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Re: Archives in a cedar closet?



I know I am way late for Friday but has anyone though about the fact that cedar is a wood and wood is acid and you do not want anything against the wood.  How would you store the archives and keep them safe from the acid.  Joan goodbody

>>> "Eric v.d. Luft, Ph.D., M.L.S." <lufte@MAIL.UPSTATE.EDU> 02/02/01 09:19AM >>>
> This may be a Friday Funny.  My client wants the archives to be in a
> walk-in cedar closet.  Is this possible?  Laura Zelasnic

Hmmmmmm? Maybe not a bad idea if you have a lot of textiles in your collection.    ;->

And since it is Friday, consider the attached GIF, the universal management flowchart.

Cheers!

Eric

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