ShareA new era for the IIR’s archives: 2,000 historical publications now available online
As part of its campaign to promote and preserve its documentation heritage, the International Institute of Refrigeration has launched a large-scale project to digitise its historical archives. This initiative aims to breathe new life to these valuable documents while making them more accessible to the scientific and professional refrigeration community.
The first phase of the project focused on conference proceedings published between 1990 and 2000. A total of 41 volumes have been digitised, representing nearly 1,800 to 2,000 publications now available via FRIDOC, the IIR’s document database.
FRIDOC is the world’s most comprehensive database dedicated to refrigeration. It contains over 100,000 references, including scientific articles, conference papers, technical reports, standards, and many other essential resources related to cryogenics, cold chains, heat pumps, and energy efficiency.
The digitised documents cover a wide range of key topics – industrial refrigeration applications, cryogenics, the food cold chain, energy efficiency, and emerging technologies. Notable documents include: Final Proceedings of the 4th IIR-Gustav Lorentzen Conference on Natural Working Fluids at Purdue (July 2000), Refrigeration, Climate Control and Energy Conservation, and CFCs, the Day After.
This initiative is part of the IIR’s broader strategy to modernise its documentation resources. The digitisation campaign will continue over the coming months, with the goal of covering the Institute’s entire historical collection.
The objective is to preserve this unique heritage, facilitate research, and provide refrigeration professionals, researchers, and students with greater access to critical resources.