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Subject:        Re: Map Cabinets - How High?
Date:   Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:27:13 -0400
From:   Edward James Redmond <[log in to unmask]>
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Chris:

Here at LC we have been stacking our map cases five high for sometime.  The only drawback we have encountered is finding map librarians who can reach the top drawers.

We cannot, unfortunately, go any higher than but I recall one map library that stacked cases seven high.

Ed


Ed Redmond
Geography & Map Reference Specialist
Geography and Map Division
Library of Congress
101 Independence Ave, SE
Washington, DC 20540-4651
(202) 707-8548
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Subject:        Map Cabinets - How High?
Date:   Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:44:40 -0500
From:   Christopher Mixon <[log in to unmask]>
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Hi Maps-L'ers,

We have been looking at the idea of stacking map cabinets four high
(five drawers each) to free up floor space. We've seen it done in at
least two places but are not sure about this practice. At least one
vendor doesn't recommend it, and lately the more affordable cases (term
used lightly), don't seem quite as solid as our older cases. A warped
case is pretty much useless and a very expensive loss.

Does anyone have experience stacking higher than 3 sets? If so, what
brands are these?

Any comments/recommendations either way are much appreciated.



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Chris Mixon
Media & Digital Resource Lab
Map Collection
Auburn University Libraries
231 Mell St.
Auburn University, AL 36849-5606
Phone: 334-844-7424
Fax: 334-844-4424
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