Subject: New book on pollutants in museums and archives



We are pleased to add "Airborne Pollutants in Museums, Galleries and

Archives: Risk Assessment, Control Strategies, and Preservation Management"

to our series of publications. This book written by Jean Tetreault attempts

to define the key airborne pollutants for indoor museum environments and

provide some basic tools to assess the risk to collections exposed to these

pollutants. It also establishes guidelines for control strategies that give

flexible, pragmatic solutions and provides a simple tool for cost-benefit

analyses that can fulfil the principles and policy of individual museums.

It will be an ideal reference for anyone (e.g. museum directors, building

and collection managers, conservation professionals, material scientists,

exhibit designers, HVAC engineers, indoor air consultants, and architects)

involved in making decisions regarding the preservation of collections.





Airborne Pollutants in Museums, Galleries, and Archives provides principles

and strategies to answer the questions “What are the major pollutant

problems in museums?” and “What are the most efficient methods to solve

them?” Priority actions are evaluated to ensure that efforts are balanced

between available resources and potential benefits. The goals of this book

are to:

- define key airborne pollutants for indoor museum environments

- supply tools based on the exposure–effect relationship to assess the risk

to the collection exposed to pollutants

- establish guidelines for control strategies that give flexible, pragmatic

solutions

- offer guidelines for assessing the degree of protection of the

collections

- provide a basic tool for cost–benefit analysis that fulfils the

principles and the policy of the museum

- propose an investigative approach for evaluating the degree of

preservation of a collection in terms of the aggressiveness of pollutants

and for identifying causes of damages



ISBN 0-662-34059-0

21.5 x 28 cm (8.5 x 11"), paperback, 168 pp.

In Canada: CAN $50 - Other countries US$50



This publication can be ordered through the Bookstore of our Web site at

https://www.cci-icc.gc.ca/bookstore/index-e.cfm or by contacting our

Publications Sales Office at (613) 998-3721, ext. 250.



Consult also the e-supplement of the book:

http://www.cci-icc.gc.ca/links/pollutants/index_e.shtml





P.S.: please accept my apologies if you receive this information from

different sources.