Hi Stephen,

We recently decked out our archive space with a shelving system from Rapid Racking who offered us a metal storage solution which doesn’t off gas.

It depends what archival materials you’ll also use with your collection but I can help you with the spec we have used if you want to pursue this option. They are also great at offering various sizes and their customer service team are also very helpful.

Kind regards,

Claire

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Hi

How about Manutan (formerly Key) as a big, reliable national supplier that many of us will already have set up as a supplier with our finance departments, and that generally offers a very quick delivery time

https://www.manutan.co.uk/en/key/shelving-racking

I guess metal shelf bases are preferable, but if they are MDF you could always wrap them in Marvelseal? I did this with some MDF shelf bases recently, wrapping the Marvelseal over the edges and using a staple gun to fix the Marvelseal in place on the underside.

https://preservationequipment.com/Catalogue/Conservation-Materials/ShippingPacking/Marvelseal-barrier-film

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Hello everyone,

Aside from PEL, where else online could I peruse metal shelving suitable for an archive store?

Thanks,

Stephen.

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