Wayne:
Side tabbed letter-size folders are a little longer (wider?) than top tabbed letter size folders, so you will have to box them the legal-size direction in standard records boxes.  This allows the side tabs to be somewhat visible (to one side) for searching - although a little tight to "thumb" through.

Ginny Jones 
(Virginia A. Jones, CRM, FAI) 
Records Manager 
Information Technology Division 
Newport News Dept. of Public Utilities 
Newport News, VA 
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-----Original Message-----
From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Wayne Hoff
Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 12:49 PM
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Subject: [RM] End-tab and top-tab folders

A couple of departments are switching to end-tab folders to increase filing 
capacity and increased access efficiency.  Everything is going fine, but it 
dawned on me that end-tab folders do not do really well in an offsite storage 
box - the tabs would be hidden in the box, rather than sitting on top for easy 
reference.  These records get pulled back for audits semi-regularly, so access 
to the information post-storage is necessary.

Has anyone dealt with this issue?  The current idea is to transfer the contents 
to top-tab folders for offsite storage, but that seems like a lot of work and 
expense.

Thanks for your input.

Wayne Hoff
Calgary, AB
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