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Subject: RE: [Fwd: map edging machines and tape]
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 12:11:14 -0000
From: "Carlucci, April" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "'Maps and Air Photo Systems Forum'" <[log in to unmask]>

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Dear Carol

I think it would be safe to say (until we hear otherwise, which should
be
later today!) that edging maps with tape as you describe is no longer an
acceptable practice on conservation terms. A good indication of this is
the
fact that you can't find the machine or the supplies anymore.  Putting
any
sort of adhesive on the map, even on the edge, will cause you problems
later
(migration of the adhesive, discoloration, drying and loss of the
tape--although there may be more modern tapes for which this is less of
a
problem). If you find you are having serious problems which you are
hoping
to solve by edging, I would suggest you consider other, less intrusive,
options--encapsulation, improved storage facilities (are your maps in
folders?), improved handling procedures (are the people who pull and
replace
your maps properly trained?), etc. While these options may require more
work
and more money, you have to judge this against how much damage is
currently
being done to the maps. Even here at the British Library, where I was
surprised to find they were still regularly "laminating" maps (in fact,
backing them with linen or other cloth or paper), is no longer done
unless
specifically needed.

Hope this helps.

April Carlucci
British Library Map Library
(and formerly NYPL Map Division)

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From: Johnnie D. Sutherland [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 27 January 2003 21:25
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Subject: [Fwd: map edging machines and tape]


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: map edging machines and tape
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 11:05:29 -0600
From: Carol Russell <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]

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Dear MAPS-L subscribers,

I am writing on behalf of a fellow map library assistant and myself. We
both have in our respective map libraries a Scotch brand map edging
machine, sold by 3M probably in the 1970's, with a roller and crank
handle,
which attaches to a tabletop. The edge of the map is cranked through the
roller, and a plastic tape is folded around and applied to the edge to
reinforce it, making a 1/4" taped edge on both sides of the map.

The machine is Scotch Brand Edger, catalog no. S-64 Model 355, and it
uses
Scotch Acetate fibre edging tape no. 750 (white) 1/2" x 72 yard. I
understand that neither the machine nor the tape is being manufactured
anymore.

I have an old machine that has been tinkered with too much, and would
like
to get it repaired. I would also like to get more of the tape, if that
is
possible.

When I first began working for the Geology Library, the then-librarian
told
me he had bought the machine because it was in use at that time by the
USGS
library.

Do any of you reinforce the edges of maps, and if so, do you have a
machine
that you use, and if so, what is it?

If you use reinforcing tape, what do you use? The only tape my fellow
map
library assistant has been able to obtain is pretty much non-stick and
pulls away from the map. Do you know if the old tape still available
somewhere?  I think I found the last available stock in Austin years
ago.

And if you have one of the old machines like ours, do you know of a way
to
have it repaired?

Thanks for any assistance,

Carol Russell
Map library assistant, Tobin Map Collection
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas 78712
e-mail: [log in to unmask]


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