-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: aluminum meter stick? Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 11:13:40 -0500 From: Stacey D. Maples <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: [log in to unmask] Organization: Yale University Map Collection To: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask] Good Old Forestry Suppliers... http://www.forestry-suppliers.com/product_pages/View_Catalog_Page.asp?mi=5949 -- In F, L & T, Stacey D. Maples Yale University Map Collection Sterling Memorial Library 7th Floor 130 Wall Street /P.O. Box 208240 New Haven, CT 06520-8240 P:203-432-8269 F:203-432-8240 www.library.yale.edu/maps "I have an existential map. It has 'You are here' written all over it." -Steven Wright- Angie Cope wrote: > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: aluminum meter stick? > Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:27:05 -0500 > From: Weessies, Kathleen <[log in to unmask]> > To: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum > <[log in to unmask]> > > > Our cataloger's aluminum meter stick has come up missing, and I would > like to get a new one. But wow, I've been to every office supply, art > supply & etc. website I can think of and can't find one. > > Dick Blick has several yardsticks, but none are in metric. All the > metric ones I've found are too short for map cataloging. One she's > currently borrowing is by "Johnson Level" but my cataloger prefers her > old one (vendor unknown) which was slightly thicker and sturdier. I > can't even find the Johnson Level meter stick online anywhere. > > We prefer not the cork-backed rules, so as to slide over the maps more > gently. > > Any suggestions? > > Kathleen Weessies > Geosciences/Planning Librarian > Michigan State University > 100 Library W308 > East Lansing, MI 48824 > (517)432-6123 x250 > [log in to unmask] -- In F, L & T, Stacey D. Maples Yale University Map Collection Sterling Memorial Library 7th Floor 130 Wall Street /P.O. Box 208240 New Haven, CT 06520-8240 P:203-432-8269 F:203-432-8240 www.library.yale.edu/maps "I have an existential map. It has 'You are here' written all over it." -Steven Wright-