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. 2012 May 15;6:42. doi: 10.1186/1752-153X-6-42

Table 4.

Passive sampling survey of library and archives

 
Acetic acid /μg m-3Location
Formic acid / μg m-3Location
Formaldehyde / μg m-3Location
  A B C A B C A B C
National Archives of Scotland (NAS)
250 ± 212
119 ± 16
69 ± 1
58 ± 13
37 ± 12
52 ± 17
6 ± 1
4 ± 1
7 ± 1
National Library of Scotland (NLS)
221 ± 195
91 ± 1
98 ± 15
30 ± 6
30 ± 3
42 ± 3
8 ± 1
14 ± 2
12 ± 1
British Library (BL)
222 ± 16
348 ± 33
52 ± 27
40 ± 1
310 ± 86
34 ± 13
7 ± 1
15 ± 3
4 ± 1
Cambridge University Library (CUL)
158 ± 25
274 ± 83
109 ± 34
67 ± 18
72 ± 21
49 ± 4
18 ± 1
3 ± 1
5 ± 1
The National Archives (TNA)
57 ± 30
104 ± 33
36 ± 2
32 ± 4
55 ± 20
64 ± 18
6 ± 1
8 ± 1
8 ± 1
Trinity College Dublin (TCD)
195 ± 10
137 ± 72
344 ± 286
56 ± 16
57 ± 6
186 ± 199
12 ± 6
4 ± 1
5 ± 1
National Libraries of Wales (NLW)
76 ± 1
108 ± 41
122 ± 15
22 ± 1
30 ± 7
24 ± 2
6 ± 1
7 ± 1
10 ± 1
Bodleian Library Oxford (OULS) 123 ± 4 162 ± 21 132 ± 11 48 ± 4 58 ± 24 62 ± 1 5 ± 1 6 ± 1 9 ± 1