As WebERA research partners you have two primary responsibilities—test the design and function of the MyClimateData system, and coordinate environmental management activities within your institution. We hope that you have had the opportunity to review the use of MyClimateData within your institution as well as professional colleagues, and that you have shared the data and associated information with other “stakeholders” in the process. The topics featured in this blog are related to these activities.
Feature Topic #1: Working within the Institution
One of the primary reasons for designing MyClimateData as a web-based system was to allow broader access to data within an institution. Based on IPI’s experience while working with institutions over the past decade, we know that information sharing among various institutional stakeholders—conservation, collections, facilities, and administration—is essential in order to achieve and maintain a preservation environment. When you reach the point of instituting mechanical system changes, which will result in improvements in the storage environment for preservation, you will have to work as a team with informed, active participation from both collection care and facility management staff, as well as administrative support. We feel it is very important to create a process and a forum through which information can be shared and decisions can be taken collectively.
Our questions for you are:
- Which departments in your institution are involved in monitoring, reviewing, and analyzing environmental data?
- How is the collected data used in your institution? Is the data shared, and if so, how?
- How does information based on the collected data inform decisions about collection storage, use of space, or other long-term preservation issues?
- Do you routinely work as part of a team with representatives from both facilities and collection care on issues related to the storage environment? If so, how does this work? If not, do you think this is something that could be done effectively in your institution?
- Have you shared the MyClimateData site with others in your institution? Who and why? What were the results?
Posted by IPI Team 