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Re: cd storage



I know that Gaylord has polyethylene sleeves and acid-free boxes especially
designed for CD storage.  They are in the archival products catalog or you
could check on their website at gaylord.com

Kristin E. Martin
Assistant Archivist
The Cleveland Museum of Art
11150 East Boulevard
Cleveland, Ohio  44106-1797
Tel:  216-707-2660
kmartin@clevelandart.org


-----Original Message-----
From: Arel Lucas [mailto:lucas@LIBRARY.UCSF.EDU]
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 11:42 AM
To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
Subject: Re: [ARCHIVES] cd storage


This is an interesting question and one that I encountered when I did a
survey of a patent library when I was in library school.  I made a study of
CD-ROM media at that time.  In general, I've found that CDs are not treated
or stored properly, and I believe this contributes to the decreased life
span of these media relative to the claims made by the manufacturers.

For me the most basic questions would be, how much money is available for
storage/access, and is access an important issue?

The reason these questions are relevant is that CD jukeboxes are available,
particularly CD-ROM jukeboxes, that can store hundreds of CDs & access
information from them using software and terminals.  These are undoubtedly
the best way to store CDs if access is important.  One reason that this is
an excellent choice is that the CDs stay in the jukebox(es) and are not
handled either by pages or patrons.  Handling is just as devastating to CDs
as it is to every other medium.  Before UMI changed hands and went digital,
they purchased some hundred of jukeboxes for the CD-ROMs on which their
content was stored.

If access is not important, or if money is not available for this
alternative, the best storage strategy is one that recognizes that the
unlabeled surface of CDs is more vulnerable than the labeled side, but that
both these surfaces must be protected.  Depending, again, on the
availability of a budget for storage, the CDs could be kept in jewel boxes
or not.  If racks are not in the budget (spacing jewel boxes apart so that
they need not be stacked), and suitable boxes are not available, then
placement like books on a shelf might be acceptable.  I do not know the
extent to which the book-like containers sold for CDs either scratch the
surfaces or use PCP-containing plastics, so if anyone has a comment
(especially) there, I'd like to know about it.  I have assumed that the
same temperature/humidity recommended for books is also optimal for CDs.

Arel
Arel Lucas
Tobacco Control Archives
Library and Center for Knowledge Management
University of California San Francisco
http://www.library.ucsf.edu/tobacco/
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><Date:    Wed, 27 Feb 2002 10:56:56 -0500
><From:    Megan Schrey <mtws31@HOTMAIL.COM>
><Subject: cd storage
><
><I was asked by a colleague as to what would be the best way to store a
>large cd <collection, does anyone have any suggestions?&nbsp; Thanks.
><Megan Schrey

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