id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crln-7574 Hedberg, Jane Preservation News 2006-02-01 1 .pdf application/pdf 542 25 37 Approximately 75 percent of the institutions surveyed have no environ­ mental controls in collection areas, and 65 percent reported damage to collections because of improper storage. It covers the importance of environmental monitoring, the process of managing an environment that safeguards collections, the effect of environment on collections’ natural aging and rates of decay, the nature of buildings and HVAC systems, the evalu­ ation of storage environments, and actions that can be taken to improve collection environments. cache/crln-7574.pdf txt/crln-7574.txt