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Re: Before I Hurt the Architects...
Hey Mark. Isn't their something called Marvoseal or something catchy like
that that you can line the wood interior with? Also, I think you can paint
the interior with a paint that has titanium in it. If those aren't useful,
I'd like to hear it from the list.
I like the facade idea - maybe a case-within-a-case design.
Stephanie
>Colleagues:
>We are in the process of designing a new library building, including
>adding areas for exhibit cases for special collections. The architects
>are attempting to stick me with custom designed exhibit cases made of
>cherry wood, even after I asked for ( I assume, cheaper) metal cases
>(both flat and upright) found in Gaylord, University Products or similar
>catalogs due to preservation reasons. I have all the technical
>literature I need to throw in their faces as to why I don't want wooden
>cases, but they keep asking "Come on, how much damage could wood REALLY
>do to the stuff?"
>
>Has anyone (more persuasive than me) been in a similar situation, and
>either:
>
>Had the perfect argument to shut them up; or
>convinced the architects on getting metal cases with just a fascade of
>wood for aesthetic reasons (to match to rest of the library); or
>gotten stuck with wood, and then treated it somehow.
>
>Please contact me if you would like to share your experience.
>
>Thanks in advance.
>Mark
>
>Mark Lambert
>Special Collections and Government Documents Librarian
>South Texas College of Law Library
>Houston, TX
>
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Stephanie Swenson Towery
stowery@mail.law.utexas.edu
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