Here's the cart we had built at Minnesota (fully loaded after "rescuing"
materials from a retiring faculty member's office)...

[image: mapcart01.jpg]


On Thu, Sep 27, 2018 at 10:46 AM Sierra Laddusaw <[log in to unmask]>
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> A conversation similar to this came up a few years ago, I ended up
> designing a cart adapted from the plans the map library at University of
> Minnesota used to build theirs. The metal shop at Texas A&M constructed the
> cart – it isn’t perfect, now that I have it I know some things I would
> change if I had the opportunity to have a second one built, but it was
> cheaper than buying from a cart company and has less severe curve of the
> top shelf decreasing the chance of damage to fragile maps.
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> *From:* Maps-L: Map Librarians, etc. <[log in to unmask]> *On Behalf
> Of *David Hodnefield
> *Sent:* Thursday, September 27, 2018 8:36 AM
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Subject:* Re: Map Cart
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> When we were scanning at the Library of Congress, we had to provide our
> own carts.  We found the following ULine carts to be quite good.  They are
> made of recycled plastic and could serve for both map transport and as a
> work or storage area.  They have a flat top with a shelf below.
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> https://www.uline.com/BL_1879/Uline-Flat-Shelf-Utility-Carts?keywords=flat+cart
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> One tip Colleen Cahill gave me which was very valuable was to replace the
> two rigid wheels with swiveling ones.  That made it far easier to turn
> corners and get around.  These carts might be a little small for giant
> maps, but they worked great for Sanborns.
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> *From:* Maps-L: Map Librarians, etc. [mailto:[log in to unmask]
> <[log in to unmask]>] *On Behalf Of *Andrew, Paige G.
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 26, 2018 7:23 PM
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> Thanks for sharing this Linda! Back in the 1990s I wrote an article on
> this topic that was published in the WAML IB after what we did locally to
> procure two map-specific oversized mobile trucks to use in transporting
> maps either flat or rolled. The Cataloging Department is physically
> separated from our collections by great distances (no matter where the map
> collection has been housed over the years, though the exception for awhile
> was that it was one floor below us) so the idea was to be able to use these
> map trucks to transport items to and from the map collection to us for
> work. Didn't quite happen that way, in reality the trucks became oversized
> shelving units BUT since they each have multiple shelves the design lends
> itself well to managing multiple cataloging project workflows
> simultaneously. They might be big and bulky but they have proven extremely
> valuable in our cataloging work from several perspectives including
> preservation of the maps.
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> *From:* Maps-L: Map Librarians, etc. <[log in to unmask]> on behalf
> of Zellmer, Linda <[log in to unmask]>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 26, 2018 1:20 PM
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> *Subject:* Map Cart
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> Hello,
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> Every so often, we have shared pictures of our map carts. I have access to
> a large (heavy) flat cart for moving maps when I need to move a lot of
> them, but generally carry them back and forth when I am only moving a few.
> You can see a picture of it at:
> http://faculty.wiu.edu/LR-Zellmer/Map_Cart.jpg
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> The top measures 76 X 122 cm (or 30 x 48 inches). Thought others might
> find it of interest.
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> I have no idea of the make and model. Linda Zellmer
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