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Subject: RE: MAPS-L: For or against dust covers?
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 15:06:22 +1000
From: Maura O'Connor <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>

Rather than dust covers, which would quite frankly drive us mad, we
store our maps in acid free folders in each drawer, which open at the
front.  The lip on the back of the drawer provides a "tuck-in" for the
folders so they don't go flying over and down behind.  Fragile maps are
also pocketed in mylar and stored then within the jackets.  The jacket
surface also allows us to provide a brief statement as to what is held
within eg : Australia 1:250 000 topographic series and the list of the
sheet numbers and names within.

Our rare maps are not stored in the jackets although each are housed in
a pocket.  The pockets are tucked under the metal lip at the back of
each drawer and a stiff acid free board placed at the top of the pile
within.  Occasionally something does go over the back - if the top board
is missing.  Drawere resistance to closure alerts us to that problem.

Maura O'Connor
Map Curator
National Library of Australia
Canberra  ACT  2600
Phone : 61 2 6262 1280
Fax: 61 2 6161 1653
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-------- Original Message --------
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]>

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.

Does anyone have an arguement for or against dust covers?

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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