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Fit for Purpose: British Library Storage Buildings of the Future
Deborah Novotny
Head of preservation
British Library
LIBER Architecture Group
14th–16th April 2010 Madrid
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Overview
Flagship at St.Pancras
New storage facility at Boston Spa – for monographs, low use material
New plans for a newspaper repository, again at Boston Spa
Cold storage facility for microfilm
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St. Pancras
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St. Pancras Reading Rooms
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King’s Library tower and LED lighting
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British Library Centre for Conservation (BLCC)
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British Library Centre for Conservation
2-stage design and build
3000 square metre
3-storey bespoke building
Construction started August 2005
Opened on time and on budget May 2007
Cost £13.25M (private and public funding)
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BLCC
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BLCC
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BLCC – conservation studio
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British library’s Strategy 2008 - 2011 : Strategic Priority 6
Key objectives:
Complete the new storage building at Boston Spa
Update BL property Strategy
Conduct a wide-ranging risk assessment of physical collections and plan to mitigate risks identified
Further enhance security of collections
Investigate digital copying as an alternative to microfilm for long-term preservation
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ASP aerial view 2007
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Artist’s impression – new building (circa 2006)
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The ASP building
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Architects model of racking and crane
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Building 31 – racking
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Building 31
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Totes
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Fully automated retrieval and delivery
Automation test cell Spring 2007
•Racking
•Conveyors
•Load handlers
•Crane chassis
•Bespoke totes
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Implementation: air tightness testing during construction
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Implementation: building air tightness
Hammersens, Osnabruck
PAROC air test box:
4 metres square
400mm thickness
4-hour fire resistance
High thermal capacity
ASP: 11 KM of joints
ALI value of 1 =
1 cubic metre of air leaking through
1 square metre of building envelope
in 1 hour
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Additional Storage Building – building 31
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Colindale Newspaper Library
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Newspaper stacks at Colindale
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Acetate degradation
Cracking/crazing of the film base Bubbles of acid in the film base
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Vindon
Scientific Ltd –
(Rochdale, Lancashire) Science & Pharmaceuticals
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BL Preservation Cold Store at Vindon -
the space (appx. 900m2)
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BL Preservation Cold Store at Vindon -
the cold rooms
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BL Preservation Cold Store at Vindon -
the cold rooms
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BL Preservation Cold Store at Vindon - the cold rooms
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BL Preservation Cold Store at Vindon - the cold rooms
rooms designed & built on site
shelving & ducting is grade 304 stainless steel
vertical rear plenum located at the rear of each room
air is attracted at high level through this plenum by fan(s).
air is then passed over the cooling coils to floor mounted ducting system where the “conditioned” air passes into the room through adjustable vents.
shelves are perforated for maximum exposure to conditioned air
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BL Preservation Cold Store at Vindon - the cold rooms
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