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Subject: MAGERT Res.Lib.Coll.Mgmt.Discussion at ALA Philadelphia
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 13:36:19 -0500 (EST)
From: Karl Eric Longstreth <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps and Air Photo Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>
CC: "Johnnie D. Sutherland" <[log in to unmask]>


In my absence, Patrick McGlamery has kindly agreed to lead the Research
Libraries Collection Management Discussion Group on Sunday 26 January in
Philadelphia. For those attending, the following may help set an agenda
for discussion. He may certainly add to or change the discussion topics
as
he and the other the participants may have particular issues.

At the last Discussion Group meeting in Atlanta last summer, topics
discussed included:
The Sanborn Digital Maps from ProQuest/UMI;
The role of digital data as something to have in addition to or in lieu
of
having paper materials;
The potential of functional shared archives of imagery and related
materials;
The role of online databases and cartographic sites for both historical
and current data as part of 'collecting' and providing services (for
example David Rumsey's Cartography Associates and his website
www.davidrumsey.com)

Following from these last topics, as the discussion certainly continued
past the allotted time, outside the meeting venue in Atlanta. I propose
continuing this line, related to paper and digital, and ask now:

What trends in paper and digital publishing inform collection management
and development now? For example, David Cobb recently shared the news of
Rand McNally's reorganization, and this raises the question of the
importance of the small number of cartographic publishing concerns in
commercial publishing.

Universities and other research institutions are under considerable
economic pressure now, and how is this affecting the management of
cartographic collections?

How are institutions making decisions about resources, and about what
they
buy? How close is this to what they actually wish to achieve?

Other topics that arise at the Conference.


Thanks,
             Karl



  Karl Eric Longstreth
   Map Library, University Library &
    China Data Center, International Institute
     University of Michigan
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