Hello all,

Our thoughts are first and foremost with the families affected by
Katrina. We feel pretty useless watching the devastation from afar
(Europe), but I'm happy to read on the list stories of people whose
property and lives has been spared.

I would like to ask your opinion: Back in 1988-99, I saw a small article
advertising an innovative technique of vacuum-packing records, to reduce
storage space requirements and to preserve the paper records from
environmental disasters, such as floods, insects, etc.

I have recently also seen another article where vacuum-packing has been
used to preserve records (books in this case) that have already been
damaged by water, by preventing the development of mould while the books
are restored.

http://www.conservation-by-design.co.uk/flood.html

Does anyone know if vacuum-packing techniques are used by any of the
record storage facilities, and would you consider it to be generally a
good idea for long-term preservation?

Best Regards

George Parapadakis
Solutions Architect

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