[SLA-SF] Workshop:Cost-Effective Preservation Environments For Cultural Collections

[Rose Falanga]

forwarded for Mary Morganti
mary at calhist.org

> Creating Cost-Effective Preservation Environments
> For Cultural Collections
>
> The Getty Center, Los Angeles: Tuesday-Wednesday, October 3-4, 2006
>
> Oakland Museum of California: Thursday-Friday, October 5-6, 2006
>
> A two-day intensive program sponsored by the California Preservation
> Program, with support from the Getty Research Institute and the  
> Oakland
> Museum of California, for archivists, conservators, curators,
> librarians, and facilities managers responsible for the  
> preservation of
> collections and the management of collections' storage facilities.
>
> After years of addressing issues of understanding the impact of
> environment on deterioration of collections, monitoring HVAC system
> performance, working with systems to bring performance to design
> specifications, and tweaking systems to improve energy efficiencies
> without compromising benefits to the collections, the speakers have
> developed practical perspectives and approaches to creating and  
> managing
> HVAC systems to meet collection needs.
>
> In this 2-day program, you will learn:
>
> *	How the environment (temperature and humidity) affects the
> longevity of collections - the power of good environments to extend
> collection life as well as the power of bad environments to shorten  
> it.
> *	Ways to specify the proper preservation environment - how to
> distinguish between ideals and a sensible, cost-effective set of  
> design
> specifications.
> *	Basics of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC)
> systems, including strengths and limitations of different types of
> systems to support a preservation environment.
> *	Suitability (including reliability) of different system designs
> for storage of cultural collections and the role of passive systems to
> achieve preservation goals.
> *	Current monitoring tools and ways to gather environmental data,
> including analysis using the IPI Climate Notebook* software.
> *	How to identify energy savings in HVAC systems without
> compromising the preservation quality of storage environments.
> *	Troubleshooting HVAC systems unable to achieve design
> specifications, and problems and solutions typical of different  
> types of
> systems.
> *	Setting up effective communication among the stakeholders,
> including collections, facilities, and budget managers.
>
> About the Speakers
>
> James M. Reilly, Director of the Image Permanence Institute and
> professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology, is well known for
> his research on the deterioration of nineteenth-century photographic
> prints, the effectiveness of storage enclosures for imaging materials,
> and the major causes of image deterioration. Jim has also directed
> several major projects to develop hardware and software for
> environmental monitoring, and has been working directly with the  
> Library
> of Congress, National Museum of Denmark, and the New York Public  
> Library
> to build environmental monitoring systems and explore opportunities to
> optimize storage and display conditions.
>
> Peter Herzog of Herzog/Wheeler & Associates is an architect and  
> engineer
> specializing in energy management process design, technical  
> analysis of
> energy-consuming processes and systems, troubleshooting and energy
> conservation planning. He is the author of Redefining Energy  
> Management
> (MCGraw Hill, 1997), a text on how to achieve energy-efficient  
> operation
> in buildings. With a background in HVAC systems analysis and  
> performance
> verification, Peter consults on system monitoring, analysis, and
> optimization projects to achieve efficient preservation environments.
> Current work involves the development of data models for communicating
> environmental information and best practices for improving collection
> storage conditions.
>
> Registration
>
> Time:		9:00a.m. registration first day; sessions 9:30-4:00 both
> days
>
> Cost:	$85/person (includes lunch both days); $40 discount for second
> person when the facilities staff AND preservation/curatorial/library
> staff attend together
>
> Registration:	Pre-registration required. Register online by September
> 25th at: http://www.plsinfo.org/workshops/environment.htm
> For registration information contact:
> Kathy Krause  krause at plsinfo.org  650-349-5538
> For program content information contact:
> Julie Page  jpage at ucsd.edu  858-534-7695
>
> *This training is supported in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum  
> and
> Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and
> Technology Act, administered by the California State Librarian.
>
>