-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Moving map cases Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 07:58:19 -0500 (CDT) From: Linda R Zellmer <[log in to unmask]> To: Air Photo Maps, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship <[log in to unmask]> Hello, I thought I would chip in on this: 1. Sticky notes make great labels to make sure that you get the drawers back in the same cabinet and order. Although you might also want to use something that just slips in the drawer label as well (sometimes sticky notes fall off). 2. If you are going to shrink wrap drawers that do not have dust covers, you might want to get some heavy styrofoam to put on top of the maps in the drawers (perhaps a large sheet of foam core would work). That way, the maps don't end up sticking to the shrink wrap. Using something light weight reduces the weight of the items to be moved. It can be pulled out once they reach their destination and re-used. Linda Zellmer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Angie Cope, American Geographical Society Library, UW Milwaukee" <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 7:47:00 AM Subject: Re: Moving map cases -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Moving map cases Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2012 21:37:46 -0700 From: Virginia R Hetrick PhD <[log in to unmask]> To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship <[log in to unmask]> Katie mentioned the moving company they hired used shrink wrap material to wrap the individual drawers. This is what shipping companies often use to bundle multiple boxes on a pallette, desktop computers often come this way. She said that she didn't know where to find the shrink wrap material. You should be able to find a source on the internet that sells it to moving and similar companies, probably in semi-vast quantities. Hope this helps. v -- ------------------------------------------------ Virginia R. Hetrick, here in sunny California Email: [log in to unmask] "There is always hope." My fave: http://www.washington.edu/cambots/camera1_l.jpg There's no place like: 34N 8' 25.40", 117W 58' 5.36" if you can't be at: 48N 6' 59.9" 122W 59' 54.2" ------------------------------------------------