Packing wet books

I have used both milk crates and cardboard boxes.  Personally, I
fine milk crates to be much easier to use although the cardboard
ones were satisfactory.  One other advantage to using the milk
crates is that they are of a uniform size that limits the amount of
materials that you can put into them.  This has major implications
for being able to move the materials.  Unfortunately, I think that
many of us have heard of people who have grabbed any box available
only to find that they could not lift it to move it because of its
weight.  One major drawback of milk crates, however, is the problem
of storage since they take up as much room when being stored as when
being used.

One option that has not been mentioned is ProText's RESCUBE.  For
those who are not familiar with this, it is a one cubic foot box of
high density polyethylene that folds flat when not in use.  It has a
double bottom when assembled and also has holes for ventilation.
Contact ProText at (301) 718-1659 [fax: (301) 654-6153] or write to
Linda Nainis, Director, 3515 Leland Street, Bethesda, MD 20815 for
further information.

Gregor Trinkaus-Randall
Collection Management/Preservation Specialist
Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners
648 Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02215-2070
617-267-9400
800-952-7403 (in-state)
Fax: 617-421-9833

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