RE: [Genealib] Packing Library

[Brannan, Joyce A.]

The acid content of the boxes is a concern, but archival boxes are
expensive.  If the material will only be stored for a short time I would
buy yards of cheap cloth, wash the cloth and rinse it several times, and
wrap the items so that the cardboard of the boxes do not touch your
items.  Plastic bags are NOT recommended for wrapping books, documents,
etc.

Joyce Adams Brannan
Technical Services Librarian
Julia Tutwiler Library, Station 12
University of West Alabama
(205) 652-3677
jbrannan at uwa.edu
 
-----Original Message-----
From: genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu
[mailto:genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu] On Behalf Of Chrys
Jochem
Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 12:39 PM
To: 'Librarians Serving Genealogists'
Subject: RE: [Genealib] Packing Library

Dear Barbara:

Food & drink boxes are always a concern when packing library or archival
material, but of equal importance is the cardboard used to construct
those
liquor boxes.  Those boxes are undoubtedly made of the cheapest material
so
will be highly acidic. The acids in the paper (cardboard) will migrate
to
your books or documents. Storing your library or archival material even
for
a short time (a few months) in boxes like those will contribute to their
deterioration. I urge you to reconsider the cost of good quality
archival
storage boxes.

To defray some of the cost, you might try contacting professional
library
movers to see if they have any used boxes, but of archival quality, that
you
could have/borrow for the short term.  I recommend this because my
department is moving into our new library addition this spring/summer.
The
rare books and manuscript collections were relocated to off-site storage
during construction.  This material was packed in Paige archival boxes
which
will be discarded once the material returns from storage.

Christine Jochem
Local History Department
The Morristown & Morris Township Library
Morristown, NJ



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bamsdp at bellsouth.net
Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 12:43 PM
To: genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu
Subject: [Genealib] Packing Library


Hello everyone,
I am the President of the Broward County Genealogical Society and we
have
lost our library lease.  Since we have not yet found a new one we must
pack-up everything for storage. We have many questions with one which we
need to answer before Saturday.  It is pressing and I thought someone
might
be able to help us so that  we can start packing. We have been told and
read
about all different rules for packing books wityh everyone sure their
way is
the only way.  We are very limited financially and have been offered a
very
large number of free boxes from our local Liquor store.  They are
perfect in
size and appear extremely clean.  We know that boxes which contained
food
are taboo but what about liquor boxes?  Do they carry the risk of bugs
that
food containers do? Any help on this matter will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you, Barbara DiPetrillo

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