Hello, Christian, I used catalogers at my former job and they were
great.  It was a Historic House , with four floors.  I had 4 catalogers
and was able to keep an eye on all the floors, alternately I would move
them from room to room.   All the data was recorded and then put into
the computer for perfect readouts.  Great for keeping track.   I would
highly recommend them.  I used the HOBO's.
Karen Richardson
Curator
Princeton Museum

Christian Carr wrote:

>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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