[PADG:1295] Earthquake Protection for Rare Books

[Tom Teper <tteper@xxxxxxxx>]

All:

We've had some trouble with a couple items falling off of our compact
shelving in the Rare Book Library. It's older, automatic Spacesaver 
shelving and
jiggles. I was hoping that you had some examples of either (a) home-made
lips or bands or (b) commercial solutions that folks have used to help
protect items from falling off of the shelving units.

While we don't have a photo mounted of the exact shelving system, the link 
below provides a reasonable approximation of the shelving in question.

http://www.donnegansystems.com/sitegraphics/Montel/Compact-Shelving3.jpg

Thanks,

Tom


Acting Associate University Librarian for Collections
Head of Preservation and Assistant Professor,
        John "Bud" Velde Endowed Professorship
University Library
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University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
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