I've never used vertical systems but can see the down side as against
by much treasured metal horizontal plan chests. It does seem that
many of us map librarians are having huge clear outs of old and no
longer needed maps. I have been getting rid of the old and before-my-
time-here-at-UCW teaching sets, probably thanks to the Digimap
service. I am now concentrating my collection of large scale maps on
the Hereford and Worcestershire Counties and a few surrounding
districts, geology maps on as wider area as possible whether visited
or not (some students like to study their home-base and its a feather
when you can provide the map) and any other rural land-use map as we
are a rural based college. Thankfully, with the new folded Explorer
maps, I can now cut my old flat Pathfinder maps by fifty per cent and
thin out those teaching sets. Problem now is, what do I do with all
the old unwanted maps? Most surplus maps advertised on this base are
all of a similar kind!
Thanks to English Heritage at Swindon and the University of Greenwich
for helping to re-build my collection.
Alan
On 1 Sep 04, at 13:21, Evelyn Dodds wrote:
> Susan-
> I guess another option to consider is to have part of the collection
> commercially scanned, copyright permitting. You could then safely
> store some originals in a less accessible space and use the scanned
> images for much of the time. You can get a large part of a map chest
> on a DVD! Evelyn
>
>
> --On 01 September 2004 12:50 +0100 Richard Oliver
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> >> From experience, I second April's comments on vertical systems.
> >> They
> > are a nuisance if a map drops down, or part-down, they certainly
> > don't seem very space-efficient - you can only go about a metre high
> > - and the only benefits of the system seem to be to the profits of
> > the firms who make the beastly things!
> >
> > Unfortunately many UK libraries equipped themselves with vertical
> > systems when funding was more generous, back in the 1970s, and we're
> > lumbered with them.
> >
> > The main problem with horizontal systems is getting the map at the
> > bottom of the pile!! But this need not be a great problem if you're
> > storing maps which aren't consulted that often.
> >
> > Richard Oliver
> > Research Fellow in the History of Cartography, and unofficial
> > connesieur of map- and map-user torture methods
> >
> > On Wed, 1 Sep 2004 12:39:25 +0100 "Carlucci, April"
> > <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> >> Dear Susan
> >>
> >> I've used both horizontal (mostly) and vertical (briefly) systems,
> >> and what can be gained from vertical systems, in my opinion, is
> >> damaged maps (torn, crumbled, and stabbed, not to mention the
> >> damage of attaching the strips needed to hang the maps) and
> >> shoulder injuries (I never hade trouble with my shoulders
> >> until...). I would certainly never recommend using vertical storage
> >> where users would be retrieving and replacing maps themselves, and
> >> I wouldn't recommend them in any other circumstances. I know some
> >> people have other opinions, but this has been my experience.
> >>
> >> April
> >> April Carlucci
> >> Cataloguing Manager and Curator of Modern Maps
> >> British Library Map Collections
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Susan Tarrant [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> >> Sent: 31 August 2004 11:51
> >> To: [log in to unmask]
> >> Subject: Space efficient map storage
> >>
> >> We are at present involved in a major reorganization of library
> >> stock and it looks as though our Map Collection may have to be
> >> stored in a somewhat smaller space. Could any-one recommend a space
> >> efficient storage method. At the moment we have mainly horizontal
> >> storage chests with space for laying maps out on top.
> >>
> >> Can anything be gained from a vertical storage system?
> >>
> >> Many thanks,
> >>
> >> Susan Tarrant
> >> Academic Liaison Librarian: Geography
> >> Senate House Library
> >> University of London
> >> Malet Street
> >> LONDON WC1E 7HU
> >> www.shl.lon.ac.uk
> >> 020 7862 8451
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> > Richard Oliver, B.A., D.Phil., F.B.Cart.S.,
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Alan Magnus-Bennett
Cartographer and Map Librarian.
Dept.of Archeaology, Geography and Applied Science.
University College Worcester.
Henwick Grove.
Worcester.
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