-------- Original Message -------- Subject: trim or fold? Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 10:44:07 -0700 From: Jon Jablonski <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: [log in to unmask] To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship <[log in to unmask]> Hello and happy Friday. As you may know, we here at UC-Surf Board's Map & Imagery Lab are about to move 95% of what we currently have in the main library to offsite storage. I am attempting to re-house as much of the sheetmap collection prior to the move as is humanly possible. As part of this process, weeding is absolutely necessary. Almost 80% of our drawers have been classified as 'full' or 'stuffed.' While my re-housing and de-duping efforts are gaining some space, I am finding more and more unique materials that I want to make an effort to hold onto for at least another 10 - 15 years. Here's my question: I have found pockets of the collection that are large sets sitting in one stack in the drawer. You know the sets: national topo series that are 95% one size, and then 5% just wide enough to prevent you from making 2 side-by-side stacks in the drawer (I'm looking at you Instituto Geografico Nacional de Argentina). I have noticed that almost without exception the borders on the sheets are so large that cutting them off would not cause any loss of information. So: Do I fold these sheets in half or shave part of the borders off? -- Jon Jablonski Map & Imagery Laboratory Davidson Library UC Santa Barbara 805-893-4049 library.ucsb.edu/mil