Environmental Monitoring (Climate) Reports

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

Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES)
Ongoing
Mathematics (MTX)
Ongoing
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
Maps and Geography (MAX)
Ongoing
Veterinary Medicine
Discontinued