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Re: metal shelving problem



Here are some guesses:
-- The shelves aren't powder coated, but painted, or have some other unstable coating on them.
-- The environment is actually more humid than is desirable. Do you have any kind of montitoring device there?
-- The boxes themselves have, or picked up, some residue on the bottom.

Katherine A. Hayes, Archivist
American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
One Physics Ellipse
College Park, MD 20740
301/209-3179
http://www.aip.org/history/


>>> Deborah Wythe <deborahwythe@HOTMAIL.COM> 07/31 3:16 PM >>>
We recently had an annoying problem crop up that I wonder if anyone else has
experienced:  boxes started to stick to the baked enamel industrial shelving
in our offsite storage facility. These are the standard records cartons and
the same metal shelving we've always used, both here and offsite, the
shelving is at least 3 years old, the climate in the building isn't
particularly hot, cold, wet. or dry. Last summer, the boxes slid off the
shelves just fine, this year you have to practically rip them up. Any ideas?

Thanks!
Deborah Wythe
Brooklyn Museum of Art Archives
200 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11238
tel: 718 638 5000 x311
fax: 718 638 3731
email: deborahwythe@hotmail.com 


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