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Subject: MAPS-L: For or against dust covers?
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 14:51:13 -0500
From: Angie Cope, AGSL <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps and Air Photo Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>


I want to add that in regards to the disaster recovery presentation made
in D.C. the presenter was describing a pretty extreme situation.  In
Hawaii the map drawers, covers and maps were soaked with A LOT of water
for an extended period of time. That caused the covers to bleed and
stick to the maps. I don't suppose the mud and muck helped either.

The AGS Library had a small situation a year or so ago when an air
conditioning unit in the ceiling leaked onto an older map case (the case
was old not the maps). Some water got into the drawers and did pool up
onto the cover inside the drawer. We discovered it in the morning and
were able to quickly dry up the water and save the maps from extreme
damage.  It goes without saying that we moved that map case immediately.

Why we call them dust covers and not map covers or something - I don't
know cuz it doesn't really seem like dust is the issue for most libraries.

Ta.

Angie

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Subject: Re: MAPS-L: For or against dust covers?
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 15:34:20 -0400
From: John A. Stevenson <[log in to unmask]>
Organization: University of Delaware
To: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>
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In the spring DLC meeting's Depository Library 401: Disaster Recovery
presentation, I believe that one of the speakers cautioned that some
dust covers may bleed color into the maps of they get wet and that acid
free folders were a better choice. It was also noted that red ink bleeds
when dampened while permanent black ink did not.

The PowerPoint presentations are linked from the bottom of this page:
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/pubs/proceedings/05spring/contents.html




John A. Stevenson
Coordinator, Government Documents and Maps Processing Unit
University of Delaware Library

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Angie Cope, AGSL wrote:
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> Subject: For or against dust covers?
> Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 15:14:12 -0400
> From: Weessies, Kathleen <[log in to unmask]>
> To: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>
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> My student workers are annoyed by the black metal and vinyl dust covers
> inside the drawers.  Some have been removed and not replaced as they
> have warped or broken.  I am planning an experiment in which we will
> remove all the dust covers from 25% of the collection, and see how it
> goes over the fall semester.
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> Does anyone have an arguement for or against dust covers?
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> I used to have trouble with the Michigan topo maps curling up in the
> front and catching on the top of the drawer as it is opened.  But I
> don't have that problem anymore since those particular maps were put in
> acid-free posterboard-weight folders.
>
> Kathleen Weessies
> Maps/GIS Librarian
> Michigan State University
> 100 Library W308
> East Lansing, MI 48824
> (517)432-6123 x250
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