Liz,

Great to see you on the list!

I personally like my compacting shelving which is just shelving.  I
think that your intended use for the items should impact what kind of
shelving you get.  I think that the drawers are great for museum quality
materials, but if you have large quantities of materials, they are
better stored in boxes on shelves.  But of course this is my opinion.
Also, I think its cheaper to go with shelves than drawers.

Take care

Marybeth


Marybeth S.F. Tomka, M.A.
Laboratory Director and Curator 
Center for Archaeological Research 
The University of Texas at San Antonio 

State Certified Curatorial Repository

One UTSA Circle
San Antonio, Texas 78249
(210) 458-7822 
(210) 458-4397 Fax 

http://car.utsa.edu/

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2. compact storage preferences

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Date:    Mon, 11 May 2009 15:30:15 -0700
From:    "Clevenger, Liz" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: compact storage preferences

Dear Histarchers -=20

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I am once again appealing to you with a question about
laboratory/curation equipment - many belated thanks to those of you who
responded to my last query about fume hoods.=20

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This time around, I'm curious to hear from anyone who has worked with
compact storage (high density mobile storage) for their collections. We
are definitely going with this option, and I've been asked by the
architects to figure out what kind of options we'd like for shelving
configuration. Right now I'm split as to which option will be best: open
shelving + file-sized archival boxes packed with artifacts, versus units
with pull out drawers where artifacts would be housed in bags but not
large boxes. There are positives and negatives to both, and ultimately
cost may determine what we choose. Either way, we'll also have some
shelving space set aside for oversize items and some allotted for
records storage. I'm curious to hear from anyone who has experience with
this type of storage system. What was your configuration like? Were
there specific things you loved? Things you wish you'd done differently?


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Thanks in advance your advice -=20

aloha

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