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Subject: Re: folded and flat maps (was: BLM map folding)]
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 16:32:03 -0600 (MDT)
From: Thiry <[log in to unmask]>



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Hillary,

If you received the folded BLM maps as part of shipment 2003-16-TQ, there
is an explanation.  Many libraries (including ours) were missed in the
initial shipment of 16-TQ.  USGS noticed this problem, and corrected it.
However, the BLM maps are only left flat for depository shipments.  Since
we got late shipments, the BLM maps were taken from USGS's inventory,
which is exclusively made up of FOLDED BLM maps.  I am just happy to have
them.
I suspect the next BLM maps we receive will by flat.
--chris thiry
map librarian
colorado school of mines
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  > -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: folded and flat maps (was: BLM map folding)
> Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2004 16:49:05 -0400
> From: Michael Fry <[log in to unmask]>
> Organization: UMD Libraries
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> Hillary Campbell [[log in to unmask]] wrote:
>
> > We have noticed that the most
> > recently-received Bureau of Land Management 30x60 minute series
> > topographic maps (Surface Management Status) are arriving folded. Since
> > the previous maps in this series came flat...
>
> I'm also a relatively new docs/maps librarian, and I'm
> confused about why we receive maps in the same series (or,
> at the very least, topically similar) in both folded and
> flat states. In addition to the BLM topos, NOAA Nautical
> Charts (i.e., C55.418/7) and N. Atlantic/Pacific Route
> Charts (i.e., TD4.79/9 and TD4.79/10, respectively) both
> come folded and flat. Why is that?
>
> Thx.
> mf
>
> --
> Michael Fry
> Government Documents & Maps Librarian
> University of Maryland Libraries
>

--Christopher JJ Thiry
Map Librarian
Colorado School of Mines
1400 Illinois
PO Box 4029
Golden, CO 80401-0029

voice:  303-273-3697
fax:    303-273-3199

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