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Subject:        protecting checked out maps
Date:   Fri, 13 May 2011 08:04:15 -0700
From:   Toni Whitley <[log in to unmask]>
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Good Morning Mapsters,

I am seeking suggestions from other institutions on how they package and
protect maps that are checked out of the library. We allow our maps to
be briefly circulated to faculty and students to use for presentations
or for duplication. As a result, our maps are showing wear and tear, I
think because they are not being properly removed and replaced in the
cardboard tubes we are currently using.

We have come up with a few ideas: purchasing some sort of portfolio to
hold the map, purchasing large diameter tubes (8” or larger), enclosing
the map in an open-ended mylar sleeve before rolling it into the tube,
enclosing a sheet of instructions on how to properly treat the map, etc.

Can you share with us any other ideas and procedures that seem to work
for you?

Toni Whitley

San Diego State University

Library.Government Publications & Maps

5500 Campanile Drive

San Diego, CA 92182-8050

619.594.1658