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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
Sender: ahudson <[log in to unmask]>


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

[log in to unmask]; 212-930-0589; fax 212-930-0027

http://nypl.org/research/chss/map/map.html


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