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Article: Protecting the past for the library of congress: from fire protection and filtration to humidity and ventilation, archival materials require careful treatment across a range of HVAC specialties. See how the design changes when the "occupants" are over a century old and the client supervises the most famous library in the United States.
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- Engineered Systems
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- May 1, 2005
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The Library of Congress is one of the nation's oldest libraries and is uniquely responsible for storing, maintaining, and providing access to one of the largest collections of library and archival material in the world. Throughout its history, the Library of Congress has worked to provide the optimal conditions to preserve and safeguard their collections.
According to Steven J. Herman, the Library of Congress' project manager for the Fort Meade, MD book storage archival facility, "Providing the best possible environmental conditions for the library's collections is critical in meeting our role as a national library and as a source of information for researchers ...