I'm very sad to hear of Mary's passing.  She was a terrific person and made
great contributions to the field of map librarianship. She will be missed.

June



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On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 9:08 PM, Jon Jablonski <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Dear Friends:
>
> It is with a heavy heart that I write to inform you of the passing of our
> friend and former colleague Mary Larsgaard.  Mary took ill last winter, and
> passed comfortably on Tuesday morning.  Up until early June, Mary continued
> to enjoy lunch outings and discussions of her reading list with friends.
>
> Mary arrived at UCSB as map librarian and assistant department head of the
> Map & Imagery Laboratory in 1988, and for her final year served as
> department head before retiring in June of 2009.
>
> Mary literally wrote the book on map librarianship.  It is called *Map
> Librarianship*, and Mary penned all three editions: 1978, 1987, and
> 1998.  She was a giant in the cataloging field:  frequently writing with
> Penn State’s Paige Andrew, and served for decades on the Anglo-American
> Cataloguing Committee for Cartographic Materials.  With Paige, she was a
> founding editor of the *Journal of Map and Geography Libraries*.
>
> Mary earned her Master of Arts in Library Science from the University of
> Minnesota, and holds a second MA in Geography from the University of
> Oregon.  Prior to coming to UCSB, she was Assistant Director for Special
> Collections at the Colorado School of Mines.  She also has the distinction
> of serving as president or chair of all three major American map library
> organizations: ALA’s Map & Geography Roundtable, SLA’s Geography and Map
> Division, and the Western Association of Map Libraries.
>
> Mary is survived by her sister Caroline Thompson.  A memorial service is
> being planned for Friday, August 4 in Santa Barbara, which is Mary’s
> birthday.  Details to follow.
>
> -jon
>
> Jon Jablonski
> Map & Imagery Lab
> UCSB Library
>