Program sponsored by BES at ALA Annual 2008. Various topics such as standards for three different integrated storage environments, i.e., security, lighting, air quality, microbial filtration, fire suppression, temperature and humidity.

1. Security & Preservation of Rare Materials Planning an Environmental Building Model ALA Annual Conference Library Administration and Management Association Saturday, June 28, 2008 Speakers: Caryn J. Carr – Director, State Library of Pennsylvania Dr. Larry Nesbit – Chair, Rare Books Room Committee Cornelius Rusnov – Project Architect Dr. William Joyce – Head of Special Collections, Pennsylvania State University

2. Mission State Library of Pennsylvania The State Library is established by statute to serve all branches of state government and to serve as a major research library with an emphasis on resources for, by and about Pennsylvania.

4. The State Library Building Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

5. The State Library of Pennsylvania Main Reading Room Law/Government Documents Foyer, Forum Building

6. Nuremberg Chronicles - 1493

7. Untitled Ephrata Cloister Music Manuscript - 1754

8. Prints from “American Ornithology” by Alexander Wilson - 1865

9. Ben Franklin’s Kite & Key Experiment 19 October 1752 – Pennsylvania Gazette

10. State Library of Pennsylvania Traces its Founding to 1745 Independence Hall Assembly Collection “ The Library that Launched a Revolution”

11. Statutes at Large - 1735

12. “ Protection of this priceless collection is vital to our Commonwealth’s heritage.” Mathew J. Ryan, Speaker of the House August 1981

13. Rare Books Collection Former Facilities

17. Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

19. Sunday Patriot News August 15, 2004

20. The Patriot News August 17, 2004

21. The Patriot News June 9, 2008

22. Pennsylvania Rare Collections Library ‘… it is the duty of every good citizen to use all opportunities, which occur to him, for preserving documents relating to the history of our country.’ Thomas Jefferson

25. The Influence of Location Harrisburg

26. RCL – Rare Books Vault RCL – Reading Room Exhibit Hall Transitional Area Architectural Context – Forum Building

31. Psychometrics DRY BULB TEMPERATUR (C) MOISTURE CONTENT

33. Lighting No Ultraviolet. No Infra-red. Correct Intensity & Color for Collection(s)

35. Thermography

36. SCHEMATIC PLAN Transitional Rare Books Area Exhibit Hall Archivist’s Office Reading Room Rare Books Vault Transitional Rare Books Area Work Area Rare Newspaper Repository GROUND FLOOR East Wing, FORUM BU ILDING LOWER LEVEL East Wing, FORUM BU ILDING

37. Exhibit Hall – Ground Floor

38. Exhibit Hall – Ground Floor

39. Entrance to Reading Room from Exhibit Hall

40. Research/Reading Room – Ground Floor

41. Archivist Work Area

42. Rare Books Vault – Ground Floor

43. Post Construction Rare Books Vault – Collection Relocation

44. Work Area – Lower Level

47. EWSD Fire Detection STAGE 4 STAGE 1 STAGE 2 STAGE 3 VISIBLE SMOKE INTENSE HEAT FLAMING FIRE INCIPIENT STAGE NO VISIBLE SMOKE TIME SMOKE D ENSITY FLAME ION BEAM FIRE 1 ALERT ACTION VESDA Laser PLUS 88 FIRE 2 PHOTO SPRINKLER

51. Water Mist Fire Suppression

53. THE PENNSYLVANIA STUDY LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR CATHERINE BAKER-KNOLL, HONORARY CHAIR

54. CENTRAL REGION Ephrata Cloister 632 West Main Street Ephrata PA 17522 Kittochtinny Historical Society Franklin Co. official historical society 75 East King Street Chambersburg PA 17201 Mansfield University, North Hall Library 5 Swan Street Mansfield PA 16933 PA Archives 350 North Street Harrisburg PA 17120 Pattee and Paterno Libraries Penn State University Park Campus 510 Paterno Library University Park PA 16802 Southern York Public Library P.O. Box 239 80 Constitution Avenue Shrewsbury PA 17361 State Library 607 South Drive Harrisburg PA 17120 Millersville University PO Box 1002 1 South George Street Millersville PA 17551 WESTERN REGION Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh 4400 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh PA 15213 Raymond M. Blasco MD Memorial Library 160 East Front Street Erie PA 16507 EASTERN REGION Albright Public Library 500 Vine Street Scranton PA 18509 Free Library of Philadelphia 1901 Vine Street Philadelphia PA 19103 The Library Company 1314 Locust Street Philadelphia PA 19107 National Canal Museum 30 Centre Square Easton PA 18042 FIFTEEN IN-STATE SITES THE PENNSYLVANIA STUDY

56. CELLULOSE DEGRADATION IN AN ACETIC ACID ENVIRONMENT A.-L. Dupont and J. Tétreault Studies in Conservation, 2000 MIGRATION OF VOLATILE COMPOUNDS FROM PAPER STACKS DURING ACCELERATED AGEING, PART II: VARIABLE TEMPERATURE STUDIES SPONTANEOUS FORMATION OF ACIDS IN THE NATURAL AGING OF PAPER A. Bulow, P. Begin, H. Carter, and T Burns Restaurator, 2000 C. Shahani and G. Harrison IIC Congress, 2002 AUTOCATALYTIC DEGRADATION OF CELLULOSE PAPER IN SEALED VESSELS P. Calvini, A. Gorassina, and A.L. Merlani Restaurator, 2007

57. ASTM 100 YEAR STUDY 1998 - 2008 surrogate test books are composed of 15 different papers

59. Design Parameters Air Pollutant Base Line Readings – 12/12/05

60. Identification of volatile organic compounds emitted by a naturally aged book using SPME/GC/MS Agnes Lattuati-Derieux, Sylvette Bonnassies-Termes, Bertrand Lavedrine Journal of Chromatography A, 1026 (2004) 9-18 Acetic Acid Toluene Butyric Acid Furfural Benzaldehyde Phenol Nonanal Decanal Vanillin Hexadecane Heptadecane Octadecane

61. Air Pollutant Standards Acetic Acid 4.0 ppb Formaldehyde 4.0 ppb SO2 1.0 ppb NO2 2.6 ppb Ozone 2.0 ppb Specifications For Air Pollutants In Storage And Exhibit Areas

63. 2X air exchange rate ½ pollutant concentration ? Efficacy of intermittent ventilation for providing acceptable indoor air quality. (Dr. M.H. Sherman Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) Energy Usage & Savings Studies:

64. power needed to drive fan ~ (fan speed) 3 higher air exchange rate much higher electrical cost Energy Usage & Savings Studies: Fan Law

65. . Preserving our Past for the Future