Dear Emily,
We have two freezers, one in Botany (one chest-freezer) and shared
one in Ornithology ( walk-in). I will try to get the info for the one
in Botany, and I hope our collection manager of Ornithology will be
able to provide me information about the other.
Cheers,
Alina.
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Alina Freire-Fierro
PH Collection Manager, Botany
[email protected]
x 1157
On Jan 19, 2009, at 8:22 PM, Kaplan, Emily wrote:
Hello all,
(Apologies for cross-posting)
The IPM working group treatment subgroup is looking for examples of
freezer specifications from various institutions. Our hope is to
compile these specifications and post them on the museumpests.net
site as a resource for institutions looking into purchasing
freezers. This information would accompany fact sheets already
posted about recommendations and procedures for low temperature
treatments, which can be found on the http://museumpests.net/tools/
treatments.htm (along with fact sheets for other types of treatments).
If your institution has a freezer you are happy with (or if you
have cautionary tales of freezers you have not been happy with) it
would be enormously helpful if you can find the time to put
together the basic specs. We can edit and compile them for posting.
We won’t use the name of your institution unless you give us
permission but your location will be helpful information – i.e.
country, and if US what region. .
Here is the basic information we are looking for, based on the
recommended minimum temperature at 20 degrees below 0 Celsius,
maintained constantly so that cycling (as in “frost-free” freezers)
does not bring freezer temperature above that.
Type – i.e. chest freezer, walk-in
Brand
Model
Size
Price
Year purchased
Brief description of capabilities – lowest temperature capable of
reaching and maintaining
Have you had adjustments made to the freezer so that it can
maintain adequate low temperature?
How do you monitor the temperature? Are you doing any independent
check of the temperature (e.g. dataloggers) and if so what
equipment are you using?
Comments on maintenance and any other related experiences
An example can be found on http://museumpests.net/tools/treatments.htm
in the posted document “Pest Treatment Case Study: Low Temperature
Pest Management Treatment at the Smithsonian National Museum of the
American Indian “
Please send your information to me at the address below.
Thanks very much!
Emily (chair, IPM Working Group Treatments subgroup)
Emily Kaplan
Conservator
National Museum of the American Indian
Cultural Resources Center
4220 Silver Hill Rd
Suitland MD 20746
301.238.1418
fax 301.238.3201
[email protected]
