Storing and Handling Oversized Documents
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English Slovak |
| ISSN: | ISSN 0034-5806 |
| Online Access: | http://www.viks.sk/chk/res_3_94_129_141.doc |
| Abstract: | Conclusions. After having processed 17,000 drawings the staff felt quite confident in approaching future projects of this type. The administrative steps that were taken and the equipment, supplies and techniques that were used will be equally effective in processing similar collections in other institutions. Indeed, once the space, the tools, the people, the training and the process are in place, any quantity of oversized records can be humidified, flattened and stored. The pace at which the records are processed depends on the personnel and funds available. Because of staffing shortages and other program priorities, the project to process the engineering drawings at the Pacific Southwest Region took 1500 hours spread over four years. Summaries. In Part I of this contribution, general considerations are given on the problems connected with managing, housing, storage and use of large documents in an archives. Part II is a detailed case study on 17,000 engineering design and construction drawings, most of them from the period 1940-1952 at least 70 x 100 cm, most of them rolled. The main steps of treatment, carefully planned in advance, were indirect moistening, unrolling, flattening and mounting. |
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| ISSN: | ISSN 0034-5806 |
