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Subject: RE: Media Library Map Collection
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 09:40:15 -0600
From: "Bigwood, David" <[log in to unmask]>


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E.,

A good resource for all weeding questions in schools is the Sunlink Weed
of
the Month Club. http://www.sunlink.ucf.edu/weed/ They have recently done
geography and back in 1999 did maps and atlases. That should give you a
starting place.

Unlike a research library, you want current accurate materials for your
students. Long term preservation is not an issue. It is best to store
them
flat and unfolded. If that is not possible, store them in a way that
they
can be used without damage to each other, tearing is probably your
largest
concern. Consider how your users will access them, will they use the
catalog
and then go to the exact one they want, or will they want to browse?

Hope this helps,

Sincerely,
David Bigwood
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Lunar & Planetary Institute
Cataloging news: http://www.catalogablog.blogspot.com



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Subject: (no subject)
   Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 17:39:38 EST
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I am new to our schools media center and hope to draw on the wisdom of
this group!  The library I am about to inherent has a drawer full of
maps.  They have never been cataloged or stored properly.  As a previous
Social Studies teacher, this part of the collection is quite important
to me!  I would like to get these items organized in a use friendly
fashion (catalogued) and stored properly.  I think, at this point, you
could help me most first, by suggesting the best way to store these
items and second, but helping me decide which I may no longer want to
keep.

I appreciate any and all suggestions!

Thanks,
E. Campbell
Arlington High School
Indianapolis, IN
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