1890 US Census nearly completely burned, majority of silent movies lost, many US veterans’ records burned, hundreds if not thousands of US television tapes taped over...
1000 years of Irish records destroyed in 1920s,..
It is a common problem
If man creates it, it will be destroyed or lost. It is what it is.
Here is a Tibetian Libary that has managed to survive since established in the 1200s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakya_Monastery#/media/File:Library,_Sakya_Monastery,_Tibet_(5).jpg
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By Richard Mortel - https://www.flickr.com/photos/prof_richard/29863010798/, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=88002796
"Sakya Monastery houses a huge library of as many as 84,000 books on traditional stacks 60 metres (200 ft) long and 10 metres (33 ft) high. Most of them are Buddhist scriptures, although they also include works of literature, history, philosophy, astronomy, mathematics, agriculture, and art.[10] One scripture weighs more than 500 kilograms (1,100 lb), the heaviest in the world. The collection also includes many volumes of palm-leaf manuscripts, which are well-preserved due to the region's arid climate.[4] In 2003, the library was examined by the Tibet Academy of Social Sciences.[11] The monastery started to digitize the library in 2011. As of 2022, all books have been cataloged, and more than 20% have been fully digitized. Monks now maintain a digital library for all scanned books and documents.[12]"