3 messages.--------------Johnnie ------------------------------------------- >Date: Mon, 18 Sep 1995 13:22:38 PST >From: [log in to unmask] >Subject: RE: Forwarded mail.... (fwd) Regarding Mary Boccaccio's request for advice on moving full map cases (oversizeat that): Don't even try! At best you will have damaged flanges which fit the cases together (assuming they could even be lifted. The potential for bodily damage and sever case damage is great. The drawers should be removed and moved separately. Greg Durocher USGS ESIC/Anchorage --------------------------------------------------------------- >Date: Mon, 18 Sep 1995 16:36:02 -0500 (EST) >From: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Forwarded mail.... (fwd) We have always had good luck with pulling the drawers and putting them on a flatbed and then moving the cases. The drawers can be wrapped in a protective cover if necessary. Our vertical cases all have wheels so that makes it easier. A special case for topos has to be unloaded, the shelves stacked, the case moved and then shelves put back in. Best planis to label shelves ahead of time. Evron S. Collins Bowling Green State University Jerome Library (419)3727905 ---------------------------------- >From: "Judith Scurfield" <[log in to unmask]> >Organization: State Library of Victoria >Date: Tue, 19 Sep 1995 15:07:59 +1000 >Subject: Moving map cases Mary Boccaccio When we moved our map collection here at the State Library of Victoria (Australia) we took each drawer out of the case, put a Corex (a heavy corrugated plastic) cover cut to fit under the back and front flaps on top and then moved the drawers on pallets and the cases as empty shells. Our drawers were also very full and things did not slip about for that reason either! We worried that moving them full would be too heavy for the movers and also worried about the draweres sliding out of their cases, packing tape not being that strong! If you have bars that go through the handles this may be strong enough to hold the drawers in. Our method worked quite well but we had an awful lot of Corex to get rid of after the move!! Have fun! Estelle