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Joyce,
 
          Tattle tape works fine inside Mylar. I'm counting on 3M to
          use non-destructive adhesive on the tapes since they're
          meant for books and should not hurt maps--but I have not
          seen documentation. Perhaps you'd be willing to call 3M's
          800 number--avail from the 800 operator--and they'll find
          someone to answer that question?
 
          We're working on a prob similar to yours regarding map
          cases. we also want them attached all day in case of
          earthquake. and for that reason, they need to hoop over the
          top of the case from the base so the cabinets will stay
          stacked during major tremors. auto seatbelts would work--the
          "pretensioning" kind for fancy cars should cinch up if
          startled. but they'd be easily cut through. suggest metal
          cable as a substitute; could be on tensioning reel and just
          long enough to "reach" locking junction. Short ones are used
          for securing computer hardware. They usually have superstick
          plates that anchor cable ends and loops for the free ends to
          accept a lock.  Maybe we can find a manufacturer and see if
          they have LONG cable sizes we could use on map cases. LC
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Could you have a lock (s) made for the files so that when  Government
Documents is not staffed the cases are locked and unavailable at those times?
Our collection is in a separate room in the library, and maps are only
checked out during the Map Room hours (Mon.-Fri., 8am-4:30pm).   In an
emergency, a Reference librarian can come down and get a map when the room is
closed.  I also make arrangements with students to have non-circulating
material in the Reference Room in the evenings and weekends.
 
Our pre-1900 maps are in map files with a locking system that I think is
"homemade."  It predates me.  It consists of a rod that slips through the
drawer handles and locks at the top with a padlock.  People could remove
tattle tape and maybe damage the map in the process.  Could the maps be
encapsulated in plastic with the tattle tape inside the plastic?  I don't
know if this would defeat the tattle tape.
 
Joyce Ryerson
Map Room
Baker Library
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH
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