Abstract
Particulate matter (PM) and gaseous pollutants in librari es and archives can be harmful for materials stored there. The study includes indoor/outdoor monitoring of air quality in 4 archives, which representing different outdoor environments: Zlatá Koruna (rural), Třeboň (small city), Teplice (industrial area), a nd Prague (large city with traffic).
The aim of this study is to investigate concentrations and sources of airborne PM and gaseous pollutants in the indoor environment of the archives, and to establish the relationship between the indoor and outdoor enviro nment. The results indicated outdoor air as the most probable source of particles in the indoor environment of naturally ventilated archives at Zlatá Koruna, Třeboň and Teplice.
The concentrations in the indoor environment in Prague are relatively constant and low, because the archive is equipped with a sophisticated filtration system.