Re: Archival fasteners

Please reply to the list – we’ve never used ‘acid-free’ paper – our copy paper tests acid neutral so we use that – a recheck a couple of years after we started showed it had remained stable.

 

Stephen Van Buren

University Archivist and Special Collections Librarian

South Dakota State University

 

From: Archives & Archivists [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Nancy Iannucci
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 8:40 AM
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Subject: Re: Archival fasteners and an addition question...

 

Although I dislike plastic clips, I do find that using acid-free paper as separators is a very expensive practice.  I have a hard enough time keeping my copy machine supplied with acid-free paper let alone use these sheets as dividers.  Personally speaking, I could go through loads of these sheets just as dividers alone.  So, I do use plastic clips here and there to help keep costs down.

 

I also have another question.  Is it absolutely necessary to buy the most expensive line of acid-free paper (which can be found in our archival supply catalogs) instead of using the paper that our institution buys in bulk (which are labeled acid-free)???  I have been meaning to put this question out there for some time...I guess now is as good a time as any.

 

Thanks for your thoughts in advance.

Nancy Iannucci

Emma Willard School Archives

 

From: Archives & Archivists on behalf of Wood, Thomas J
Sent: Wed 8/23/2006 5:52 PM
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Subject: Re: Archival fasteners

Yes, plastic paper clips are terrible -- they damage the paper and fly
off at the slightest touch. For (recent, not antiquarian) documents of
only a few pages, stainless steel staples are fine. Sheets of acid free
paper folded in half keeps more fragile or valuable documents stored in
a folder together. Longer documents deserve their own folders.


Thomas J. Wood
Archivist
Archives/Special Collections LIB 144
University of Illinois at Springfield
One University Plaza, MS BRK 140
Springfield IL 62703-5407
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