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Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 13:37:09 -0400
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For the record, the NYPL Map Division has
427,000 maps
16,000 atlases
6,000 books about cartography with the map collections dating from the
16th century to the present.
Figures are rounded off.
Alice C. Hudson
Chief, Map Division
The Humanities and Social Sciences Library
The New York Public Library
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New York, NY 10018-2788
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http://nypl.org/research/chss/map/map.html
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Please respond to
Christopher
Baruth
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Date: Thu, 18 Apr 102 14:18:59 -0500 (CDT)
From: Christopher Baruth <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: WHAT ARE THE LARGEST UNIVERSITY MAP COLLECTIONS IN THE
U.S.?
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As I believe the original poster was interested in holdings of maps,
I've taken the ARL list and added a column for the number of maps in
those collections based on the 4th edition of the IFLA directory. I
have not reordered the list because too many collections apparently did
not respond to IFLA's questionnaire, and thus, did not get included in
the directory.
I would also add, for the record, that the number of maps in the AGS
Collection, according to the directory, was 481,000. I could also add
that we've just taken on the holdings of the old UWM map library, which
may number around 150,000. I would, however, not wish to hazard a
guess as to what the yield of this acquisition will be once the
duplication is eliminated. For those not familiar, the AGS Collection
is at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. It was not included in
the ARL list for the simple reason that its parent library system is
not a member of ARL.
An additional two things should be kept in mind--Many of the larger
University map collections are not on this list, and almost all map
holdings statistics must be taken _cum grano salis_.
Cart Mat Maps
ARL IFLA
1 CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA 3620514 443,525
2 ALBERTA 1383050 460,000
3 FLORIDA 727220 ?
4 OREGON 720863 249,355
5 ILLINOIS, URBANA 633170 411,653
6 CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES 623835 540,578
7 GEORGIA 608106 385,000
8 INDIANA 596204 ?
9 BRITISH COLUMBIA 540879 176,000
10 YALE 447684 200,000
11 PENNSYLVANIA STATE 439180 350,000
12 CHICAGO 408054 395,000
13 MINNESOTA 404729 248,512
14 CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY 397868 291,993
15 TENNESSEE 372341 ?
16 IOWA 370168 ?
17 WASHINGTON 346618 261,839
18 TEXAS 341794 ?
19 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 327179 ?
20 NORTH CAROLINA 322791 ?
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Bibliography
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