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Subject: Re: Tool for lifting maps during refiling?
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 10:45:53 -0800
From: Jon Jablonski <[log in to unmask]>
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I have to agree with Hallie: that tool is called "a student."
In all seriousness: I'm not a fan of multiple multiple folders in a
drawer because I have found that the maps move around too much inside of
them and get crunched. So I tend to vote for fewer folders AND fewer
maps. I know this is rarely possible, but I also firmly believe that
this is why such a large proportion of the collections I've worked with
are damaged.
Slow and steady wins the race. For a 100,000 sheet collection--it's
going to take 3 or more years to add storage, shift, and repair. And
it's probably not going to solve the whole problem.
Resist large gifts of discards from other collections. Try a moratorium.
Don't fill drawers more than half way. They're not supposed to be anyway.
Don't have floor space or budget for more cases? Bring your
adminisitrators down and show them the problem. Call your ergonomics or
workplace safety folks and show them the problem. Hang damaged items on
the wall (and back xrays and chiropractors bills).
Getting maps into and out of drawers SHOULD be a one-person job. That's
a good goal to work towards.
Jon
On 11/11/10 8:38 AM, Angie Cope wrote:
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> Subject: RE: Tool for lifting maps during refiling?
> Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 16:31:44 +0000
> From: Hallie Pritchett <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sometimes getting maps out of drawers is a 2-person job: one to
> lift/hold the stack & the other to pull the map out.
>
> Hallie Pritchett
> Map and Federal Regional Depository Librarian
> University of Georgia Libraries
> Athens, GA 30602
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> Subject: RE: Tool for lifting maps during refiling?
> Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 09:27:09 -0700
> From: Kathryn Lage <[log in to unmask]>
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> I've used a long ruler, which is minimally effective. I think the best
> thing (for the person and the maps) is what Paige suggests. Store the
> maps in manageable clumps in folders and remove all the folders on top
> before filing. A pain, but ultimately easier than straining to slide a
> map in while holding up a ton with the other hand, crumpling the map in
> the process!
>
> -Katie
>
> Katie Lage
> Map Librarian, Acting Faculty Director
> Jerry Crail Johnson Earth Sciences & Map Library
> 184 UCB
> University Libraries
> University of Colorado
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> Subject: Re: Tool for lifting maps during refiling?
> Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 09:50:15 -0500
> From: Paige Andrew <[log in to unmask]>
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> Kathy,
>
> I've never heard of a tool or device created/invented for this purpose,
> but it would be great if it happened!
>
> As someone with lower back (disc) problems the only way I will dig out a
> folder at or near the bottom of a given drawer is to first remove those
> folders above it one at a time. Naturally, 9 out of 10 times what one is
> looking for also is in a bottom or near-bottom drawer, so kneeling down
> and proper lifting technique is critical. I always cringe when I see
> someone bending over from the waist to lift these heavy folders out of
> drawers!
>
> Paige
>
> On 11/11/2010 9:38 AM, Angie Cope wrote:
>> All,
>>
>> Our campus ergonomics experts just visited our map collection to
>> provide us with tips about how to prevent injuries. They are thinking
>> about making some type of tool to help lift the top layer of maps to
>> assist in pulling and refiling maps from flat map cases. I seem to
>> recall a discussion somewhere of whether such a device already exists,
>> but can't remember the details.
>>
>> Anyway, does anyone have an example of such a tool which does or does
>> not work well?
>>
>> Kathy Stroud, Map/GIS Librarian
>> Environmental Science and Policy, Soil, and Forestry Subject Specialist
>> Biological/Agricultural Sciences and Map Services, Shields Library
>> 100 NW Quad Ave.
>> Davis, CA 95616-5292
>> 530-752-5248
>>
>> ______________
>> Knowledge is understanding that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not
>> putting it in a fruit salad.
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