[PADG:1585] RE: how to shelve books over 16 inches

[Karen Brown <kebrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Deborah:  This should prove helpful:

"Preserving Archival Records: Guidelines For Shelving Bound
Volumes", prepared by Mary Lynn Ritzenthaler, National Archives
And Records Administration (n.d.).
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/byorg/nara/volume.html

See also available "Care and Handling
Guidelines", part of NEDCC's online preservation course at
http://www.nedcc.org/p101cs/candh.htm

I hope this is helpful.  
Regards, Karen Brown


At 02:56 PM 2/4/02 -0500, you wrote:
Hello,

Does anyone know of a standard associated with vertical vs. flat
shelving
for library books over 16 (approx. 40.5 cm) inches tall? Could someone
point
me to material in the literature about this issue? 

Thank you in advance,

Deborah P.
Karen E.K. Brown
Preservation Librarian
University at Albany Libraries
kebrown@xxxxxxxxxx
518/437-3925