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>From: Philip Hoehn <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: light tables
We have a single light table and it is used a couple of
times a month. Since we suffer from the seemingly
universal map library's compulsive need to cover every
available flat surface with maps, patrons periodically have
to remind us to clear it off.
On Wed, 13 May 1998 16:13:54 EDT Sue Haffner
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> Do your map libraries still offer light tables for
> patron use? Or this this item a relic of the old
> days of cartography?
> (We need to decide whether or not to keep ours.)
>
> Sue Haffner
> Map Library, CSU Fresno
Phil Hoehn, Map Bibliographer
Branner Earth Sciences Library
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-2210
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>Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 11:12:48 -0400 (EDT)
>From: Ernest L Woodson <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: light tables
Hello Sue, Our map collection still uses light tables
for various projects done by students of architecture
and civil engineering. Ernie Woodson SUNY Buffalo
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>Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 10:03:38 -0400 (EDT)
>From: [log in to unmask] (Cheryl Woods)
>Subject: Re: light tables
Sue,
We have 3 that aren't used as much as they were years ago but they are still
used whether you think them relics or not.
Cheryl
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Cheryl Woods
Map Curator tel: 519-661-3424
Serge A. Sauer Map Library, SSC 1051 fax: 519-661-3750
University of Western Ontario [log in to unmask]
London, Canada N6A 5C2
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>Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 06:18:07 -0700
>From: "Virginia R. Hetrick" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: Light tables
Hi, Sue -
Speaking for "readers", there are still some things I can't do without
the use of a light table. In spite of the fact that I'm WAY into doing
things computerly, as Helen Jane can attest, by far, the easiest way for
me to figure out what's changed between two editions of a map is to put
the two of them on a light table and carefully eyeball them. Further,
when I need a base map and there's not a suitable base map available,
it's far faster for me to trace the elements off an existing map and
design my own base map than to put in the time trying to find an
electronic version and deal with trying to get all the approvals
necessary to buy it. Finally, because the people I work with are
usually working with some really small and usually extremely obsure
area, the more ways I have to deal with the (usually limited) materials
for them, the better off I am.
I dunno whether any of this applies to Fresno, but it's one user's
perspective.
HTH.
vh
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>Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 09:06:43 -0300 (ADT)
>From: James C Boxall <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: light tables
Yes...they still get used.
Not just for maps mind you.
The most popular use has been as
a table to sort slides.
However, we are just considering
whether to keep both tables or to sell
one.
cheers
james
James C. Boxall, Map Curator
Map Collection, Killam Library
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canada B3H 4H8
902-494-3757 (tel)
902-494-2062 (fax)
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