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     AH: Last time I was in LC G&M their cases were no taller than three;
     I've used that as my benchmark.  It all boils down, I suspect, to how
     much of a load will the floor withstand.  If you're on a ground floor,
     with real earth below the slab, there might not be a problem. However,
     any map cases placed above the ground floor might require
     "engineering".  We consulted structural engineers when I designed
     installation of archives shelving in our top (3rd) floor in the
     Scripps Institution of Oceanography Library. When adding any
     substantial weight to a floor, an engineering report is essential.
 
     - Paul Leverenz
 
 
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Subject: how high the map cases, how high the moon...
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Date:    5/16/98 3:36 PM
 
 
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     OK gang. I have been known to quote "national map library standards"
     to my bosses, about how map cases should be no higher than ca. 50"...
 
     now they want to know where I got that from... did I make this up in a
     creative moment? I went to the SLA university library standards, and
     it is not there. Not in Larsgaard or Drazniowsky.
 
     I would like to think I am my own authority on all things, especially
     map cases [sigh] but no.
 
     Any one out there in library land, who has been working on space
     studies, have a clue as to where this "3 units high" idea came from?
 
     Alice Hudson
     Map Division, NYPL
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