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I would never identify Oklahoma as a southern state.   I lived there
before.  They are not southern at all.


Carlos A. Diaz
Lee County Library
Tupelo, MS
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On Tue, Apr 10, 2018, 10:21 AM Cheri Folkner <[log in to unmask]>
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> Hi Aimee,
>
> Library of Congress has a series of gifs that identify different regions
> in the US used in the G schedule of the LC Classification system. No. 4
> identifies the Pacific Northwest.
>
>    - Electronic resource: United States: No. 1
>    <http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/map1.gif>
>    - Electronic resource: United States: No. 2
>    <http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/map2.gif>
>    - Electronic resource: United States: No. 3
>    <http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/map3.gif>
>    - Electronic resource: United States: No. 4
>    <http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/map4.gif>
>    - Electronic resource: United States: No. 5
>    <http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/map5.gif>
>
>
> Cheri
>
> On Mon, Apr 9, 2018 at 10:00 PM, MAPS-L automatic digest system <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>>
>> Date:    Mon, 9 Apr 2018 18:36:44 +0000
>> From:    Aimee Quinn <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: states which compose the Pacific Northwest
>>
>> Hello folks,
>>
>> I've been asked to come up with collection scope including a specified
>> geographic limit for our map collection perhaps just to the Pacific
>> Northwest, however, the U.S. government does not appear to have a
>> consistently defined geographic area for the Pacific Northwest.  So I
>> thought I would turn to my colleagues to see how you define this region of
>> the United States. Below are a sample of different geographic definitions
>> currently in place by the federal government.
>>
>> Census Bureau
>> Division 9: Pacific
>> Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington
>> https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/maps/reg_div.txt
>>
>> Bureau of Reclamation
>> Columbia River Basin in Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Montana, Wyoming
>> https://www.usbr.gov/pn/index.html
>>
>>
>> USDA, Forest Service
>>
>> Pacific Northwest Region
>> States of Oregon and Washington, Including Portions of Del Norte and
>> Siskiyou Counties in California, and Portions of Nez Perce, Salmon, Idaho,
>> and Adams Counties in Idaho
>> https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprd3812803.pdf
>>
>> USA.gov
>> Oregon & Washington
>> https://gacc.nifc.gov/nwcc/
>>
>> USGS
>> Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming
>>
>> https://www.usgs.gov/science/regions/northwest?qt-regions_l2_landing_page_tabs=0#qt-regions_l2_landing_page_tabs
>>
>>
>> Your advice is greatly appreciated with many thanks,
>> Aimée
>>
>>
>> Aimée C. Quinn
>> Assistant Professor | Government Publications Librarian
>> James E. Brooks Library, Depository 0649-A
>> Central Washington University
>> 400 E. University Way
>> Ellensburg, WA 98926
>> 509-963-1592
>> [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>>
>> "Life should be lived so vividly and so intensely that thoughts of
>> another life, or of a longer life, are not necessary.<
>> https://www.inspiringquotes.us/quotes/M0Ap_u9salViA>"  -- Marjory
>> Stoneman Douglas
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>
>
>
> --
> Cheri Folkner
> Head of Cataloging and Associate Professor
> Albertsons Library
> Boise State University
> 1910 University Drive
> Boise, ID  83725-1430
> 208-426-1082
>


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