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Subject: RE: Topos available from WWU
Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2011 16:58:42 +0000
From: Robert Lopresti <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship <[log in to unmask]>
Michael
Thanks for your advice. I will take all that I can.
Brief version of the story:
When Janet Collins, the map librarian, retired, Huxley College decided
not to replace her (this was exactly when the economy went kerflooey).
Western Libraries took over responsibility for the Map Library but we
had no staff to keep it open either so it was moved from one end of
campus (where Huxley is) to the main library where we could handle it
more easily. This required reducing the collection and the eastern
state topos were, by agreement with the stakeholders, the easiest to let
go of. I am now in the process of reducing the number of remaining map
drawers by one third (over the next year) so that microforms can be fit
into the space as well. So we are suffering a major cutback.
If you are interested, here is our new location.
http://libguides.wwu.edu/mapcollection
Rob
Rob Lopresti
Map Librarian, Liaison for Huxley College and Government Information
Librarian
Western Washington University
360-650-3342 [log in to unmask]
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From: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
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Geographical Society Library, UW Milwaukee
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Subject: Re: Topos available from WWU
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Subject: Re: Topos available from WWU
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:12:27 -0400
From: Michael Fry <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
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Hi Rob,
I don't know what your real mission is, but take care. Very few (no?)
USGS 1:24000 maps have been printed/distributed in the last five years
(except perhaps those jointly produced with the USFS, which cover a
small fraction of the US). Many USGS 1:24000s (e.g., Washington, DC)
hadn't been updated in nearly 30 years--the most recent print editions
are well over 5 years old. So if your goal is simply to keep only the
new, "current" print 1:24000s, you may be left with nothing but Forest
Service editions...and a very skimpy print topo map collection with
little or no coverage of some states.
But maybe that's the goal. ?
$.02. (And maybe less since I'm no longer in the FDLP pipeline.)
HTH.
mf
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Michael Fry
Senior Map Librarian
National Geographic Society
1145 17th St. N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036
202.857.7098
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On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 2:48 PM, Angie Cope, American Geographical
Society Library, UW Milwaukee <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
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Subject: Topos available from WWU
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:41:39 +0000
From: Robert Lopresti <[log in to unmask]
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Western Washington University intends to discard all 1:24,000 US
topographical maps from the following states that are more than five
years old. We will send any to libraries for the cost of shipping and
mailing. If there are specific maps you want we will attempt, within
reason, to find them. Please let us know by Friday October 14 if you
want any of them.
If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know.
Rob
Rob Lopresti
Map Librarian, Liaison for Huxley College and Government Information
Librarian
Western Washington University
360-650-3342 <tel:360-650-3342> [log in to unmask]
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Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Vermont
Virginia
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
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Michael Fry
Senior Map Librarian
National Geographic Society
1145 17th St. N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036
202.857.7098
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