----------------------------Original message---------------------------- 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 ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- 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 [log in to unmask] --- Saved internet headers (useful for debugging) >Received: from Sdsc.Edu by ucsd.edu; id OAA01922 sendmail 8.6.9/UCSD-2.2-sun vi >Received: from ARIZVM1.CCIT.ARIZONA.EDU by Sdsc.BITnet with BSMTP via BITNET ; >Receive >Message-Id: <94 >Received: from ARIZVM1.CCIT.ARIZONA.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@ARIZVM1) b >Date: Fri, 20 May 1994 17:27:43 EDT >Reply-To: [log in to unmask] >Sender: [log in to unmask] >From: [log in to unmask] (Jo >Subject: Re: Map collection security >To: MAPS-L%UGA. >X-CCaddr: Bcc: larry cruse AT ucsdlibrary >X-CCaddr: Bcc: paul leverenz AT ucsdlibrary >X-CCaddr: *To: