Hello. Tom Schneiter of the Harvard Depository gave a slide
presentation at PADG Midwinter 2007 about an experiment done on books in
a high density storage arrangement. This slide show is now up on
the Library Preservation at Harvard website. Go to
http://preserve.harvard.edu/education/presentations.html
and select Wet Books in High-Density Book Storage (HDBS): What Really Happens and What We Can Do About It under Collections Emergencies.
Jane Hedberg
Jane Hedberg Preservation Program Officer Weissman Preservation Center
Harvard University Library
90 Mount Auburn Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
voice: (617) 495-8596 fax: (617) 496-8344
jane_hedberg@xxxxxxxxxxx http://preserve.harvard.edu