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Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 09:11:33 -0700
From: Jon McConnel <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: MAPS-L: Library liability?]
To: "Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum" <[log in to unmask]>


Re. "Do Not Use For Navigation" stamping:

Last year I read a FDLP contract for US nautical charts that
_requires_ marking all superseded editions as such. The contract was
15 or 20 years old, but I doubt it has changed.

For what it's worth, back in 1916 the C&GS was authorized by Congress
to disposed of its stock of outdated nautical charts by donating them
to schools, on one condition:

Act of July 1, 1916 (39 Stat. L., 262, 320): "Charts of the Coast
Survey that are obsolete and have been superseded … may be distributed
free to educational institutions … stamped … 'For school use only.'"

The stamp was supposed to make sure they weren't resold, but also to
make sure they were not used for navigation.

Anyway, for nautical charts received on deposit, libraries have to
stamp outdated editions. I don't know about other navigation charts,
but it seems likely they would have the same condition attached.
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-Jon McConnel
U of OR Geography grad student