Page 4 - Completion of the Library of Archives Canada Preservation Storage Facility

house LAC collection material on paper that can be
This is the first facility constructed to Net stored in LAC six most used standardized boxes/
Zero Carbon following the publication of containers (i.e., Documents printed on your standard

the green government strategy. 8.5 by 11 pieces of paper), in addition to parts of the

motion-picture film collection and part of the LAC
Storage Facility (PSF) was purposefully designed to
microfilm collection.
ensure that collection material is stored in optimal

conditions to promote long-term preservation and
LAC is undertaking a vault optimization project in
accessibility.”
the Preservation Centre to maximize total storage
space capacity. “This initial move of collection
The facility will provide about 21,500 M3 of storage
material from our existing and adjacent Preservation
capacity at strict ESP to allow 500-year preservation
Centre will allow LAC’s existing preservation vaults
goal. “This means that a new piece of paper would
to be optimized for the storage and preservation
still be readable in 500 years,” says Ethier.
of specialized media collection material, such as
painting, maps and plans, rare books, ledgers, and
The new Preservation and Storage Facility will
all other collection material that cannot be stored in

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