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Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 12:02:57 -0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)
From: Juliet Sweetkind-Singer <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: deaccessioning of national topographic map collections
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Alice,

We keep current and superceded USGS 7.5 minute topos for only California
and Nevada.  For the rest of the country, we keep only the most current
version.  The topo maps I put on offer are all older editions that have
been pulled when newer ones arrive.  This is due to space restrictions and use.
Given that we have limited space that will not change for the forseeable
future, I cannot justify keeping low-use to no-use superceded topos for any
other state than the two mentioned above.  It should be noted that the
California topos are some of the most heavily used in the collection.

Julie


On Thu, 17 Oct 2002 14:51:05 -0400 Johnnie Sutherland <[log in to unmask]>
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> Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 14:20:06 -0400
> From: ahudson <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: deaccessioning of national topographic map collections
> Sender: ahudson <[log in to unmask]>
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> Over and over I see map libraries getting rid of their non-regional topos
> and sending them off to other libraries around the US.
>
> What is happening here? Is this a result of topos being available on the
> web and cds? Is it a space issue? Budget issue?
>
> Are there libraries that are committed to retaining as complete collections
> as possible [all 50 states, including back issues] for research use?  Seems
> to me the map library community should be aware of locations of
> retrospective USGS topos, outside of the National Archives. So far NYPL has
> been able to retain ours, despite moving non-northeast historical sheets to
> remote storage. Budget cuts or space issues some day may require more
> drastic moves, but so far...
>
> Which libraries around the country are retaining their entire USGS
> collections? topos that is...Just curious!
>
> Alice C. Hudson
> Chief, Map Division
> The Humanities and Social Sciences Library
> The New York Public Library
> 5th Avenue & 42nd Street, Room 117
> New York, NY 10018-2788
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> [log in to unmask]; 212-930-0589; fax 212-930-0027
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> http://nypl.org/research/chss/map/map.html
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Julie Sweetkind-Singer
GIS & Map Librarian
Branner Earth Sciences Library & Map Collections
397 Panama Mall, M/C 2211
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305
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