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cd storage



An addendum to my posting yesterday on this thread:

Caveat - This has little to do with my archival knowledge, which is slight,
but may be of relevance to the unspecified "large CD collection" that
started this discussion.

My personal CD collection numbers in the vicinity of 5,000 ( a very rough
stab at a guess) and might be considered large by some standards. I keep
this collection in a small, 1 bedroom apartment and it shares space with
two adults, a child and all the other stuff you might imagine, so space is
at a considerable premium. I have tossed all the jewel cases and keep the
CDs in Tyvek sleeves that fit in vinyl envelopes and file them in drawers
organized by label and catalog number. This arrangement does not lend
itself to storing on shelves and I have no idea of the archival qualities
of Tyvek and vinyl (though the vinyl is not in contact with the CDs, some
members of the ARSC list expressed some worry when I made a similar posting
that gasses might be released over the long term that might interact with
the CDs, though there was no definite citation that this would be an actual
danger) but it does serve my purposes well. I can supply the names of a
couple of vendors that sell these sleeves and envelopes (and the storage
units too, for that matter) if there is any interest.

Peter Hirsch
Cataloger - Dance Division
phirsch@nypl.org
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
40 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York, New York  10023
(212) 870-1728

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