Environmental Monitoring for Cultural Heritage Collections

This webinar introduces participants to a range of environmental monitoring practices, including basic temperature and relative humidity datalogging, hardware and data interpretation tools, data interpretation, and monitoring of broader preservation considerations such as light, particulates and air quality, radon, and other factors.

Presented by Jeremy Linden, Preservation Environment Consultant.

Jeremy Linden has been the Principal/Owner of Linden Preservation Services, Inc., since 2017. He is an active educator and consultant with more than two decades of experience in cultural heritage, the last 15 years of which have been focused on enhancing preservation environments and sustainability. He has taught and consulted for institutions around the world, has been a pioneering researcher on methods and strategies to reduce energy consumption in preservation settings, and is an active participant on national and international standards committees. His passion is helping institutions preserve their collections in the safest and most economical and environmentally responsible way possible, finding solutions appropriate to individual buildings in diverse climates and geographic regions. Formerly a certified archivist and HVAC professional, Jeremy earned an MLS in Information Studies and an MA in History from the University of Maryland, and a BA in History from Vassar College.