Use this Relative Humidity Table to track the RH% in your library using a hygrometer. See Monitoring Your Library Collection for step-by-step instructions on making your own hygrometer.
This table was adapted from Relative Humidity Tables at the National Weather Service Forecast Office, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's web site (http://www.wrh.noaa.gov./sto/rhtbl.php).
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