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Subject: Markings on Aerial Photos: Keep or erase?
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 09:51:02 -0700
From: "Andrew Nicholson" <[log in to unmask]>



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Hello,

At the University of Oregon, we have a large collection of historic
aerial
photos that have been marked up. In many cases, these markings were put
on
by the original owners of the photos to help them with their work
(Surveyors, etc.) Over time and especially after the photos were donated
to
the library, these markings were removed as the photos became utilized
for
different purposes by new users.

Recently, a patron who had used a set of photos in the field many years
ago,
visited our collection trying to find these same photos complete with
markings. We did find the photos, however the patron believes the
markings
should be preserved as historical and not removed.

I am curious to know if other map and aerial photo libraries have
encountered this issue before and how it was resolved.

Please respond directly to me, and I can summarize for the list.

Any comments would be welcome.

Thanks,
Andrew

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Andrew J.P. Nicholson
Map/GIS Librarian
University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon
97403-1299
Phone: (541) 346-3051
Fax: (541) 346-1958
http://libweb.uoregon.edu/map/
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