Below are case studies that provide examples of mould outbreaks in archives, and how they have been dealt with. Each case study goes into detail about what the issue was, cause(s), challenges and opportunities, outcomes, and lessons learnt.
In 2023 archive staff at Hertford College Archives were packing their archives to transfer them into specialist storage ahead of their Library & Archive redevelopment project.
Late in 2022, Somerset Archives were informed that a series of 20th century business records had been found by developers in a disused premises in South Somerset.
In January 2020, a widespread mould outbreak was confirmed in a West Yorkshire Archive Service (WYAS) strongroom, one constructed in 2012 and guided by the then-current standards.