BS 5454:2000

Committees responsible
Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Definitions
4 Site of the building
5 Building construction and protection
6 Fire precautions
7 The storage environment for paper and parchment
8 Lighting
9 Storage and production equipment
10 Packaging for storage
11 Modern media
12 Other materials
13 Exhibition
Annex A (normative) Environmental conditions for the
        storage of modern media
Annex B (normative) Ancillary equipment
Annex C (normative) Packaging materials and applications
Annex D (informative) Further reading list
Bibliography
Talbe A.1 - Storage environment

Gives recommendations for storing and exhibiting archival documents including library materials. Covers long-term, permanent storage of archival documents and temporary storage of them in restricted access, and exhibition displays. Relevant to new buildings, purpose-built or adapted, and to existing buildings. Mainly refers to traditional materials such as paper and parchment but also includes more modern media. Intended for use by archivists, conservators, librarians, museum curators, designers, architects, contractors, engineers and others connected with planning, equipment, construction, working and maintenance of such repositories.