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FW: Zip Lock Bags



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rekrut, Ala (CHT)
> Sent: 2002-Jan-09 10:07 AM
> To:   Beattie, Judith H. (CHT)
> Subject:      RE: Zip Lock Bags
>
> Would you mind posting this reply to the List?
>
> As far as I know there are no ANSI, NISO or other real standards for
> materials for storing textual records,  (please let me know if anyone has
> found some!).  A common best practice in archives is to use materials
> which are chemically stable.  I used Ziploc as an example of a
> polyethylene bag - other brands may be equally chemically stable or not.
> A Canadian Conservation Institute analysis of a Ziploc bag (ARS 2321.1)
> concluded that: "The Ziploc bag is high density polyethylene. ... In
> general, products of this class of polymer are considered sufficiently
> stable for museum applications."  Keep in mind that all proprietary
> formulations are subject to change, including those advertised in the
> archival supplies catalogues.
>
> Ala Rekrut
> Chief, Preservation Services
> Provincial Archives of Manitoba
> 200 Vaughan Street
> Winnipeg, MB  R3C 1T5
> CANADA
> (204) 945-1265
> (204) 948-2008 fax
> arekrut@gov.mb.ca
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Beattie, Judith H. (CHT)
> Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 9:01 AM
> To:   Rekrut, Ala (CHT)
> Subject:      FW: Zip Lock Bags
>
> ?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sarah Canby Jackson [SMTP:archivist@SANJACINTO-MUSEUM.ORG]
> Sent: 2002-Jan-09 9:02 AM
> To:   ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
> Subject:      Zip Lock Bags
>
> I noticed in a response yesterday a reference to encasing a moldy
> document in ziplock bags.  Do these polyethelene bags meet archival
> standards?
>
> Sarah Jackson
>
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