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Subject: RE:      weight of map cases]]
Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 19:33:16 -0500
From: Weessies, Kathleen <[log in to unmask]>
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When I was looking into this several months ago I found wildly different
numbers from two sources.  I wouldn't take any one number as gospel.  I
received an email in reply to my request last May from a cartographer in
California who said he put 80 USGS 7.5' topos on a scale and he got just
over 6 pounds. He notes that the older quads were printed on thicker
paper and his 80 sheets were a mixture of old & new.

Kathleen Weessies
Maps/GIS Librarian
Michigan State University


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Subject: RE:      weight of map cases]
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 16:45:40 -0500
From: Seldin, Daniel T. <[log in to unmask]>
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There is a table of map case weights in the WAML toolbox.  This
originally appeared in an article in the SLA G&M Division Bulletin.
These weights are based on the map cases in the Library of Congress
which are smaller than you indicated, but they will give a ballpark
figure.

Daniel T. Seldin
Map Cataloger
Technical Services Dept.
Indiana University Libraries
Main Library E350
1320 East Tenth St.
Bloomington, IN 47405-3907
812-855-2059
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Subject: weight of map cases
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 10:31:26 -0800
From: Julie Sweetkind-Singer <[log in to unmask]>
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Hi all,

Has anyone figured out how much a medium-sized map case weighs when it
is empty and when it has a "normal" amount of maps in it? We are have an
analysis done of the weight bearing capacity of our map room floor and I
have been asked for these ballpark numbers.  Thought I'd ask before
trying to heft one of the cases onto a scale.... ;-)

The size of the 5 drawer map cases are: 17" high x 41" deep x 53" wide.

Also, if you have an idea of how much maps weigh on average, that would
be helpful, too.  Say, 50 maps weigh 10 pounds.

Thank you!

Julie



Julie Sweetkind-Singer
Head Librarian; GIS & Map Librarian
Branner Earth Sciences Library & Map Collections
397 Panama Mall, M/C 2211
Stanford University
Stanford, CA  94305
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Phone:  650-725-1102