Assessment of microbial contamination and environmental parameters – temperature, ventilation and humidity - of the Central Library of the Universidade Federal de Santa Maria/RS: Collection Teses and Coletânea UFSM
Keywords:
Document Preservation. Collection Teses. Coletânea UFSM. Environmental Agents.Abstract
This article analyses the biodegradation of two collections that are part of the documentary heritage of UFSM. The study emphasizes the importance of preserving historical documents, one of the fundamental functions for the conservation of library collections. The research focuses on the following environmental problems: microorganisms present in the library studied, and conditions of humidity, lighting, ventilation and temperature, all collected in a one year period. The diagnosis was made by direct observation of the collections, making it possible for one to identify the needs for conservation and preservation of these environments and devise an action plan. For this research, theoretical references, photographic surveys and the collection and identification of microbiological agents, humidity, lighting, ventilation and temperature conditions were studied. The results identified the Bacillus sp., Serratia plymuthica, Acinetobacter sp., Bordetella trematum, Pseudomonas sp., Enterobacter agglomerans, Moraxella, Micrococcus, coagulase-negative Staphylococcus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Aeromonas sp., Enterococcus sp., Cedecea lapagei, Nocardia sp., Pseudomonas aeruginosa and fungi Penicillium sp., Fusarium sp. and Cladosporium sp., pathogenic or allergenic microrganisms. In data analysis it was found that there is the need to use resources to correct high levels of humidity and temperature in the Library of UFSM.Downloads
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2014 Lizandra Veleda Arabidian, Denise de Souza Saad

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:
Authors will keep their copyright and grant the journal with the right of first publication, the work licensed under License Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0), which allows for the sharing of work and the recognition of authorship.
Authors can take on additional contracts separately for non-exclusive distribution of the version of the work published in this journal, such as publishing in an institutional repository, acknowledging its initial publication in this journal.
The articles are open access and free. In accordance with the license, you must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.