PD 5454:2012

Foreword
0 Introduction
1 Scope
3 Terms and definitions
4 The storage environment for archival materials
5 Storage repository site
6 Repository construction
7 Fire protection and prevention
Annexes
Annex A (normative) - Packaging materials and applications
Bibliography

Defines recommendations for the storage and exhibition of documents, including books and other library materials.

This guide gives recommendations for the storage and exhibition of documents, including books and other library materials. These recommendations apply to permanent and temporary storage of documents, and equally apply to material which is subject to restricted access or is on display.

The guidance is for use by archivists, librarians, conservators, museum curators, architects, facility managers, contractors, engineers and those concerned with the planning, construction, equipment, maintenance and working of storage repositories and their associated search-rooms, reading rooms and display areas. The recommendations in this guide apply to archives of all traditional archival materials and formats, such as paper and parchment documents, books, maps and plans, and also cover guidance on photographic media common to archives and on more modern machine-readable media.