-------- Original Message -------- Subject: RE: storage for USGS series envelopes Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 09:28:51 -0600 From: Kathryn Lage <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> I forgot to say that for local, well-used maps, we store duplicate copies flat, sometimes encapsulated. -Katie Katie Lage Earth Sciences/Map Librarian, Acting Head Jerry Crail Johnson Earth Sciences & Map Library Sciences Department, University Libraries 184 UCB University of Colorado Boulder, CO 80309 303-735-4917 http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/map/ -----Original Message----- From: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Angie Cope, American Geographical Society Library, UW Milwaukee Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 7:27 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: storage for USGS series envelopes -------- Original Message -------- Subject: RE: storage for USGS series envelopes Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 07:15:35 -0600 From: Kathryn Lage <[log in to unmask]> To: 'Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship' <[log in to unmask]> We store ours on bookshelves, packed tightly together so they stay up. It works pretty well. -Katie Katie Lage Earth Sciences/Map Librarian, Acting Head Jerry Crail Johnson Earth Sciences & Map Library Sciences Department, University Libraries 184 UCB University of Colorado Boulder, CO 80309 303-735-4917 http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/map/ -----Original Message----- From: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Angie Cope, American Geographical Society Library, UW Milwaukee Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 7:06 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: storage for USGS series envelopes -------- Original Message -------- Subject: storage for USGS series envelopes Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 13:44:52 -0800 (GMT-08:00) From: Jon Jablonski <[log in to unmask]> To: Air Photo Maps, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship <[log in to unmask]> I've seen USGS series maps (Geologic quads, Scientific Investigations, etc.) stored in filing cabinets and Princeton files. Here at UC Surf Board we keep lesser used ones in open re-used photocopy paper cartons. While functional, it's dusty and the items on the top shelves are exposed to light and dust. Other than the above solutions, how do you keep yours? Jon Jablonski Map & Imagery Laboratory UC Santa Barbara