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Subject:        Re: MAPS-L: map drawer capacity
Date:   Thu, 07 Sep 2006 05:55:55 -0500
From:   Gail Harris <[log in to unmask]>
Reply-To:       Gail Harris <[log in to unmask]>
To:     Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>

You're not nuts. The numbers will work, however what I've discovered is that with the half-size and more specifically with the one-third to quarter-size maps is to have inserts placed within the drawer to prevent their side-to-side slippage. I currently have hand-made wooden inserts that separate my one third-size maps, which keeps them neatly in place.
Gail

Gail Ann Harris, M.L.I.S.
Archivist/Special Librarian
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From: "A. Cope" [log in to unmask]
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2006 16:25:37 -0500
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Subject: MAPS-L: map drawer capacity

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject:        map drawer capacity
> Date:   Wed, 06 Sep 2006 17:18:06 -0400
> From:   Michael Fry <[log in to unmask]>
> Organization:   University of Maryland Libraries
> To:     Maps and Air Photo Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have a large collection of maps coming my way (~32,000), and I need to figure out if I have space
> to shelve them properly. I've seen the literature that suggests limiting drawers to 200-250 maps,
> but it's not clear to me if drawer capacity can actually vary with the size (and thus weight) of the
> maps.
>
> For example, if 200 sheets is the max suggested drawer capacity for full-sized maps, doesn't it
> follow that 400 half-sized sheets (or 800 quarter-sized sheets) would also be acceptable? After all,
> the overall weight would be roughly similar in each scenario, and the height of each stack (and
> hence the ease of shelving and reshelving) would also be the roughly the same.
>
> Or am I nuts?
>
> Thanks for any help you can provide.
>
> mf
>
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> Michael Fry
> Maps Librarian
> Government Documents & Maps
> University of Maryland
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