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Subject: trim or fold?
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 10:44:07 -0700
From: Jon Jablonski <[log in to unmask]>
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Hello and happy Friday.

As you may know, we here at UC-Surf Board's Map & Imagery Lab are about
to move 95% of what we currently have in the main library to offsite
storage.  I am attempting to re-house as much of the sheetmap collection
prior to the move as is humanly possible.

As part of this process, weeding is absolutely necessary.  Almost 80% of
our drawers have been classified as 'full' or 'stuffed.'  While my
re-housing and de-duping efforts are gaining some space, I am finding
more and more unique materials that I want to make an effort to hold
onto for at least another 10 - 15 years.

Here's my question:  I have found pockets of the collection that are
large sets sitting in one stack in the drawer.  You know the sets:
national topo series that are 95% one size, and then 5% just wide enough
to prevent you from making 2 side-by-side stacks in the drawer (I'm
looking at you Instituto Geografico Nacional de Argentina).  I have
noticed that almost without exception the borders on the sheets are so
large that cutting them off would not cause any loss of information.

So:
        Do I fold these sheets in half or shave part of the borders off?

--
Jon Jablonski
Map & Imagery Laboratory
Davidson Library
UC Santa Barbara
805-893-4049                     library.ucsb.edu/mil