[Genealib] microfilm bookends

[Don Litzer]

Last time I looked, metal replacement microfilm bookends could be had,
but at extortionist prices.

While employed in a previous position, our library had acquired
microform capacity at the same time I was restoring a 1898-vintage Queen
Anne home, which we were residing with 3" cedar siding.  From scrap
pieces of siding (sanded slightly to get the roughness out), I cut 3
inch-long pieces, screwed pairs of them together at right angles, and
then glued, to the assembled units' bottoms, pieces of magnetized
plastic like that used in refrigerator magnets.  The same philosophy as
the 2x4s, but a little more elegant--and worked like a charm!

Don Litzer
Reference Librarian, Historical Genealogy Department
Allen County Public Library
200 East Berry Street, P.O. Box 2270
Fort Wayne, Indiana 46801-2270
e-mail: dlitzer at acpl.info
phone (reference desk): 260.421.1225

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>>> SWoodard at daytonmetrolibrary.org 10/20/2006 9:59 AM >>>
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.