-------- Original Message --------
Subject:        Re: Security strips on maps]
Date:   Thu, 21 Oct 2004 13:42:36 -0400
From:   Gwen Curtis <[log in to unmask]>
To:     Maps and Air Photo Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>



A number of years ago, we tried putting regular book security strips on
the back of our high-use topos, then covered them with labels.  The
security strips are still attached, but most of the labels have since
come off.  -- Gwen Curtis, Univ. of KY

At 12:50 PM 10/21/2004 -0400, you wrote:

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Security strips on maps
> Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 10:53:42 -0400
> From: Tom Cutshall <[log in to unmask]>
> To: Maps and Air Photo Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>
> CC: tom cutshall <[log in to unmask]>
> References: <[log in to unmask]>
>
> ------------------
>  Hello everyone,
>
>   We need to move a small group of maps (about 1,000) out of the Map
> Room to
> map cases on another floor near a reference desk.  We would like to
> put some
> kind of security strip or tag onto the maps to prevent theft. Have you
> found
> a way to put security strips/tags onto maps without damaging the maps or
> making them stick together?  Would it help to cover the strip/tag with a
> sticker?
>
> Thanks for any advice you can share.
>
> Tom
>
> Tom Cutshall
> Map Cataloger
> Cataloging Dept.
> UGA Main Library
> [log in to unmask]


Gwen Curtis ([log in to unmask])
Pirtle Geological Sciences Library and Map Collection
410 King Library Addition
University of Kentucky Libraries
Lexington, KY 40506-0039
(859) 257-1853