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|
Institution |
How many Cool
Stores? |
Temp/RH |
Size Sqm and/or cum |
Use space
else-where? |
Conditioning Room? |
Filtration system? |
Type of air conditioning system
and dehumidifier |
Person to contact re cold
store |
| 1 |
Australian Broadcasting
Corporation (ABC) |
1 |
7°C, 35% (will build new one in 2002,
existing will be raised to 12°C after Feb 2001 for stock take) |
100 sqm |
NAA |
yes |
yes |
Munters dehumidifier |
Caitlin Hickie National Co-ordinator, TV
Preservation (02) 9950 4128 |
| 2 |
Australian Centre for the
Moving Image (formerly Cinemedia) |
1 |
18 - 19°C, 35% |
2400 cum |
no |
no |
yes |
Dedicated plant with Munters and Leibert
dehumidifiers |
Chris Undy chrisundy@acmi.net.au |
| 3 |
Australian
Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS)(also have
three vaults maintained at 16°C) |
Vinegar Store |
5°C, 35% |
3.8 sqm (12.9 cum) |
no |
yes |
Paper filters |
In-space a/cMunters
dehumidifier |
Tom Eccles (02) 6246 1133,
tom.eccles@aiatsis.gov.au |
| Vault 5 |
67.3 sqm (228.8 cum) |
Paper filters |
| 4 |
Australian War
Memorial (AWM) |
2 |
12-14°C, 38-40%, |
|
NLA SSA |
no |
Water scrubbers |
One has dedicated plant, the
other has a shared air handler unit Munters desiccant wheel |
Bill Fogarty
bill.fogarty@awm.gov.au |
| 16-18 °C, 35-38% |
| 5 |
Library and Information
Service of Western Australia (LISWA) |
1 (Another in the
future) |
10 ±2°C, 35±5% RH |
41sqm |
no |
no |
Crystals |
Dedicated a/c unit with solid bed
dehumidifier |
Pat
Griffiths pgriffiths@liswa.wa.gov.au |
| 6 |
National Archives of Australia
(NAA) ACT |
1 |
10°C± 1.5°C 35% ±
3% |
307.5 sqm [1168 cum] |
no |
yes |
Pre-filters and carbon filters |
Dedicated air handler unit Desiccant wheel
dehumidifier |
Andy Peluko, andyp@naa.gov.au (02)
6212 3466 |
| 7 |
NAA NSW |
1 |
10°C, 35% |
62 sqm [204.6 cum] |
SSA |
yes |
activated carbon |
Dedicated air handler unit |
Chris Lowger, chrisl@naa.gov.au |
| 8 |
NAA Vic |
1 |
10°C, 35% |
160 sqm [544 cum] 1936.8 shelf metres
|
no |
yes |
panel filter, activated carbon filters,
deep bed filters and activated carbon filters |
Dedicated air handler unit. Desiccant
wheel - lithium chloride |
Les Cargill, lesc@naa.gov.au (03) 9881
6801 |
| 9 |
National Library of
Australia |
3 |
7-9°C/30-40% |
305 sqm [884.5 cum] approx 3, 200 shelf
metres |
|
yes |
yes |
Munters desiccant wheel |
Trevor
Pidd tpidd@nla.gov.au (02) 6262 1663 |
| 16-18°C/25-35% Tape Store |
85 sqm [255 cum] |
|
no |
yes |
Munters desiccant wheel |
| 16-18°C/25-35% Tape Store |
65 sqm [162.5 cum] |
|
no |
yes |
Munters desiccant wheel |
| 10 |
Museum of Victoria
(MOV) |
1 small |
5°C, 30% |
1 cum |
no |
no |
|
|
Trish Stokes, Manager
Conservation tstokes@museum.vic.gov.au |
| 1 large (Jan 2002) |
100 shelf metres |
yes, but not controlled yet |
External to cold store Munters desiccant
wheel |
| 11 |
Powerhouse Museum (PM) |
5 fridges |
5°C, 25% (some differences between
each fridge) |
0.4 cum each fridge |
no |
no |
|
Fridges in a/c space. No BMS - T and RH
values charted weekly using hygrotherms. |
James Elwing james@phm.gov.au |
| 12 |
Queensland State Archives
(QSA) |
2 (for microfilm only) |
5°C, 35% |
about 30sqm each |
no |
yes |
|
Stand alone system |
Brian Devaney
Brian.devaney@dcilgps.qld.gov.au |
| 13 |
ScreenSound
Australia (SSA) |
6 |
6 at 16°C, 35% |
77.5 sqm [433 cum] and 158 sqm [880
cum] |
NLA |
|
|
|
Victoria Ramshaw (02) 6248
2000 (main switchboard) |
| 1 duping store |
16°C, 40% |
|
| 14 |
State Library of Queensland
(SLQ) |
2 |
10°C, 35% |
31 sqm each |
QSA houses preservation master
microfilm |
no |
|
|
Grant
Collins grant.collins@slq.qld.gov.au (07) 3840 7841 |
| 15 |
State Records of NSW
(SRNSW) |
2 located at the Western
Sydney Records Centre, Kingswood. New one being built soon. |
20°C, 55% (for mag tape) 14°C,
40% (for microfilm) (both same size) |
60 sqm [180 cum] |
|
yes (very low access from 14°C
store) |
no |
|
Sally Irvine-Smith, Manager Systems
Control (02) 9673 1788 grrnsw@records.nsw.gov.au |
| 16 |
Tasmania Museum & Art
Gallery (TM&AG) |
2 |
13°C, 35% |
15-20 sqm [80 cum] |
no |
|
|
|
Patricia Sabine,
Director tmagmail@tmag.tas.gov.au |