<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Hello Katja;</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Do take a look at the National Park Service <i>Museum Handbook</i>, Chapter 4: Museum Collections Environment at <b><font color="#0b5394"><a href="https://www.nps.gov/museum/publications/MHI/chap4.pdf">https://www.nps.gov/museum/publications/MHI/chap4.pdf</a></font></b> -- in particular, the following sections:<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Section E. What is the recommended temperature range for general collections <br>Section F: What is the recommended RH set point and fluctuation range for general collections </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"> What is seasonal drift?<br> What is the recommended RH range for sensitive materials.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">There is useful information in other sections, such as monitoring, analyzing and controlling temperature and RH.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Trust this is useful.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Joan</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Joan</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><font color="#674ea7">Joan Bacharach<br>Senior Curator <br></font><span style="color:rgb(103,78,167)">Museum Management Program</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(103,78,167)">National Park Service</span><br></div><div><font color="#674ea7">1849 C Street NW<br>Washington, DC 20240<br></font><span style="color:rgb(103,78,167)">Tel: 202 354 2015</span><font color="#674ea7"><br></font></div><div><span style="color:rgb(103,78,167)"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"><font color="#000000"><b>VISIT our website at</b> </font></span><font color="#20124d" style="font-weight:bold"><a href="http://www.nps.gov/museum" target="_blank">www.nps.gov/museum</a></font><br></div><div><div><br><br><br><br><br><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Oct 29, 2019 at 7:37 AM Katja Seltmann <<a href="mailto:seltmann@ccber.ucsb.edu">seltmann@ccber.ucsb.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi all -<div>We are working with our university to get a quote to put an HVAC system in two smaller collection rooms. One is a herbarium and the second contains vertebrate specimens. </div><div><br></div><div>Has anyone done this recently and have any advice? Are there preferred requirements based on temperature and humidity? </div><div><br></div><div>Thank you,</div><div>Katja</div><div><br></div><div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><br>--<br>Katja Seltmann, PhD<br>Katherine Esau Director, Cheadle Center for Biodiversity & Ecological Restoration</div><div>University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)<br>Harder South, Rm 1011</div><div>Santa Barbara, CA 93106<br>cell: (859) 537-9309<br></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://codex.begoniasociety.org" target="_blank">http://codex.begoniasociety.org</a></span><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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