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Subject: FW:      National Geographic Map Supplements]
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 15:00:43 -0600
From: Booth, Arlyn <[log in to unmask]>
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Many years ago, when the individual issues of the magazine were bound
here at the Illinois State Library, an edge of the maps was bound into
the binding. I haven't tried to pull them out as a rule. They don't
circulate. In more recent times, I've asked to have pockets made at the
back of the binding to put the maps that belong to that issue into. The
current issues circulate only overnight. I catalog the maps, and shelve
them in the map cabinets, only when I get a second copy, through one
method or the other. We have a staff member who regulary donates the
maps now. And over the years I've gotten a lot of donations. So quite a
few maps are in the map collection. We also got the cd collection for
back up. And, we used the National Geographic Library's list of National
Geographic maps by date and subject to check how complete our collection
of separate maps, and then the bound-in maps, was. The news was pretty
good. Just flattening the maps out and shelving them in the map cabin!
ets doesn't solve the whole preservtion problem, though. Because they
were folded, quite a few of them tear very easily at the folds if used
at all. We've had to encapsulate quite a few of them.

Arlyn Booth
Illinois State Library
217/558-4140
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Subject: National Geographic Map Supplements
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 09:49:39 -0500
From: David J. Bertuca <[log in to unmask]>
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greetings in the map libraries;

We are considering the pros and cons of separating our NG supplement maps
from the bound volumes in order to conserve them, protect them, and to
catalog them for better access. My questions are:

1. how have other collections handled this (separate or leave in issues)
2. For libraries that keep the maps with the bound volumes--how much theft
or missing maps have you discovered?

We want to catalog each map with the appropriate cross-links to the issues
and also from the magazine to the maps so that access will be maintained
for anyone needing to put the map and the articles together for study.

Thank you all.

David J. Bertuca, Map Librarian
University at Buffalo Map Collection
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