Historic collections at risk, warns National Library

The National Library has warned its collections are deteriorating due to storage conditions and some three quarters of these are stored in premises without adequate fire protection.

In a letter sent to Arts Minister Heather Humphries last July, the NLI said that a year-on-year increase in budget of €500,000 is needed to sustain the library.

“At the heart of the library’s problems is a lack of funding for resources, collections and infrastructure,” Marian Fitzgibbon wrote on behalf of the outgoing board at the NLI, whose term came to an end this summer.