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Re: cold storage rooms for archival collections



Check out the standards available on the New Jersey Division of Archives and Records Management site:
<http://www.state.nj.us/state/darm/sto_idx.html>
and the Northeast Document Conservation's (key word: nedcc) technical leaflet on "Basic Guidelines" at
<http://www.nedcc.org/plam3/tleaf21.htm>
The latter is eminently readable.  The former contains more technical data than you may ever need.

Mario KLIMIADES wrote:

21 January 2000

Hello from Phoenix, Arizona.  I am on a mission to compile a list of institutions that have cold storage rooms for archival collections.

Could you please be so kind and share with me 1) the size of your cold storage room or vault, 2) the "set points" for temperature and relative humidity in the room, and 3) the maximum daily fluctuations (+/-).

We are currently retrofitting a Kolpak walk-in refrigerator measuring 20 ft. x 33 ft. by 8.5 ft., with 50 degrees F (+/- 2 degrees), and 35% RH (+/-2%).  The room will house a variety of archival and special material including paper, photography, and magnetic tapes.

Many thanks in advance.  Please reply to

Mario Nick Klimiades
Library and Archives Manager
Heard Museum Library and Archives
2301 North Central Avenue
Phoenix, Arizona  85004-1323

(602) 252-8840
(602) 251-0228 (direct line)
(602) 252-9757 (fax)
mario@heard.org

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