William S. Hanable wrote:
>
> Is there any reason that glass should not be used as shelving in
> artifact storage areas? (IJ (J We are looking at recycling glass from old
> "candy store" cases. (IJ (J Any thoughts much appreciated.

Well, it is a problem in a disaster/risk management sense - something to
break and possibly cut people or art.  I have seen some amazing pictures
of what happened in cases with glass shelves after the Kobe earthquake
in Japan...ugh.
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Timothy L. Campbell
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