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Re: Preserving spiral notebooks
We had similar rusty metal spiral wire on a series of steno notebooks, and
decided the wire had to go.
With a little practice we were able to manually straighten a few inches of
one end of the wire, then using needle-nose pliers and a gymnastic twist
of a wrist, pull out a few more inches of wire without damaging the paper
or the board covers (the loops of wire were not connected through each
hole; just bent into a hook shape - sorry I can't think of a better
description). You can't do too many notebooks at a time or it will give
you something like carpal tunnel syndrome.
So, no more rusty wire, the steno books retained their integrity, they
took up less storage space, and I ended up with several large balls of
curly, tangled wire that I used in a some art works (really!)
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Ellen L. Chapman
Archivist for Congressional Papers voice: (808) 944-7656
University of Hawaii at Manoa Library fax: (808) 956-5968
2550 The Mall email: ellen@hawaii.edu
Honolulu, HI 96822 USA
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