Eric, please send me Richard Parsons phone and e-mail, when it's convenient.
Thanks in advance for your help.
At 09:30 AM 8/26/96 EST, you wrote:
>   You might want to contact [log in to unmask] (Pat Holmgren, Director
>   of the New York Botanical Garden Herbarium), or [log in to unmask] (John
>   Reed, the Director of the NYBG Library) for information on the
>   compactors we've used.  I can tell you that we use crank type, and
>   that electrical poses some safety concerns.  The crank type work very
>   well, and are easy to use for all, as far as we've heard.  We're in
>   the process of specifying shelving units for a new building, so these
>   folks are very up on the latest and greatest.  Also a man named
>   Richard Parsons (?? If you need his contact info, I can dig it up.) in
>   New York City is the local authority on collections storage.  He is an
>   architect who has worked with many of the museums in the City in
>   developing new storage facilities.  One issue we've had to deal with
>   in the tremendously increased floor load of compacted collections.  Be
>   aware that they require much higher load capacity that static
>   shelving...
>
>   Eric Siegel
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