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Angie Cope <[log in to unmask]>
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-------- Original Message --------
Subject:        Re: aluminum meter stick?
Date:   Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:35:41 -1000
From:   Ross Togashi <[log in to unmask]>
To:     Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>


Anyone try one of these "stick on tape measure" to the edge of their worktable?  Like one of these:

http://www.calibex.com/stick-on-tape-measure/zzcalibex2zB1z0--search-html
http://www.createforless.com/products/productDetail.asp?ProductID=8602
http://www.venacavadesign.co.uk/Products/Stick_on_Tape_Measure.html

Ross

"Fishermen tell no lies"....
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Ross Togashi, Map Technician
University of Hawai`i at Manoa
Hamilton Library - Map Collection
2550 McCarthy Mall
Honolulu, HI   96822
ph. (808) 956-6199
email: [log in to unmask]
http://library.manoa.hawaii.edu/departments/maps/index.html
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----- Original Message -----
From: Angie Cope <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Monday, December 17, 2007 5:36 am
Subject: aluminum meter stick?
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> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject:        aluminum meter stick?
> Date:   Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:27:05 -0500
> From:   Weessies, Kathleen <[log in to unmask]>
> To:     Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <MAPS-
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>
> Our cataloger's aluminum meter stick has come up missing, and I
> would like to get a new one.  But wow, I've been to every office
> supply, art supply & etc. website I can think of and can't find one.
>
> Dick Blick has several yardsticks, but none are in metric.  All the
> metric ones I've found are too short for map cataloging.  One she's
> currently borrowing is by "Johnson Level" but my cataloger prefers
> her old one (vendor unknown) which was slightly thicker and
> sturdier.  I can't even find the Johnson Level meter stick online
> anywhere.
> We prefer not the cork-backed rules, so as to slide over the maps
> more gently.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Kathleen Weessies
> Geosciences/Planning Librarian
> Michigan State University
> 100 Library W308
> East Lansing, MI 48824
> (517)432-6123 x250
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