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Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 15:13:10 -0500
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Subject: Re: Cartographic Perspectives, No. 38, Winter 2001 <fwd>
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 From a retail perspective, I am repeatedly amazed at the lack of knowledge
of maps in the general public.   We also deal weekly if not daily with
university faculty and staff that are certainly GIS-illiterate and often
cartographically illiterate as well or do not have the
equipment/software/time to deal with ArcGIS, etc.

Russell Guy
Omni Resources

At 03:06 PM 2/22/2002 -0500, you wrote:
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>Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 16:05:25 -0600
>From: macmap <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: RE: Cartographic Perspectives, No. 38, Winter 2001 <fwd>
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>David, Colleagues,
>
>I have already written about a nine page response to Kellor's article that I
>hope Cartographic Perspectives will publish in the next issue.  One of the big
>flaws in his argument is that he assumes that all users of map libraries in
>the future will be like he is (an expert GIS user).  This is simply not true.
>Most map libraries have a diversity of users and thus need a diversity of
>information resources to meet their needs.
>
>Scott R. McEathron
>
> >===== Original Message From David Cobb <[log in to unmask]> =====
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> >Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 13:19:08 -0500
> >From: David Cobb <[log in to unmask]>
> >Subject: Cartographic Perspectives, No. 38, Winter 2001
> >Sender: David Cobb <[log in to unmask]>
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> >
> >
> >Colleagues -
> >
> >I am a little surprised that nobody has made any reference to C. Peter
> >Keller's article 'The Map Library's Future' in the recent Cartographic
> >Perspectives? He lays out some very interesting challenges to the future of
> >map collections and it is well worth the read. While I believe some of his
> >statements are a bit harsh/extreme (although they probably represent an
> >important segment of our user community) I also believe that much of what
> >he says reflects issues that we should be considering. So, will we need
> >physical map libraries in the future he asks?
> >
> >David Cobb
> >***************************************************************************
> >David A. Cobb                                           Tel. 617.495.2417
> >Harvard Map Collection                          FAX  617.496.0440
> >Harvard College Library                         Email: [log in to unmask]
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>Scott R. McEathron
>Asst. Map & Geography Librarian & Asst. Prof.
>
>Map and Geography Library
>University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
>418 Main Library, MC-522
>1408 West Gregory Dr.
>Urbana, IL  61801
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