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Storage Conditions and Standards
Alabama
- Guidelines for Storing Inactive Paper Records
http://www.asc.edu/archives/ol_pubs/strgdln.html- Procedures for Implementing a Local Government Records Depository Agreement
October 1998
http://www.archives.state.al.us/ol_pubs/deposit.htmlArizona
- Standards For Permanent Records Media and Storage
http://www.lib.az.us/records/l-store.cfmColorado
- Archival Records Storage--Permanent Records
http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/rm/rmman/appndx-a.htm- Records Center Storage - Non-Permanent (Temporary) Records
http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/rm/rmman/appndx-b.htmConnecticut
- Guidelines for Vault Size for Storage of Municipal Records
http://www.cslib.org/publicrecords/Vaultszmunistnds.pdf- Required Minimum Standards for Public Records Storage Facilities
http://www.cslib.org/publicrecords/storage.htm
- Standard for Fire-Resistive Vaults and Safes
http://www.cslib.org/publicrecords/Vaultregs.pdfDelaware
- Electronic Media Storage Procedures
http://archives.delaware.gov/govsvcs/pdfs/Records%20Policies/Electronic%20Media%20Storage.pdf
- Guidelines for Utilizing Records Storage Facilities
http://archives.delaware.gov/govsvcs/pdfs/Records%20Policies/Guidelines%20for%20Utilizing%20.pdf- Records Transfer and Destruction Boxes
http://archives.delaware.gov/govsvcs/pdfs/Records%20Policies/Records%20Transfer%20Boxes.pdfFlorida
- Public Records Storage Guidelines for Records Centers and Archives
http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/barm/handbooks/PublicRecordsStorageGuidelinesforRecordsCentersandArchives.pdfGeorgia
- The Storage Environment (technical leaflet)
http://www.sos.ga.gov/archives/how_may_we_help_you/care_for_records/storage_environment.htmIdaho
- Storage of Public Records Standards
http://www.idahohistory.net/record_storage.htmlIowa
- The Storage Environment (technical leaflet, based on Georgia's)
http://www.culturalaffairs.org/shsi/archives/technical-assistance/ihrab/ihrab-brochures/the-storage-environment.htmlMassachusetts
- Maintenance of Records Storage Areas
http://www.sec.state.ma.us/arc/arcrmu/rmubul/bul392.htm- Performance Standards for Safes and Vaults
http://www.state.ma.us/sec/arc/arcrmu/rmutbl/tbl1.htmMichigan
- Recommended Environmental Conditions for Storing Various Recording Media
http://www.michigan.gov/documents/hal_mhc_rms_storage_conditions_125646_7.pdfNevada
- Sending boxes to the records center
http://nsla.nevadaculture.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=505&Itemid=419New York
- Developing an Inactive Records Storage Facility
http://www.archives.nysed.gov/a/records/mr_pub48.shtml- Guidelines for Off-Site Storage of Inactive Local Government Records
http://www.archives.nysed.gov/a/records/mr_pub42.shtmlNorth Carolina
- How to box records for storage
http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/records/transfer.htm#boxOhio
- Records Storage
http://www.ohiohistory.org/textonly/resource/lgr/storagel.htmlSouth Carolina
- Microfilm Storage
http://www.state.sc.us/scdah/l11_str.htm- South Carolina Public Records Storage Regulations
http://www.state.sc.us/scdah/regs.htmTexas
- Preparing Records for Storage at State Records Center
http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/slrm/storage/preparing.html