Lights (was: Re: Smithsonian gets it wrong) - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

12 Nov 2005

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Subject: Re: Lights (was: Re: Smithsonian gets it wrong)
   From: William Donzelli <aw288 at osfn.org>
   Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 18:40:51 -0500 (EST)
     To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at
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  So given the choice, what lighting *is* good?

 I'm just thinking that we might have to replace lighting at the museum 
 one day - so maybe keeping other options in mind is a good idea, 
 providing they're not horribly expensive.... 
I have a book, called "the Care of Art Objects" (I forget the author) that
outlines all of this.

Lots of interesting content in that book - things you would never know
(like why oak shelves should never be used in archives) - but then again
these folks actually plan on keeping things as close to forever as
possible.

William Donzelli
aw288 at osfn.org 

Well for computers especially those with exposed and unshuttered EPROMS 
any exposure over time to UV light _may_ be problematic.  Generally speaking
UV is har on a lot of things and florescents are fairly rich in UV, some 
more than others.  That and it tends to distort color rendition if cheap
lamps are used.

Allison