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Re: Linear Feet



12 inches = 1 foot

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-----Original Message-----
From: lsalmon [mailto:lsalmon@ASCPL.LIB.OH.US]
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 1:27 PM
To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
Subject: Re: Linear Feet


Being a rookie librarian-cataloger with non math undergrad degrees, how does
one determine linear feet from inches?

I know, it's a stupid question, but...I'll never learn otherwise.

Thanks,
Laura


Laura Salmon
Librarian(Cataloger)
Akron Summit County Public Library
Akron, OH
lsalmon@ascpl.lib.oh.us

-----Original Message-----
From:   Dean DeBolt [SMTP:ddebolt@MAIL.UWF.EDU]
Sent:   Monday, August 13, 2001 12:55 PM
To:     ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
Subject:        Re: Linear Feet

Since a cubic foot box will occupy either 15" if stored sideways on the
shelf or 12" if stored narrow-wise.    So actually the box occupies
1.25 linear fee if 15" or l linear foot if 12".   That begs the entire issue
of depth and cubic footage.....but most librarians with whom I discuss
linear feet will also argue that books themselves have varying depths..
so an Oversize section will have the same linear footage as a
regular book section even if they occupy more depth.

So the formula by this method is   1 cubic foot = 1 linear foot.

Anyone else with different calculations?

Dean

Dean DeBolt
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Special Collections and West Florida Archives
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University of West Florida
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