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Subject:        Re: MAPS-L: Contribute to the Registry of U.S. Government
Publication Digitization Projects
Date:   Wed, 02 Aug 2006 13:25:12 -0400
From:   Paige Andrew <[log in to unmask]>
To:     Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>





Thanks go to Kathy for providing this important information about a GPO
digital project repository. Which brings up a thought/question: I am
aware of at least two other similar projects in the U.S., one sponsored
by WAML and one by MAGERT, and I think there is something similar going
on amongst the California universities too. Then there is one for the
United Kingdom that I remember seeing a notice on here awhile ago. So,
at least considering the United States offerings -- is it time to
consider merging these efforts into one big digital cartography projects
repository? This is an idea that was considered at last year's
CUAC-sponsored national meeting in Washington, D.C., and I know WAML
acted on it very quickly to everyone's benefit. I certainly am not
implying that anyone should let excellent work and effort go by the
boards here, only that if there is a national government agency willing
to host such an important "creature" that it appears to me an
opportunity has arisen.

At the same time the one "restriction" I see with this notification is
that GPO is accepting projects for their list that contain U.S.
government-based data, and maybe that is enough of a restriction to
maintain more than one such registry?

Sincerely,

Paige

At 10:46 AM 8/2/2006, you wrote:
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject:        Contribute to the Registry of U.S. Government Publication
> Digitization Projects
> Date:   Wed, 2 Aug 2006 09:29:07 -0400
> From:   Kathy Brazee <[log in to unmask]>
> To:     [log in to unmask]
>
>
>
> The U.S. Government Printing Office encourages you to contribute
> information
> about your institution's digitization projects containing U.S. Government
> cartographic publications to the Registry of U.S. Government Publication
> Digitization Projects at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/legacy/registry/.
>
> The Registry's goal is to provide comprehensive coverage of all
> appropriate
> digitization projects that include U.S. Government publications. The
> Registry is designed to:
>
> Serve as a locator tool for publicly accessible collections of digitized
> U.S. Government publications;
> Increase awareness of U.S. Government publication digitization
> projects that
> are planned, in progress, or completed;
> Foster collaboration for digitization projects; and
> Provide models for future digitization projects.
>
> Projects represented in the Registry must be freely accessible and
> entirely
> composed of digitized U.S. Government publications or include a
> substantial
> number of them. You may update information about projects as they
> progress.
>
> If you have questions or comments, please use the GPO online help service
> at: http://gpo.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/gpo.cfg/php/enduser/ask.php. To ensure
> that your question is routed to the correct area, please choose the
> category
> "Federal Depository Libraries" and new sub-category "Digitization".
>
> You may also contact the GPO Customer Contact Center at 866-512-1800
> (Toll-free) or at 202-512-1800 (DC Metropolitan Area), Monday through
> Friday, 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m., EST.
>
> GPO Customer Contact Center