Hello Richard,
The present cabinets are metal vertical storage types containing A0
cardboard folders. The folders are extremely tightly fitted and very
heavy. The article by April Carlucci in The Cartographic Journal, vol.
42 no.3 2005 highlighted the problems she experienced too!! The photo
(figure 11, page 250) is similar to the ones here (ours have no
mechanisms).
Both myself and other staff have experienced health issues over the
years unfortunately (neck, shoulder, arms, back) and this is how health
and safety became involved. Two people are now required to lift a folder
of maps.
Thank you for your comments regarding re-filing, I will pass them on.
Bernie
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Richard Oliver
Sent: 16 January 2008 12:17
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Subject: Re: FW: Suspended map folders
>Our present cabinets ... have been designated as a health and safety
issue...
I would be interested to know why: what sort of cabinets are they? Is
this yey another thing for map librarians and other interested parties
to have to worry about?!
If the wallets are in effect large envelopes which the maps can only
ingress and egress through a single slit, then in my experience they
are not very satisfactory, particularly when the maps have to be
re-filed back in them.
Richard Oliver
On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:13:36 -0000 Bernie M Barron
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Sorry - the attachment was rejected, so trying again without it !!!
>
> Bernie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bernie M Barron
> Sent: 16 January 2008 10:33
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Suspended map folders
>
> Dear lis-mappers,
>
> Has anyone any experience of map cabinets consisting of plastic A0
size
> wallets suspended in a frame? Each wallet is apparently capable of
> containing 40 maps. Our present cabinets date back to the 1960s and
have
> been designated as a health and safety issue, so we need to replace
> them. I have been asked to check if anyone has any experience of this
> type of system ?
>
> I attach the illustration we have been given.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Bernie
>
>
>
>
> Bernadette M. Barron
> Map Librarian
> The Map Room
> The University of Hull
> Cottingham Road
> Hull
> HU6 7RX
>
> Tel. 01482 465551
> email:[log in to unmask]
>
> Website :
> http://www.hull.ac.uk/lib/using_our_libraries/Services/maplibrary.html
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Richard Oliver, B.A., D.Phil., F.B.Cart.S.,
Research Fellow in the History of Cartography
School of Geography, Archaeology & Earth Resources
University of Exeter
Exeter, EX4 4RJ
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