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Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 18:05:21 -0700
From: "Diaz, Carlos" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Processing the Forest Service Maps
Sender: "Diaz, Carlos" <[log in to unmask]>



I recently received a shipment of USGS/Forest Service maps.  Of course, the
USGS maps come with shipping lists but not with any call numbers attached to
them.

So, I proceeded to consult the GPO CLASSIFICATION MANUAL, 1993 edition.
Then I proceeded to read the instructions on how to process the Forest
Service maps.....well, it turns out that those instructions are kind of out
dated...so, I sent an email to Vi Moorhouse who is GPO's Maps guru.

She responded with a fax sent to me and I thought I would share it with you
since it was fairly new to me.


        "Dear Carlos:  We did not send you a copy of the 1993 manual
         because much of the information is now out of date.  You must
         have looked at the instructions for the former large forest sets.
         These sets are now issued simultaneously by the Geological
         Survey and the Forest Service in a single edition as Topographic
         quadrangles/large Forest sets.  This was done to save money
         for the Forest Service and to make money for the Geological
         Survey; thus benefiting both agencies.  Another method of
         saving money was to stop printing all the map designations
         at the foot of each quadrangle or forest set.  Many of the new
         forest quadrangle sets cover more than one or even two forests
         and the quadrangle information was not used by the Forest
         Service.

         We felt it would it would be of more use to you to see these
         quadrangles already classed and cataloged in OCLC and in
         the Monthly Catalog.  Many have now been done.  All done
         are searchable under the four,four author,title search for the
         forest and also for the individual quadrangle maps.

         The class now has the quadrangle stem--I 19.81: (followed by the
         CT for the first received or chief forest) (followed by year of
information) (followed by the quadrangle key nos. arranged on
         pg.90 of the manual.  Search gn:I1981/(year) in OCLC and you
         will find listings of these forest sets grouped at the end of the
         quadrangle lists.  Year, of course, in OCLC's method of listing
         would be by date printed. [For example: search under
         gn:I1981/1998 or under Geol,Moun]

         Hope all this is a help to you. Happy to have your questions
         come to us.

                                Vi Moorhouse"

Thanks Vi for your very informative fax. It really helped me figure out how
to proceed.  If this info. could be placed on the FDLP website, that would
be great.

I had better results finding the maps via the four,four author/title search
in OCLC.

Again, Thanks for your invaluable help.





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Carlos A. Diaz
Government Documents Specialist
The Evergreen State College Library
Government Documents Dept.
Mailstop L-2300
Olympia, WA 98505

email: [log in to unmask]
phone: (360) 866-6000 ext. 6251
fax: (360) 866-6790
Depository #0648A
http://www.evergreen.edu/user/library/govdocs/index.html
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