[Genealib] microfilm bookends

[MPL Genealogy]

Shawna,
 
"Bookends" for microfilm stored in cabinets come in two styles.  The old
style used mechanical stops in a track along the bottom of each row.
The new style has magnets on the bottoms of each bookend.  Generally,
the magnetic type works in both types of cabinets.  The old style will
not work in drawers that do not have the mechanical stops in a track.
 
These bookends are provided at the time each cabinet is purchased.  If
you need the old style bookends, they may only be found by donation from
someone who is not needing them any longer.  The magnetic bookends
should be purchasable from any vendor who is selling cabinets.  You
might have to get a special quote for the bookends only since their cost
is usually included in the purchase price of a cabinet.
 
Wally
Muskogee Public Library
Local History/Genealogy Libn.
history at eok.lib.ok.us
918-682-6657 x257
 
"At most living memory endures for a hundred years or so.  Thereafter,
even the barest outline of the past is forgotten, unless it is recorded
in writing..."  John Morris in Londinium: London in the Roman Empire, p.
205.
 
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[mailto:genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu] On Behalf Of Shawna
Woodard
Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 8:59 AM
To: genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu
Subject: [Genealib] microfilm bookends
 
We recently shifted some of our microfilm into new drawers and now we
have half-filled drawers.  The microfilm falls over into the back area
and we need a way to prop up the last box of film in the drawer.  We had
just a few microfilm "bookends", but would like to buy more.  Does
anyone know where to buy these?  Regular bookends are too big to fit in
the drawer.  The ones that we have already are simple L shaped pieces of
metal just the right width and height for microfilm boxes.
 
Shawna Woodard
Genealogy Librarian
Dayton Metro Library
215 E. Third St.
Dayton, OH 45402
(937) 496-8653
Donations of compiled family histories, Montgomery County high school
and college yearbooks, and money to add materials to our collection
gladly accepted.
 
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