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Date:   Mon, 01 Nov 2010 15:05:09 -0500
From:   Angie Cope <[log in to unmask]>
Organization:   American Geographical Society Library
To:     Maps-L <[log in to unmask]>


Someone on the list asked me to post this inquiry anonymously - and I
think it's a very relevant topic.


My understanding is that if you have U.S. govt. maps sent to your
library as repository copies, the maps technically belong to the U.S.
govt. and the library cannot sell or use the maps for any other purpose
than as a map.  If the library no longer need the maps and no other
library requests them through the gifts and offers, then the maps must
be destroyed.  If this is correct, then U.S. govt. maps cannot be sent
to be used as wrapping paper can they?

Must maps be DESTROYED or can they be recycled?

If recycled, can they be re-purposed?

Is there a gov official on the list who can give the gov.
interpretation? This "destroyed" belief (not even recycling the paper) -
that seems to be VERY WIDELY held by government documents librarians -
seems extreme and out-of-date.


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