Environmental Monitoring
The Environmental Monitoring Program assists in maintaining proper temperature and humidity levels within the Library. Data from Environmental Monitoring provides information about deterioration rates of paper and other materials, risk of mold outbreak, and likelihood of habitation of various library pests. Initiated in 2005, the program’s first full year of data was collected in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library’s storage spaces. Shortly thereafter, monitoring efforts expanded to several key library spaces, specifically special collections spaces and the Main Stacks. In 2010, the Preservation Department further expanded the program by training staff in departmental libraries in the use of Environmental Monitoring hardware and software.
The Environmental Monitoring program uses the Image Permanence Institute’s Climate Notebook software and PEM datalogging hardware.
For instructions on operating PEM hardware and navigating the MyClimateData website, please consult the MyClimateData User Guide.
Monitored Library Spaces – Web Reports
Library Unit |
Environmental Monitoring Status |
Library Unit |
Environmental Monitoring Status |
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Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) |
Ongoing |
Mathematics (MTX) |
Ongoing |
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Art and Architecture (ARX) |
Ongoing |
Music and Performing Arts Library (MUX) |
Ongoing |
|
Chemistry Library |
Discontinued |
Oak Street Library Facility and Vaults (OSLF) |
Ongoing |
|
Classics (CLX) |
Discontinued |
Rare Book and Manuscript Library (RBML) and RBML Rm. 24 |
Ongoing |
|
Communications (CMX) |
Ongoing |
Sousa Archives and Center for American Music |
Ongoing |
|
Grainger Engineering (ENX) |
Ongoing |
Undergraduate Library (UGL) |
Ongoing |
|
History, Philosophy, and Newspaper Library (HPNL) |
Ongoing |
University Archives – Main Library |
Ongoing |
|
Illinois History and Lincoln Collection (IHLC) |
Ongoing |
University Archives – Archives Research Center / Horticulture Field Laboratory |
Ongoing |
|
Main Library Stacks (STX) |
Discontinued |
University High School |
Ongoing |
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Maps and Geography (MAX) |
Ongoing |
Veterinary Medicine |
Discontinued |