Main entry:

Reilly, James M., 1946- author.

Title & Author:

New tools for preservation : assessing long-term environmental effects on library and archives collections / by James M. Reilly, Douglas W. Nishimura, and Edward Zinn.

Publication:

Washington, DC : Commission on Preservation and Access, 1995.
©1995

Description:

35 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Series:

[Report]

Notes:
Study completed at Image Permanence Institute, Rochester Institute of Technology.
"November 1995."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 33-35).
Introduction -- Preservation and the storage environment -- Why aren't we using better storage to achieve institutional preservation goals? -- A new approach to environment assessment and control -- How to use PI/TWPI -- The preservation environment monitor -- Appendices I-IV.

Summary:

[This publication introduces] time-weighted preservation index (TWPI) technology. TWPI provides a method for measuring and quantifying the effects of temperature and humidity on the preservation quality of storage environments for organic materials. The purpose is to make it easier to manage the preservation of library and archives collections by revealing the long-term effects of storage environments on the deterioration of organic materials. Awareness of environmental effects is the basis for a program of cost-effective improvements. --Publisher description.

ISBN:

1887334467 (paperback)
9781887334464 (paperback)

Subject:

Library materials Storage Mathematical models.
Library materials Conservation and restoration Mathematical models.
Archival materials Storage Mathematical models.
Archival materials Conservation and restoration Mathematical models.
Temperature Mathematical models.
Humidity Mathematical models.
Documents de bibliothèque Stockage Modèles mathématiques.
Documents de bibliothèque Conservation et restauration Modèles mathématiques.
Documents d'archives Stockage Modèles mathématiques.
Documents d'arvhives Conservation et restauration Modèles mathématiques.
Température Modèles mathématiques.
Air Humidité Modèles mathématiques.
Documents d'archives Conservation et restauration Modèles mathématiques.
Library materials Conservation and restoration.
Conservatie.
Bibliotheken.
Archieven.
Milieufactoren.

Form/genre:

Nonfiction.

Added entries:

Nishimura, Douglas W., author.
Zinn, Edward, author.
Commission on Preservation and Access.
Rochester Institute of Technology. Image Permanence Institute.
Report (Commission on Preservation and Access)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 177092
Call No.: ID:98-B3322
Status: Available