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From: "Carlos Diaz" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2013 2:48:00 PM
Subject: Re: Collection Development Statement question/suggestion
If most of your maps collection comes from the Federal government and you are a Federal documents depository, then you have GPO's Superseded List to help you make that determination. If you are a regional depository, you are likely not able to weed out those materials since you are designated to retain a historical collection in your state so selectives can weed out theirs.
For your home state of Minnesota, it is best you don't weed anything since there is a great deal of value and use in retaining all issues of topographic maps for your state. You may also want to retain all issues of nearby states as well.
If you have non-government issued maps like AAA, Green Trails, etc. It is best to retain all issues for your state. If you happen to have a AAA membership like I do, you can get those maps sent to you for free. If you get AAA maps for the 50 states, updating them every few years will allow you to weed older ones as well.
If you have a subscription to National Geographic, keeping the maps in your collection is of great value and gets a lot of use.
As someone with a degree in history, I don't believe that any map is out of date. That map shows what the world was like during a set period in time. I love looking at old maps and seeing how my locality has changed. You see roads where none were there before, street name changes, waters that existed and are now dry, etc. Each map has value, it tells you what is and what is not there at the time it was created.
Sure, you can supersede the BLM maps (if you are a selective) for the Twin Cities because the Superseded List allows you to, but if you have BLM maps going as far back as 50 years or more, then those maps tell a cohesive story about the area that you would have missed if you just had the latest edition.
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Carlos A. Diaz
Government Publications, Maps, and Microforms
James E. Brooks Library
Central Washington University
Mailstop 7548
Ellensburg, WA 98926
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Carlos' phone: (509) 963-1545
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From: "Pamela Enrici" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Air Photo Maps, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, July 19, 2013 1:43:10 PM
Subject: Collection Development Statement question/suggestion
I'm working on a collection development statement for our "map collection". One of the things I need to do is to indicate when to weed. In effect, I've said that we need to when space changes and when curriculum changes. This isn't specific enough for the group reviewing the document. If you have a collection development statement that indicates how often you should weed, would you let me know your wording?
Thanks
Pam Enrici
Geography & Map Librarian
Univ. of MN., Duluth (on the shores of Lake Superior)
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