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          This may be of interest to fellow Marine Science Libraries.
 
          I received word that HYDROCON LTD., a private company based
          in St. Petersburg, Russia, is marketing and distributing
          MARINE SCIENTIFIC MAPS AND ATLASES produced by several
          Russian marine research institutes.  According to HydroCon
          General Director Mark G. Maliavko, "A large part of any
          profits from the sale of materials ... will be distributed
          as a royalty to authors and compilers of these materials."
 
          Now available:
 
          The Map of the Mineral Resources & Geomorphological Map of
          the Ocean Floor.  $49.60
 
          Angola-Brazil Geotraverse. $47.40
 
          International Geological Geophysical Atlas of the Atlantic
          Ocean. $132.30
 
          Atlas of the Arctic.  $48.50
 
          HydroCon Ltd.
          P.O. Box 406
          196240 St. Petersburg
          Russia
 
          (812) 290.82.06
 
          HydroCon uses a Norwegian partner to serve as a relay point
          for orders "to avoid at least the main part of problems
          posed by faulty Russian banks and communications services."
 
                    VisSim a.s.
                    Gamleveien 32
                    P.O. Box 1029
                    N-3189 Horten
                    Norway
 
                    telephone +47 33 48803
 
          I have additional information I would be happy to FAX or
          mail to seriously interested bibliographers.  Although I
          just received word of this commercial endeavor and have not
          yet ordered anything from them, they were given the nod by a
          U.S. Navy scientist.  After recently working with a Russian
          geomorphologist and member of the Russian Academy of
          Sciences who earns a salary of $15.00 per month, I think
          support of Russian maps and atlases by academic libraries is
          warranted.
 
          - Paul Leverenz
            Scripps Institution of Oceanography Library
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