the environment. There are many challenges that need to be overcome to properly protect a collection: Staff may not be available for full-time monitoring Storage locations may be many and far...
This guest blog features a summary of research by Allison Kelley, a graduate fellow studying preventive conservation at the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation. For her research, Conserv provided access to their analytic tools and wireless...