-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Maps in remote storage? Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 13:47:38 -0400 From: Susan Greaves <[log in to unmask]> ------------------ Hello Maps-L, The ground isn't broken yet but plans are getting underway for another offsite storage facility at Cornell and this time oversize materials - maps in particular, I hope - will be candidates for transferral. I would welcome hearing from those who have had experience working with parts of your map collection stored remotely. How are maps stored offsite? Flat map cases? Vertical files? Industrial shelving? Boxes? Folders? How are maps packaged for transferral between offsite storage and onsite map room? Have you constructed any special boxes or ...? Do staff at the remote facility select individual maps to send back to the user or do entire sets get picked and sent back to the central map room? When you started to select maps to move offsite, did you think in terms of percentage of the entire collection? Storage area available? Obvious groups of maps? Over all, how is offsite storage working for you? That's enough! If people respond to me personally, I will gladly summarize for the list. Many thanks for your input. __________________________________________ Susan Greaves Map Librarian Instruction, Research & Information Services 017 Olin Library, Cornell University Ithaca, New York 14853-5301 voice 607-255-9566 / fax 607-255-9346