On 3/22/06, Bob Shuster <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>
> If the restriction is relatively simple, such as this material may not
> be used for thirty years, you could put cord or some other wrapping
> around the folder or the box and then seal the wrapper with tape or wax
> or something similar and write on the seal so that if the seal is
> broken, it will be obvious.

Years ago while touring the Rosenberg Library archives in Galveston I
saw something like you suggested. except that they had placed a large
X made out of red ribbon across the front of a bank of mobile
shelving. The ribbon indicated that the material was IIRC restricted
and not to be accessed.

here are links to tamper evident tape products

http://www.rightertrack.com/securitytape.htm

http://www.rightertrack.com/tamper.htm

http://www.copquest.com/43-1005.htm

http://www.safebiz.info/product_info.php?products_id=2324

http://www.novavisioninc.com/pages/prd_tamper_evident_tape.html




--
Peter Kurilecz CRM CA
Richmond, Va

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