-------- Original Message -------- Subject: RE: Weight of maps?] Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 08:32:37 -0500 From: Seldin, Daniel T. <[log in to unmask]> ------------------ Catherine I. Bahn published an article giving the weight of loaded map cases that gave the weight of 200 maps in a 2" drawer in a 46" map case as 68 pounds. The article, "Map libraries--space and equipment was published in the SLA Geography and Map Division Bulletin, No 46, 1961, p. 3-17. This article was reprinted in Map librarianship : readings / compiled by Roman Drazniowsky. Metuchen, N.J. : The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1975. p. 364-384. The table of weights is included in the WAML Tool box on the web at http://www.waml.org/mapcabwt.html. Daniel T. Seldin Map Cataloger Technical Services Department Indiana University Main Library E350 1320 E. 10th St. Bloomington, IN 47405-3907 (812)855-2059 [log in to unmask]