I keep mine in subject area or grouped into a kind of compilation
subject area (if that is at all possible). The drawer label tells
what is in the draw. I guess so long as you know where to go when
needed, then wherever is fine. Having said that, like so many of my
maps, they hav'n't seen daylight for years!!
Alan
On 4 Nov 04, at 12:56, Tinho da Cruz wrote:
> Dear Friends,
> This is probably another dim question, but:
> Do you file the maps from the Ordnance Survey 1:625 000 Planning
> Series together or in the relevant subject area? These two-sheet maps
> were produced in the 40s, 50s and 60s and range from Rainfall to
> Popualtion Density; Gas Board Areas to Grasslands. Here at Liverpool
> the north sheets are in on drawer, the south sheets in another and the
> geological sheets in a third. I was thinking of putting them in the
> different subject drawers. Is that wicked?
>
> I look forward to hearing your opinions.
> Best wishes
> Tinho
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> Antonio da Cruz (Tinho) [log in to unmask]
> Map Curator, Department of Geography, Roxby Building
> University of Liverpool, LIVERPOOL L69 7ZT
> Telephone: 0151 794 2844 Fax: 0151 794 2866
>
> See the British Archaeological Association web page
> http://www.britarch.ac.uk/baa
Alan Magnus-Bennett
Cartographer and Map Librarian.
Dept.of Archeaology, Geography and Applied Science.
University College Worcester.
Henwick Grove.
Worcester.
WR2 6AJ.
tel: 01905 855183
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