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Subject: Re: RE Tool for lifting maps during refiling?
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 18:03:40 -1000
From: G. Salim Mohammed <[log in to unmask]>
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To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship <[log in to unmask]>
Wow, clearly a fun (and not so fun) topic to surface on a Friday. We
stack ours 4 high, except for a small section which is stacked 3 high so
the windows of our brand-spanking new MAGIS lab aren't covered. And we
don't have the luxury of filling them sparsely...!
Salim
On 11/12/2010 7:45 AM, Angie Cope wrote:
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> Subject: RE Tool for lifting maps during refiling?
> Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 09:37:20 -0800
> From: Diaz, Carlos <[log in to unmask]>
> To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
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> Goodness, I can't imagine anyone stacking map cases five high.
>
> I live in earthquake country. We probably have a smaller collection of
> maps than you do but we don't stack higher than three high. However, we
> do have a step ladder with rails on the side for maps we have displayed
> on the walls of our area.
>
>
> Carlos A. Diaz
> Daniel J. Evans Library
> The Evergreen State College
> Olympia, Washington
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> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: RE: Tool for lifting maps during refiling?
> Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 14:33:11 +0000
> From: Youngblood, Dawn <[log in to unmask]>
> To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
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>
> Angie, Jim, Paige, All...
>
> The bottom drawer is the problem? May I suggest a little yoga to limber
> up? To me, the top drawers are the problem even though I am tall -- that
> is, if you have a pile to carry and no one to help. I actually fell off
> the old ladder in the map library this summer twisted my knee and lost
> my toenail (I was wearing sandals). I am still recovering, and despite
> calls from the campus safety department, the library has still not
> replaced the ladder. The workman's comp doctor they sent me to (I could
> not go to my own doctor I was surprised to find out) said they are
> "crazy" not to have replaced the ladder yet. It does not meet minimum
> safety standards in that ladders should have a handle you can hold as
> you climb and descend. Also, our drawers are stacked 5 sets of 5 drawers
> high, while I believe most are stacked 4 sets of 5 drawers high. It
> might be interesting to take an informal poll:
>
> How many drawers high do you stack your map cases? Do you have to use a
> ladder to reach the higher ones? If so, does your ladder have a hand
> rail?
>
> I hope others can benefit from my experience. I have been doing this
> for 10 years without a problem and then... Don't think it can't happen
> to you. Be careful up there! Dawn
>
>
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> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: Tool for lifting maps during refiling?
> Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 11:48:12 -0500
> From: Paige Andrew <[log in to unmask]>
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> Absolutely perfect Jim!!!
>
> Paige
>
> On 11/11/2010 11:39 AM, Angie Cope wrote:
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>> Subject: RE: Tool for lifting maps during refiling?
>> Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 10:31:32 -0600
>> From: Coombs, James <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: 'Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship'
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>> From Jim Coombs!
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>> https://pantherfile.uwm.edu/acope/www/image001.jpg
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