Thanks David!!
Dean, no need to apologize. Waste management folks use gallons, Records
management folks use cubic feet (or lineal/linear feet). Just trying to
bridge the gap so I can speak to both parties in their own words (or in
this case, numbers).
I have a "96 gallon" bin provided by the shredding service SecureShred.
Just wanted to know how many boxes I can expect to dump into there
before it fills up. Thanks again David.
Julie is right the lxwxh measurement of the "96 gallon" bin for cubic
feet is the way to go, but I thought that someone would have an answer
at hand based on their own experience.
Yet again, the List proves all knowing....
Thanks,
- Chuck
-----Original Message-----
From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Dean DeBolt
Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 4:08 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Record Storage Box = ? Gallons
I'm sorry but you are confusing two types of measurements.
"Gallons" is of course a measure of liquid, while record center
boxes are a linear measure. Thirty gallon containers use water
as a measure of size because they are not linear but round, etc.
I sort of have the same problem when the car ad says "holds 45
cubic feet of trunk space" -- I'm sorry but my square cubic feet boxes
won't fit the curves, dips, slants of the encompassing sides!
Dean
Dean DeBolt
University Librarian
Special Collections/West Florida Archives
John C. Pace Library
University of West Florida
11000 University Parkway
Pensacola, FL 32514-5750
850-474-2213
850-474-3338 (fax)
-----Original Message-----
From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
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Of Piotrowski, Charles
Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 2:49 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Record Storage Box = ? Gallons
Hi folks,
I have looked in archives builders and on the web and have come close
(such as 30 gallon recycling bins), but I still seek an answer for the
following question:
One record storage box = ______ gallons
My math is already on vacation, the rest of me goes in a few hours.
(yes, I will set my NO MAIL)
The bigger question for me is how many standard records storage boxes
fit into a 96 gallon bin? If I get the answer to the equation above, I
think I can handle the rest...
As always,
Thanks,
Chuck Piotrowski
CVPS
Records Manager
(802)747-5447
iam.cvps.com <http://iam.cvps.com/>
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