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We recently conducted an inventory of the USGS topo collection
for our state (Alaska) for the first time in about a decade.
We were frustrated to find 25% of these maps are missing.
 
Our maps are available to the public in flat files located
next to the Government Documents reference area.  The nearby
Documents office is staffed 8-5 M-F.  We have considered
putting tattle tape strips on the maps, but they can be easily
removed.  We do not want to make the maps a closed collection.
 
I would appreciate any suggestions or ideas on how other
libraries have handled the security problem for the map
collection.
 
Jodi Gouwens               University of Alaska Fairbanks
Government Documents Libn         [log in to unmask]