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Date: | Wed, 24 Sep 1997 09:04:00 -0400 |
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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
> [log in to unmask]
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