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Subject: use of cartographic materials in a coffee shop
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 14:05:56 -0800
From: Janet Collins <[log in to unmask]>


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Hi,

The Huxley Map Library at Western Washington University is one of a few
collections still affiliated with an academic unit and not part of the
main library.

Adjacent to the Map Library is a coffee shop which will start expansion
and remodeling this summer.  The really cool part is that folks involved
in the project would love to have maps integrated into the design in
several ways...the tops of the tables in the seating area and displayed
in several panels at the base of a large expresso bar.  Great publicity
for us next door!

The facility concept ties our campus geography to our regional
geography...landscaping and brickwork outside our building represents
the San Juan Islands, while directly behind our building is Sehome
Hill...our regional geography includes glaciated volcanic mountains to
salt water and the Puget Sound.  Emphasis is on the historical "Salish
Sea", but our committee is open to all ideas, including nautical charts,
aerial photographs, contemporary material...anything that students might
be interested in looking at or learning more about...

Have any of you had opporunity to input into similiar projects or do you
have any ideas on how we might proceed?

unless there is significant interest, would you please respond to me
directly? Thanks!


With appreciation for any assistance,
Janet Collins, Map Librarian and Director
Huxley Map Library
Huxley College of the Environment, WWU

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