One thing you might consider are the spring-type curtain rods. I have a couple bookcases that do not have a divider between the front and back. The rod prevents books from being shoved to the other side (and we are talking skinny picture books and preschoolers!!)
Nadine
Gary Handman <ghandman@library.berkeley.edu> wrote:Styrofoam shreds over time, John...think I'd avoid it.
gary
At 03:03 PM 8/7/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi all
>I have a question. I am in process of reconfiguring my shelves so our
>vhs tapes will stand vertically rather than horizontally. (I read in
>Gary's book that that is better.) The shelves however are deep and to
>keep the tapes close to the edge, I was going to get some styrofoam to
>make spacers to put behind the tapes. Is there any problem using
>styrofoam this way, it doesn't offgas anything that will deteriorate my
>ancient VHS collection?
>Thanks
>John
>
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<DIV>Nadine</DIV><BR><BR><B><I>Gary Handman <ghandman@library.berkeley.edu></I></B> wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid; WIDTH: 100%">Styrofoam shreds over time, John...think I'd avoid it.<BR><BR>gary<BR><BR><BR>At 03:03 PM 8/7/2003 -0700, you wrote:<BR>>Hi all<BR>>I have a question. I am in process of reconfiguring my shelves so our<BR>>vhs tapes will stand vertically rather than horizontally. (I read in<BR>>Gary's book that that is better.) The shelves however are deep and to<BR>>keep the tapes close to the edge, I was going to get some styrofoam to<BR>>make spacers to put behind the tapes. Is there any problem using<BR>>styrofoam this way, it doesn't offgas anything that will deteriorate my<BR>>ancient VHS collection?<BR>>Thanks<BR>>John<BR>><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><BR>*************************************************************<br> Nadine Lipman<br> Head of Children's Services<br>
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