Remember to check into the depth of the shelving
offered before making golden plans.
We recently had compact shelving made
available to us, but found that the shelving was 12" deep, planned for books,not
14" deep storage boxes. We have had to place our storage boxes sideways, double
deep in most cases. We will need to label
everything on the side (we now label two sides of each new box just for such
cases).
It was suggested to us that we let the boxes stick
out a few inches, but if you do that for several rows the clearance disappears
for the aisles you hope to open.
Of course there is the option of hiring verrrry
thin people with long arms - then a 15" aisle might suffice.
Steven Brown
Head, University Archives & Records Management Hargrett Library Main Library University of Georgia Athens, Georgia 30602 sabrown@arches.uga.edu Archives: http://www.libs.uga.edu/hargrett/archives/index.html
Records: http://www.libs.uga.edu/recman/www.html "I am sorry to hear of the removal of Prof.
M. I wish him well for what he has been, - and for his present merits -
but as his principles are contagious, it will be best for him I think to go
where they can do no harm as in Georgia he will find Jacobins formed to his hand
- and who are past being polluted."
- Jedidiah Morse on the departure of
Joisah Meigs to assume the presidency of the University of Georgia, 1801.
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