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Subject: Re: Creating Your Ideal Processing Table]]
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 09:12:08 -0400
From: Tom Cutshall <[log in to unmask]>
Organization: UGA Libraries
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At UGA we have a similar set up to what Paige had/has. I have a processing
table that is 3'x5' and a set of 10 shelves that are 41" wide and 30" deep.
I probably would be ok with 5 shelves but it is nice to have more room to
organize things. Most maps fit on the shelves but it would be ideal to have
wider and deeper shelves for some of the larger maps.
Tom
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Tom Cutshall
Map Cataloger
Cataloging Dept.
UGA Main Library
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From: "Johnnie D. Sutherland" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 3:26 PM
Subject: Creating Your Ideal Processing Table]]
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [Fwd: Creating Your Ideal Processing Table]
> Date: Thu, 03 Jun 2004 13:39:10 -0400
> From: Paige Andrew <[log in to unmask]>
>
>
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>
> Hi Carlos! Hope things are really nice in the PNW, a friend's daughter
> is graduating from Evergreen next week!
>
> As to "ideal" maps processing furniture, I can share some things that I
> had at UGA and what I currently have at PSU. At UGA a few years ago I
> had a nice corner space in the subbasement with a "table" that consisted
> of two very old metal desks pushed back-to-back to form an approximately
> 6'D x 5'W surface, more than adequate for 95% of all different sizes of
> maps to lay them out flat for working with, or for a map in multiple
> sheets to lay the sheets side-by-side (once you get beyond 4 sheets
> though that became next to impossible if the sheets were of decent
> size), or to work on various pieces of a map set/series. Here at PSU
> when we moved into renovated library space we all got modular furniture,
> and everybody got the same standard-sized surface tops, shelves, etc.
> Well, the 30-inch deep worktable surface was not close to being big
> enough for those of us working with maps, and so we insisted on
> something bigger. We got 36-inch deep worktable surfaces instead, still
> not nearly adequate enough but workable (the worktable surfaces are all
> 71 inches wide with a curved end on one end, I'm fortunate that I have
> an office and could leave that piece unattached to the desk portion and
> thus can use the full width as well as depth, my Team mates are in
> cubicles and effectively only have about 48 inches of width to work on).
> Comparing 36 inches deep with 96 inches--well--there IS no comparison, I
> had it better at UGA in that aspect.
>
> At UGA and by demand when I got to PSU, I also had/have a set of tiered
> shelves so that I could separate out what stage a group of maps was in
> going through the cataloging process and/or to use as temporary storage
> (usually no more than 2 shelves) while some decision was being waited
> upon for completing a title/set/project. Outside dimensions of the frame
> are: 6'4"H x 4'W x 2.5' (30 inches)D and the shelves are 46 in.W x 30
> in.D. There are 13 shelves total, and I have them set a little over 5
> inches apart, which works well in 99% of all cases. I believe the maps
> cataloger at UGA still has the set of shelves I had (and is using them),
> perhaps the dimensions on his are a bit different, but not much.
>
> Anyway, to answer your specific questions below, I would have a
> processing table/surface of a minimum size of 4 feet x 6 feet, and if
> there isn't any drawers in an accompanying desk of some kind try to
> include that, plus the additional range of shelving such as I have
> allows one to maintain "separateness" of items within the components of
> the workflow AND most maps can be layed flat as they are being
> processed--which is ideal.
>
> Paige
>
> At 03:07 PM 6/2/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>
> > -------- Original Message --------
> > Subject: Creating Your Ideal Processing Table
> > Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2004 10:27:24 -0700
> > From: Diaz, Carlos <[log in to unmask]>
> >
> >
> > ------------------
> >
> > Because the college library where I work is going to go through a
library
> > remodel soon. I am looking for a way to improve our workflow and see
what
> > kind of furniture we can have to help with the processing.
> >
> > If you had your druthers, how would you create your ideal maps
processing
> > table?
> >
> > --How big would it be?
> > --What kind of shelving, drawers, etc. would you include?
> > --What features would you include into the workspace that would
> > make
> > it appropriate for maps processing.
> >
> > Any ideas would be very helpful.
> >
> >
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> > ( ) 0 the few or the one."
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> >
> > Carlos A. Diaz
> > Government Documents Specialist
> > Government Documents/Maps
> > Daniel J. Evans Library
> > The Evergreen State College
> > Mailstop L-2300
> > Olympia, WA 98505
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> > http://www.evergreen.edu/library/govdocs/index.html
> > phone: (360) 867-6251
> > fax: (360) 866-6790
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