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Subject: Re: Gazeteers - how important?
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 10:44:26 -0400
From: John A Stevenson <[log in to unmask]>
Organization: University of Delaware
To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship <[log in to unmask]>

Rob, my library relies on the GNIS
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS1507 for current US geographic names
and the NGA's GEOnet Names Server (GNS)
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS18715 for areas outside the US.

When early gazetteers contain historical tidbits or earlier place names
on maps that your library holds or might reference, those might be
retained. Gazetteers which are printed computer files may not be worth
the shelf space.

John A. Stevenson
Associate Librarian
Coordinator, Government Documents and Maps Processing Unit
University of Delaware Library
181 S. College Ave.
Newark, DE 19717-5267
302 831-8671
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On 6/14/2011 9:27 AM, Angie Cope, American Geographical Society Library,
UW Milwaukee wrote:
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Gazeteers - how important?
> Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 22:48:49 +0000
> From: Robert Lopresti <[log in to unmask]>
> To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
> <[log in to unmask]>
>
>
> We are in the midst of consolidating our map library into the main
> library. I have approximately 22 shelves of paper gazetteers from
> around the world. Most but not all our from the US government, and the
> most recent seem to be from the 1990s. Most are from the 1950s to 1970s.
>
> My question is: how useful/important are they today? Should I be saving
> eight shelves worth of them?
>
> Thanks,
> Rob
> Rob Lopresti
> Map Librarian, Liaison for Huxley College and Government Information
> Librarian
> Western Washington University
> 360-650-3342 [log in to unmask]