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Subject: Harley Essay
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 08:25:06 -0600
From: Angie Cope, American Geographical Society Library, UW Milwaukee
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Organization: American Geographical Society Library
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I have to admit Nat, that I sort of missed this one ... now that I pay
attention, I gave ya some moola.
Angie
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Subject: Harley Essay
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 18:56:05 -0600
From: Nat Case <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
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Dear map librarians:
I am still hopeful to fund the reprint of J.B. Harley's essay described
below, though I am less than two weeks form the deadline. I was notified
off-list by a map librarian that their policy prohibits pre-purchasing
titles without an absolute assurance of their being published... making
Kickstarter projects like this problematic.
So here is a question for you: Is this pretty much usual practice? If it
is, since map libraries were a major target audience for this piece, I
wonder if something less formal---not an actual bid (or whatever you
call a Kickstarter-like contingent donation) but a "We'd almost
certainly buy it if it were available") would be feasible. I'm a
trusting sort, and if I know we were pretty much there, I'd pony up the
extra myself and then offer it at the same price after the project
became definite.
It raises an interesting question though, with this new crowd-sourced
model: should libraries adjust their policies? Is speculative commitment
a dangerous slippery slope? Curious...
Nat Case
INCase, LLC
http://incasellc.com
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Many of you are familiar with J.B. Harley's 1987 essay from///The Map
Collector/, "The Map as Biography." It discusses a 1904 1:10,560
("six-inch") Ordnance Survey sheet of the town where he spent many
years. The essay has been a touchstone to me, but I've never actually
seen the map, except for the extract printed with the essay.
So, I'm using Rockethub (similar to Kickstarter) to presell a short
edition of the map and essay, printed on opposite sides of a 22 x 17
sheet. I have the blessing of Harley's estate (Paul Laxton, executor).
25% of anything I eventually make over out-of-pocket costs will go to
the Harley Fellowships.
The maps will be printed on heavy paper (Mohawk 100lb text vellum, warm
white), and the map image will be printed as black and white, NOT gray
scale, so the details should be crisp and not fuzzy from the dot screen.
Folded maps are $10, with a $15 option to buy one for your self and one
for your favorite map library. Rolled maps are $20.
Here's the site:
http://www.rockethub.com/projects/34637-j-b-harley-s-the-map-as-biography-the-map-in-question-on-one-sheet
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