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Hi colleagues on Maps-L:  Another department on campus is interested in
purchasing plastic carrying tubes.
     We save the cardboard tubes from maps which we receive and recycle them=
 for
our map checkout.  I prefer the 3 to 4  inch diameter tubes the best since =
we
don't have to roll the maps so tightly--but these are few and far between.
     I checked my supply catalogs but could not find anything on mailing =
tubes.
I know that UPS and Federal Express have nice triangular ones but they are =
of
cardboard.  This department really wanted to get plastic ones.
    Recently, a patron of ours had a beautiful plastic tube, about 3=22-4=22=
 in
diameter  which was even adjustable in length (although his was probably =
maximum
30=22 long).  I asked where he got it.  Answer:  In Italy -- and at a =
reasonable
price but some time ago.=22  He did not know which company made them.
     Can anyone give me information about this matter -- for my own files =
but
also to send on to this department.
     Thanks in advance for your help.  Jennie/Maps
 
 
Jennie Dienes
T.R. Smith Map Collection
103 Anschutz Library
Lawrence, KS 66045
Telephone: (785) 864-4420
Fax: (785) 864-5380
e-mail: jdienes=40ukans.edu