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kboy in reply to @NotThamesWater

Done the google, though quickly, and can confirm reduced oxygen levels at long term storage facilities

https://www.ifla.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/assets/pac/British-Library-low-oxygen-case-study.pdf

From a post about another library

MYTH: The library’s fire-extinguishing system removes the air from the book stacks in the event of a conflagration, dooming any librarians inside to a slow death by asphyxiation.

MOSTLY FALSE: According to Jones, this legend has a kernel of truth:
Instead of water sprinklers that would harm the rare books
collections, he said, a combination of halon and Inergen gases would
be pumped into the stacks to stop the combustion process, and thus the
spread of fire.

“They do lower the percentage of oxygen, but not enough to kill any
librarians,” Jones said.

https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2010/02/04/myths-abound-about-beinecke/

So true for the long term storage areas, but not for the open to public areas afaik. Carry on.

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deleted in reply to @kboy

Isn't that in the stacks where the books are stored rather than in the reading rooms? I think @BringMeMyFix would know.

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BringMeMyFix in reply to @deleted

Yes, stacks. I've been to the main repository at Boston Spa: all low oxygen, low temperature, massive computerised retrieval robot-ladder things. There are humans loading and unloading crates though. TBH, I think they'd still have more oxygen in that massive space than in a stuffy over-crowded reading room in the UCL building where I work. In the BeforeTimes, students were living in the library 24/7 in the run-up to exams, and I don't mind telling you, they fucking stank.

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