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Hi Jose,
We have been trying out the non-stick tape on some of our metal roller shelving. We purchased a role of the tape and put a single strip on each shelf of one of our bays of shelving.
This was part of the oversize collection which was the most likely to slip when the shelving is moved. The tape improved the situation but did not cure it with the books still able to slide but less likely to do so. However as I said we only used a single
strip of tape for large books. I would expect more improvement if we used two strips for large books or if we used it for normal sized books. Our main concern was the cost of the tape as it would cost us hundreds of pounds to treat all of the shelves in the
library.
I hope that this helps.
Ian
Ian Macey
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Sent: 12 November 2015 14:34
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Subject: Non skid shelf tape
Hello,
We have a very big issue in our library: the books keep toppling over due to very slippery shelves.
I have just noticed that Gresswell sells something called non skid shelf tape, which apparently prevents books from falling over.
Has anybody used this and has it worked?
I have tried extra strong book ends to no avail.
Any tips about this would be very welcome.
Many thanks,
Jose
José López BA, MSc
Learning Centre Co-ordinator
Tel:
023 8057 7468
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