Angie, I use folders for everything in flat files because the maps for which I might otherwise *not* use folders (e.g., USGS topos), are stored in vertical files. Years ago, at UMd., the USGS topos were stored in flat files w/o folders. The sheets were organized alpha by state and sheet name, so folders seemed unnecessary, at least from an organizational standpoint. I don't recall how many 7.5" maps were in each drawer, but drawers holding topo maps of non-local states were pretty full and heavy, maps stacked an inch or so thick, as I remember it. The drawers holding the more heavily used local maps were more user-friendly. HTH. Michael On Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 10:06 AM Angela R Cope <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > And - can you give me an estimate as to how many maps you have per drawer? > How many drawers and/or maps total? > > Thanks. > > Angie > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Maps-L: Map Librarians, etc. <[log in to unmask]> on behalf > of Angela R Cope <[log in to unmask]> > *Sent:* Wednesday, July 28, 2021 8:55 AM > *To:* [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> > *Subject:* [MAPS-L] Do you use folders to organize and separate maps in > flat file/map drawers? > > Hello all, > > Does anyone NOT use folders to organize and separate their maps in their > flat file/map drawers? > > Can you tell me a bit about it? Do you use this system in all your map > drawers or just for certain types of maps? > > Also, what call number system do you use? > > Thanks much. > > Angie > > > Angie Cope > AGS Library, UW Milwaukee Libraries > 2311 E. Hartford Avenue > Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211 > > <http://www.uwm.edu/libraries>http://uwm.edu/libraries/agsl/ > M-F 8:00am-4:30pm [log in to unmask] > (414) 251-7608 or (414)229-6282 > 43°03'8"N 87°57'21"W > > *We acknowledge that in Milwaukee we live and work on traditional > Potawatomi, Ho-Chunk, and Menominee homelands along the southwest shores of > Michigami, part of North America’s largest system of freshwater lakes, > where the Milwaukee, Menominee, and Kinnickinnic rivers meet and the people > of Wisconsin’s sovereign Anishinaabe, Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Oneida, and > Mohican nations remain present.* > -- *Michael Fry* Collections Manager | Map Library Manager National Geographic Society Library 202.807.3139 [log in to unmask] [image: Nat Geo Logo Yellow_Black.png] <http://www.nationalgeographic.org> 1145 17th St., NW, Washington, DC 20036 <https://www.nationalgeographic.org>