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Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 12:55:51 -0700
From: Brian Bach <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: deaccessioning of national topographic map collections
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Alice and everyone,
Any discards we make are exclusively because of duplication. Our 50-state USGS topo collection is one of our greatest resources, and if anyone dares to storm the gates seeking to erode or eradicate any or all of it, they do so at their peril! There would follow a (verbal!) battle of such consequences that we who toil in the brown contours of the 7.5 domains would undoubtedly triumph in our cause!
OK, OK, I laid it on a bit thick... Yes, we value our collection, and it will be preserved intact. I can't answer for any other collection, but with the incredible flurries of new topos that have come our way for the past few years and continue to the present, there is rather a lot to discard on a regular basis - due to duplication, of course. We retain all editions of WA state, but cannot do so with other states. That's where the area restrictions come into play. I assume we are pretty typical in our practices and situation.
We are currently engaged in putting every 7.5 topo quad record into our online catalog, and it is a perfect time to assess the collection, to follow the USGS alphabetization arrangement, and to note what our gaps are - perchance to be filled a bit by the discards advertised via this here global Maps-L!
A personal comment: I think that this is an era when libraries should be making unprecedented efforts to retain their traditionally vital collections in ALL formats. This should be done in the spirit of viewing the future as the unknown factor that it has always been.
Brian
Brian P. Bach
Maps Specialist
Documents/Maps
Central Washington University Library
400 E. 8th Ave.
Ellensburg, WA 98926-7548
USA
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Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 14:20:06 -0400
From: ahudson <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: deaccessioning of national topographic map collections
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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
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http://nypl.org/research/chss/map/map.html
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