IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0100 KCLCA S KSBHS/ERG
Held at: King's College London College Archives
Title: Environmental Research Group
Date(s): 1993-2005
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 1 box or 0.01 cubic metres
Name of creator(s): Environmental Research Group
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Environmental Research Group (ERG) is part of the School of Biomedical and Health Sciences at King's College London and is a leading provider of air quality information and research in the UK. In 1993, ERG created the London Air Quality Network (LAQN) in conjunction with the London Boroughs and Regional Health Authorities - this was the UK's first regional monitoring network. LAQN compiles information about air quality in and around Greater London. Measurements are collected either hourly or twice daily from continuous monitoring sites, processed and checked then placed on the LAQN website with an hourly update, which shows the latest pollution levels across the capital.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Collection comprises data gathered by the Environmental Research Group, 1993-2005, on air quality in the following regions and counties: Greater London, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Sussex and Kent. Also, annual reports of the London Air Quality Network, Air Quality in London, (South East Institute of Public Health), Feb 1944-2005.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Arranged in chronological order.
Conditions governing access:
Open. Visitors are required to provide proof of ID and sign an undertaking form.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be provided for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archives and Information Management, King's College London.
Physical characteristics:
All data is held in electronic format. Annual reports in hard copy.
Finding aids:
No additional finding aids.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Received from the Environmental Research Group, Mar 2007
ALLIED MATERIALS
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Further information on ERG is available from www.erg.kcl.ac.uk. For hourly updates on pollution levels across London using ERG data, see www.londonair.org.uk.
Archivist's note: Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery. Sources: www.erg.kcl.ac.uk.
Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions: Jan 2008