Hello all--I am in the happy position of having some funds in hand that need to
be spent this fiscal year, and am considering purchasing dataloggers.  I would
use these for teaching environmental monitoring in our museum studies classes
while monitoring the spaces and storerooms in the Sweet Briar Museum and in
Sweet Briar House, our National Register property that serves as the college
president's home and where the bulk of our decorative arts collection is on
display.  I am especially interested in the latter as a geothermal system was
just installed and I am concerned with monitoring conditions there to insure
that the collections are not adversely affected by this new system.

My experience with environmental monitoring has been limited to
hygrothermographs, but I have heard that dataloggers can either transfer
readings directly to a computer, or can easily be inserted into a USB port to
download readings.  I am sure that you list members will be able to give me good
advice regarding sources for these dataloggers, how many I would need (1 per
room?  one on each side of a large room?  1 for each case?), what the
approximate costs might be, and how to set up a program of retrieving and
recording the information.

Many thanks in advance for any assistance you can provide.  You may contact me
off-list at [log in to unmask] if you prefer--I will be grateful for any and all
words of wisdom!

All best,
Christian

Christian Carr
Acting Director, Sweet Briar Museum
Assistant Professor, Arts Management
Sweet Briar College
Sweet Briar, VA 24595
434.381.6246-phone
434.381.6132-fax

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