Content Comparison

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Collections with a lot of small objects, small bound volumes, or decks of playing cards, etc. should be handed over to the end processor, as we have various small boxes that fit perfectly inside of the basic flat clamshell boxes, and could provide a solution. Certain sizes of prefabs can also be made to serve as inner containers.  A box full of "mundane" objects, such as staplers, tape dispensers, rulers, scissors, etc., from an author's desk, for example, could be arranged quickly in zip-lock bags for easy viewing and handling during an unanticipated reader's need. On the other hand, such objects could be stored carefully in inner boxes with tissue, carefully labeled, etc. It would depend on how we expect readers to approach the items both intellectually and physically. As with any other non-standard material in a collection, problem items should go to end processing.

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The basics : weight and organization of a Paige box (carton)

A collection of papers stored upright (or a combination of upright and flat) inside a #14 paige box is organized very simply and hopefully will usually fall inside the maximum weight for the box. However, bound volumes stored in Paige boxes lend themselves to disorganization and excessive weight that will cause the box to be returned to the end processor because the box is starting to break apart, and/or the contents have become a puzzle that can't be fit back into the box. Unless the organization has some thought or standards applied, volumes can be returned to the box by patrons or staff on their front boards, which will cause their detachment over time. This is why boxes containing volumes stored in Paige boxes need to sometimes have a label that requires people not to return them to the box on their front boards. And, it is why some basic standards may help in filling such boxes especially when smaller volumes are combined with larger ones in the same box. SEE ******

Volumes of a similar (smaller) size can sometimes be stored in wide document boxes.  But they may first benefit from some inner folders. Ask the end processor for some help. SEE ALSO****

• BOXES : UPRIGHT
  
  • folders
  • bound volumes

• BOXES SHELVED : FLAT
  • folders
  • bound volumes

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upright upright

I. End-processing an upright collection.

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