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Subject: RE: MAPS-L: IFLA Survey on Paper Maps
Date: Wed, 25 May 2005
From: "Youngblood, Dawn" <[log in to unmask]>


This information looks very similar to that collected recently for the US Guide to Map Resources (Chris Thirty, editor). Perhaps you could request the recently collected data from them and save both yourself and us some effort.  Hope this suggestion helps.

Dr. Dawn Youngblood
PhD Archaeology
Edwin J. Foscue Map Library
Southern Methodist University
6425 North Ownby Dr.
P.O. Box 750375
Dallas TX 75275-0375
214-768-2285: work
214-768-4236: FAX
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www.smu.edu/cul/maps



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Subject: MAPS-L: IFLA Survey on Paper Maps


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Subject: IFLA Survey on Paper Maps
Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 13:22:47 -0400
From: "David McQuillan"




Following the IFLA Workshop on Paper Maps at the Library of Congress,
May 11, 2005, this survey was distributed.  We would like it to have as
wide a distribution as possible.  The IFLA Standing Committee for
Geography and Map Libraries will use the data collected to publish
guidelines for the handling of paper maps in libraries.  This is your
chance to be heard.  Surveys are due in by August 1, 2005.  If you don't
submit comments, we may miss that important point you think everyone
should know.  Please feel free to add categories and make as many
additional comments as you like.  We hope to publish the guidelines
early in 2006.

We already have many good ideas about cooperation, data clearinghouses,
and justifications for retention and expansion of paper collections.

Send surveys to the e-mail address at the bottom of the form or in
paper to me.

Thank you all for assisting in this process.

David C. McQuillan, chair
IFLA Section of Geography and Map Libraries



David C. McQuillan
Map Librarian
Thomas Cooper Library
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC  29201

Phone:  (803) 777-4723
Fax:  (803) 777-4661
E-mail:  [log in to unmask]



I F L A S U R V E Y

PAPER MAPS IN LIBRARIES

2 0 0 5

Please rank the following items in order of importance, beginning with
(1) as the most important through (7). Add any additional comments. This
will be used in compiling information by the Geography and Map Libraries
Section of IFLA. After consideration, the Section will issue IFLA
guidelines for the handling of paper maps in libraries.

SIZE OF COLLECTION: Maps __________ Photos _________ Atlases __________

_____ User/Patron Needs   current or potential

_____ Space   physical location, cost

_____ Staffing   full or part-time, division of labor

_____ Equipment   storage cabinets, tables, etc.

_____ Cataloging   level, local/outsourced

_____ Preservation   repair, sleeves, etc.

_____ Acquisitions   funding, profile, retention, remote storage


Additional Comments:____________________________________________________











Send comments to: David C. McQuillan, chair ([log in to unmask])
IFLA Geography and Map Libraries Section


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