Maker Technology and its Application in Conservation

Authors

  • Gustavo Lozano San Juan Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas (IIE), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), México

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30763/Intervencion.271.v2n26.50.2022

Keywords:

datalogger, preventive conservation, environmental monitoring, maker movement, electronics, programming

Abstract

This paper describes the construction of a datalogger for use in conservation, it is based on the tools and philosophy of the maker movement. The requirements of a datalogger for monitoring the environmental conditions of storage spaces for heritage collections are presented, such as: the precision and resolution of the sensor, the power source, the memory capacity, the way to access to data, durability, size, and cost. The result is a datalogger that is 10 times cheaper and that yields identical re-sults to a commercial one, but with significant differences in the way it is operated by the user. The applied methodology stands out as a low-cost alternative, applicable to a wide range of problems and applications in the conservation profession.

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Author Biography

Gustavo Lozano San Juan, Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas (IIE), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), México

Graduated in Restoration from the Escuela Nacional de Conservación, Restauración y Museografía (ENCRyM, National School of Conservation, Restoration and Museography) and specialist in Photography Conservation from the George Eastman Museum and the Image Permanence Institute (IPI). He is responsible for the conservation of the documentary collections of the IIE and a professor of the bachelor’s degree in Archives Administration and Document Management, both at UNAM. He is a member of the Documentary Preservation Seminar, the Research Group on the Conservation of Photographic Heritage, and the Subcommittee for Standardization for the Preservation of Documentary Collections. His main interests are focused on the application of techniques and methods of analysis and digital transformation for the conservation, study, and spreading of historical documentary collections.

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Published

2023-09-18

How to Cite

Lozano San Juan, G. (2023). Maker Technology and its Application in Conservation. Intervención, 2(26), 69–104. https://doi.org/10.30763/Intervencion.271.v2n26.50.2022

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 26 (2022): julio-diciembre

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Research article

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