S09E04: Environmental Monitoring

Together with special guest host Jane Henderson we peer at our loggers, spot check our homes, and crunch our data in an attempt to demystify environmental monitoring! Also tune in for an interview with Michael Hall from Meaco and Austin Senseman from Conserv. 03:38 Freaking out vs chasing the flat line 07:36 From ye olde thermohygrograph to wireless loggers 09:22 Confession time 12:54 Costs, costs, costs 19:41 How do we crunch our data? 27:27 Interview with Conserv 41:42 Kloe looked into apps 43:42 When to spend the money 48:36 Why are you collecting your data? 51:51 What do we even worry about? 55:15 The umbrella stand 57:59 Interview with Meaco Show Notes: - Going Green: https://thecword.show/2018/09/19/s04e01-going-green/ - Museum Pi: https://thecword.show/2017/06/21/s01e09-museum-pi/ - The One with the Arduino: https://thecword.show/podcast/s06e03-the-one-with-the-arduino/ - What’s Best for My Collection? New Approaches to Environmental Monitoring: https://www.connectingtocollections.org/environmental_monitoring/ - Thermohygrograph: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermo-hygrograph or https://ago.ca/agoinsider/conservation-notes-get-know-hygrothermograph - eClimateNotebook: https://www.eclimatenotebook.com/ - Conserv: https://conserv.io/ - Hanwell app: https://hanwell.com/news/hanwell-app/ - Lapka: https://mylapka.com/pem/#apps - The highly revered logger Jenny covets: https://www.preservationequipment.com/Catalogue/Instruments/UV-Light-Monitors/UV-Light-Monitor - Narbeth Museum (home of the original umbrella stand): https://www.narberthmuseum.co.uk/ - Meaco: https://meaco.co.uk/ Support us on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/thecword Hosted by Jenny Mathiasson, Kloe Rumsey, and Jane Henderson. Intro and outro music by DDmyzik used under a Creative Commons Attribution license. Made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license. A Wooden Dice production, 2021.

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We talk about all sorts of things from the perspective of conservation professionals, from museum trends and new technology to the big issues like pay and staying safe at work. In some museums conservation can be a bit of a naughty word but we think it ought to be celebrated!