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Subject: Oversize storage query
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005
From: Judith Rice-Jones <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>


Hello,

We have two boxes for oversize maps.  They each have fifty slots, arranged
in five rows of ten, with the rows graduating in height from the front to
the back.  We've just had a volunteer inventory the oversize maps and do
repair on the frequently used titles.  In the course of this project, we
discovered that there isn't a consensus of how to order the rows.

Does one start from the front and move toward the back or from the back and
move toward the front.  This appears to be causing so many problems
between patrons seeking maps and students reshelving them that I'm
wondering if we shouldn't just fold the oversize maps and keep them
in our map cases.  Note that we also have the issue of two
sequences--SuDoc call numbers and Library of Congress call numbers.

Many thanks for any suggestions.

Sincerely,

jrj

Judith Rice-Jones, MA, MLIS          [log in to unmask]
Social Sciences & Art Librarian      719 262-3175   Fax 719 528-5227
University of Colorado               P.O. Box 7150
Colorado Springs, CO                 80933-7150

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