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Re: 1 box = ? linear feet



Well, I had always heard .5 ft and .25 feet respectively.  Think of it this
way - standard shelving tends to be 36 inches (never mind that you lose 2"
or so for the side posts).  I can fit 6 standard manuscript cases on a
shelf; ergo, 6 cases = 3 feet, 1 case = .5 feet.

While I suppose it's more accurate to lower the capacity, mathematically
it's easier to count things by using round numbers, so...

Of course, everyone is free to be as exacting as they choose :)

Daniel (Not exactly digging out from the latest "Storm of the Century" - 2
feet of snow my #%@) Sokolow

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Georgen Gilliam [SMTP:GeoGil@NGW.LIB.USU.EDU]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 11:16 AM
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> Subject:      1 box = ? linear feet
>
> Forgive this pretty basic question, but I was always taught
> that one clamshell manuscript box is .4 linear feet, and a
> half-box would be .2 linear feet. So a collection of 3 full
> size boxes would be 1.2 linear feet; a collection with 2
> full size boxes and 1 half-box would be 1 linear feet.
>
> Is this the accepted measurement in other repositories? Are
> there other measurements used?
>
> thanx.
>
>
> Ms. Georgen Gilliam
> Special Materials Cataloger
> Utah State University Libraries
> geogil@ngw.lib.usu.edu
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