<div dir="ltr"><div>Paul,<br><br></div>We use the system you are asking about. We have wooden racks that hold 4 16-oz jars each. The jars contain vials of specimens. We recently (three weeks ago) moved our fluid collection to a new location and the racks made the move a lot easier. We were concerned that the fire marshal would not allow it (as Andy commented) because the California Academy of Sciences had to abandon their wooden racks for fire safety concerns when they moved their collections a few years ago. But our fire marshal was OK with it. So this is definitely worth checking into before making any purchases. I am happy to talk off-list if you want more information and a lead on some wooden racks.<br>
<br>Pete<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><font size="1">------------------------------------------------------------<br>Peter T Oboyski, PhD<br>Collections Manager & Senior Museum Scientist<br>
Essig Museum of Entomology<br>1170 Valley Life Science Building<br>University of California, Berkeley<br><br>mailing address:<br>1101 VLSB, #4780<br>Berkeley, CA 94720<br><br><a href="http://nature.berkeley.edu/%7Epoboyski/" target="_blank">http://nature.berkeley.edu/~poboyski/</a><br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 9:28 AM, Jay R Cordeiro <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Jay.Cordeiro@umb.edu" target="_blank">Jay.Cordeiro@umb.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Not quite sure what you are looking for, Paul, but we provide custom made, 100% archival, acid free trays of ANY dimensions you require; length, width, height, and thickness. Feel free to contact me for more
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">I can send samples.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Callomon,Paul<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [Nhcoll-l] Alcohol bottle trays<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</div><p class="MsoNormal">Folks,<u></u><u></u></p><div><div class="h5">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Does anyone know of a fluid collection in which loose bottles and jars have been placed in long, narrow open-top boxes or trays on open shelving? We are considering doing this, in order to make our collection both safer and easier to maintain.
I know many Entomology collections arrange 4- and 6-dram vials in long racks (we do this too), but I haven’t seen the same thing done for larger bottles and jars.
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