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Re: sad news: Mary Larsgaard
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Hello,



Sad to hear the news.  Mary is a great mentor; she eased me back to map cataloging back in the 90’s.  She is also analytic, stress in detail and a great teacher.  The map cataloging world will truly missed her.





Mary Jeanne Yuen

MIT Libraries

Cambridge MA 02139







From: Maps-L: Map Librarians, etc. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jon Jablonski

Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2017 9:09 PM

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Subject: sad news: Mary Larsgaard



Dear Friends:



It is with a heavy heart that I write to inform you of the passing of our friend and former colleague Mary Larsgaard.  Mary took ill last winter, and passed comfortably on Tuesday morning.  Up until early June, Mary continued to enjoy lunch outings and discussions of her reading list with friends.



Mary arrived at UCSB as map librarian and assistant department head of the Map & Imagery Laboratory in 1988, and for her final year served as department head before retiring in June of 2009.



Mary literally wrote the book on map librarianship.  It is called Map Librarianship, and Mary penned all three editions: 1978, 1987, and 1998.  She was a giant in the cataloging field:  frequently writing with Penn State’s Paige Andrew, and served for decades on the Anglo-American Cataloguing Committee for Cartographic Materials.  With Paige, she was a founding editor of the Journal of Map and Geography Libraries.



Mary earned her Master of Arts in Library Science from the University of Minnesota, and holds a second MA in Geography from the University of Oregon.  Prior to coming to UCSB, she was Assistant Director for Special Collections at the Colorado School of Mines.  She also has the distinction of serving as president or chair of all three major American map library organizations: ALA’s Map & Geography Roundtable, SLA’s Geography and Map Division, and the Western Association of Map Libraries.



Mary is survived by her sister Caroline Thompson.  A memorial service is being planned for Friday, August 4 in Santa Barbara, which is Mary’s birthday.  Details to follow.



-jon

Jon Jablonski

Map & Imagery Lab

UCSB Library

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