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Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 11:34:37 -0400
From: Linda Johnson <[log in to unmask]>
To: 'Maps and Air Photo Systems Forum' <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: RE: stuck map drawers (fwd)

Jim

We had something similar (if I am visualizing similar cases, etc.) What
happened was that some of the cross-bar supports in the drawers had buckled
under the weight since the cases were moved by turning them on their sides
without removing the maps.  In most cases the supports were bent back into
place by our campus Small Projects folks.  Needless to say, on the return
move into the renovated library the maps were removed from the cases &
transported separately.

Linda Johnson.  Univ.of New Hampshire
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-----Original Message-----
From: Johnnie Sutherland [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 10:57 AM
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Subject: stuck map drawers (fwd)


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Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 09:48:22 -0500
From: Jim Coombs <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps and Air Photo Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: stuck map drawers

Mapsters,

Our map collection was moved a few weeks ago by a professional library
moving company, and each Hamilton unit and drawer were put  back in the
same configuration they were in before.  Yet we have discovered that 11 map
drawers are stuck closed, another won't close, and many more are hard to
open or close.   I'm baffled.  Have any of you who have experienced moved
had this same predicament?    My first thought is to remove the drawers
above and below a stuck drawer so we could hopefully see what the problem
is.   Would that be something the movers are responsible for or should my
staff and I try to work on it?

Thanks in advance for any assistance.
Jim

Jim Coombs
Map Librarian
Southwest Missouri State University
901 S. National Ave.  #175
Springfield, MO  65804-0095
voice: 417/836-4534
fax:       417/836-6799
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