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Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2002 15:02:24 -0400
From: Thelma Thompson <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: RE: deaccessioning of national topographic map collections
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At the University of New Hampshire we have a fairly complete collection of
all editions of New Hampshire 7.5' and 15' topographic maps and we have been
keeping all editions for other New England states for past the several
years.  Not having a good way to determine where the holes are in our
collection and not having room to collect extensive duplicates, I request
maps being offered as time permits and wish it were possible to do so more
systematically.  Thank you to all those who create the offer lists and send
out the requested maps.  Despite having both scanned images of virtually all
editions of topo maps for New England and New York on our web site and
recent editions available on commercial CD for in-house use, we recognize
the unique value of the paper originals.

We keep latest editions only for all other states and territories and have
not yet found a satisfactory way to keep up with the catalog maintenance
required since we have chosen to receive Marcive records for each individual
sheet.  If we had space we would keep other editions for other states.  It
is impossible to predict what non-local areas will be of interest to our
patrons.  We have kept the relatively few 15' non-New England maps that
still remain in our collection.

We have recently begun to keep superseded nautical charts for New England.
However, space will likely require us to be more selective than with the
topo maps.


Thelma Thompson

Thelma Thompson
Government Documents Librarian
Dimond Library
18 Library Way
University of New Hampshire
Durham, NH 03824

Phone:  603-862-1132  Fax: 603-862-3403
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Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 14:20:06 -0400
From: ahudson <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: deaccessioning of national topographic map collections
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Over and over I see map libraries getting rid of their non-regional topos
and sending them off to other libraries around the US.

What is happening here? Is this a result of topos being available on the
web and cds? Is it a space issue? Budget issue?

Are there libraries that are committed to retaining as complete collections
as possible [all 50 states, including back issues] for research use?  Seems
to me the map library community should be aware of locations of
retrospective USGS topos, outside of the National Archives. So far NYPL has
been able to retain ours, despite moving non-northeast historical sheets to
remote storage. Budget cuts or space issues some day may require more
drastic moves, but so far...

Which libraries around the country are retaining their entire USGS
collections? topos that is...Just curious!

Alice C. Hudson
Chief, Map Division
The Humanities and Social Sciences Library
The New York Public Library
5th Avenue & 42nd Street, Room 117
New York, NY 10018-2788

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http://nypl.org/research/chss/map/map.html


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