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Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 16:33:10 -0600
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Subject: Re: deaccessioning of national topographic map collections
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The University of New Mexico is a regional depository, but the policy in
the map collection had been to keep older editions of New Mexico topos
only. I'm not sure why that policy had been established but we changed that
several years ago and now keep all editions for all 50 states. So far space
is not a problem and we do have a storage area if it ever does.

We are slowly, very slowly, getting our maps cataloged.


Mary



Mary Wyant
Map and Geographic Information Center
Centennial Science and Engineering Library
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131

--On Thursday, October 17, 2002 2:51 PM -0400 Johnnie Sutherland
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> Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 14:20:06 -0400
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> 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
>
> [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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Mary Wyant
Map and Geographic Information Center
Centennial Science and Engineering Library
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131

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