I believe that the Massachusetts Library Authority has just acquired a large number of dataloggers, which it will loan out in-state. A caution, however: environmental monitoring is not a "sometimes" thing: A program is continuous, theoretically forever. Better to get your own. It's not like a floor sander, which most people use only intermittently and occasionally. According to Jack Thompson: > > I have a datalogger which I rent out for $25.00/wk. The logger is a > DataBear. It is available with Mac software and a cable so that a person > on site can download it to a Macintosh computer to read in real time, or > after a period of time. > > Alternatively, the DataBear is returned to me and I download the data, > print it out and return the printout. > > Analysis or interpretation of the data is extra. > > Jack C. Thompson > Thompson Conservation Lab > Portland, OR > > [log in to unmask] > > On Thu, 22 Feb 1996, ERIN E. GAMSE wrote: > > > Has anyone ever heard of renting a hygrothermograph? If so is this > > recommended? Who rents them? > > ***************************************************** > > * Erin E. Gamse * > > * Collections Manager * > > * Dr. Samuel D. Harris National Museum of Dentistry * > > * 666 West Baltimore Street, Rm.5-A-28 * > > * Baltimore, MD 21201-1586 * > > * Voice: 410-706-8314 Fax: 410-706-8313 * > > * E-Mail: [log in to unmask] * > > ***************************************************** > > >