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Subject: RE: Gazeteers - how important?
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 18:32:57 +0000
From: Boardman, Richard <[log in to unmask]>
To: 'Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship'
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I much prefer the printed country BGN gazetteers, so much so that
several years back I bought quite a few of the county titles that were
still available to fill in/update what I had received on deposit. Just
today, I gave a patron the gazetteer for Poland-he really wasn't sure of
the spelling and wanted to just scan the entries.
Rich Boardman
Map Collection
Free Library of Philadelphia
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Geographical Society Library, UW Milwaukee
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Subject: Re: Gazeteers - how important?
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Subject: RE: Gazeteers - how important?
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 17:23:59 +0000
From: Booth, Arlyn <[log in to unmask]>
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It's a whole lot easier to browse in the hard copy than online. And the
spelling patrons give can be very "off". I wouldn't pitch my BGN
gazetteers. They include much smaller places than any other gazetteers
we have.
Arlyn
Arlyn Booth
Map Coordinator
Illinois State Library
300 S. 2nd, Rm. 305
Springfield, IL 62701-1796
(217) 558-4140
FAX (217) 557-6737
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Jesse White, Secretary of State & State Librarian
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Subject: Gazeteers - how important?
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Subject: Gazeteers - how important?
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 22:48:49 +0000
From: Robert Lopresti <[log in to unmask]>
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We are in the midst of consolidating our map library into the main
library. I have approximately 22 shelves of paper gazetteers from
around the world. Most but not all our from the US government, and the
most recent seem to be from the 1990s. Most are from the 1950s to 1970s.
My question is: how useful/important are they today? Should I be saving
eight shelves worth of them?
Thanks,
Rob
Rob Lopresti
Map Librarian, Liaison for Huxley College and Government Information
Librarian
Western Washington University
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