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Subject:        Re: [SPAM *6.500] MAPS-L: Rolled wall maps
Date:   Fri, 02 Dec 2005
From:   Paige Andrew <[log in to unmask]>
To:     Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>
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Angie,

We have quite a few of the old classroom wall maps that are on rollers,
most generally wooden but sometimes metal. They are all cataloged as per
normal sheet maps, but stored separately in a closet just outside our Map
Room, along with other oversized materials, due to the inability to just
stick 'em in a drawer nor other means of appropriate storage. They are
rolled up and on a wooden "gun-rack" style frame, so they lay horizontally,
which is probably better than vertically in some kind of box in terms of
long-term preservation. Our patrons can retrieve bib. records for these
titles in our OPAC just as with any other kind of map, but the
location/availability note on the screen says that they are in "Maps
Storage" and when the patron asks at the desk then whomever is assisting
them can get the key and take them to the specific rolled map.

Another type of wall map that we have quite a few of are the various
classroom maps that are folded up, usually within a thick cloth outer
cover, instead of rolled, and many have the metal grommets so that they
could be unfolded and hung in front of a chalkboard for use. Typically they
show such things as the age and extent of the Roman Empire or the progress
of civilization of a given region. Many were created and/or published by
only three or four well-known companies who did this either as a specialty
such as Denoyer-Geppert, Georg Westermann Verlag, A.J. Nystrom and Company,
or Stanford's or as a niche (in the case of Rand McNally).

I don't know how heavily any of these get used but I do think they continue
to have value in terms of being part of the collection and potentially
could still be used if needed.

Paige

At 01:07 PM 12/2/2005, you wrote:
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>RE MAPS-L: Rolled wall maps - modern thoughts ...
>DA Friday, 3 Dec 2005
>TO Maps-L
>FR Angie
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>Happy Friday everyone!
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>In this day and age of digital this and digital that, I'm curious what
>others are doing with their rolled wall maps.
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>Do you keep them?
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>Do you use them?
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>How do you store them?
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>What is their value in the world of historic cartographic information?
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>Thanks for your thoughts.
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>Angie
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