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Date: Thu, 18 Apr 102 14:18:59 -0500 (CDT)
From: Christopher Baruth <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: WHAT ARE THE LARGEST UNIVERSITY MAP COLLECTIONS IN THE
U.S.?
Sender: Christopher Baruth <[log in to unmask]>




As I believe the original poster was interested in holdings of maps,
I've taken the ARL list and added a column for the number of maps in
those collections based on the 4th edition of the IFLA directory.  I
have not reordered the list because too many collections apparently did
not respond to IFLA's questionnaire, and thus, did not get included in
the directory.

I would also add, for the record, that the number of maps in the AGS
Collection, according to the directory, was 481,000.  I could also add
that we've just taken on the holdings of the old UWM map library, which
may number around 150,000.  I would, however, not wish to hazard a
guess as to what the yield of this acquisition will be once the
duplication is eliminated.  For those not familiar, the AGS Collection
is at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.  It was not included in
the ARL list for the simple reason that its parent library system is
not a member of ARL.

An additional two things should be kept in mind--Many of the larger
University map collections are not on this list, and almost all map
holdings statistics must be taken _cum grano salis_.


                                Cart Mat     Maps
                                  ARL        IFLA

1 CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA     3620514     443,525
2 ALBERTA                       1383050     460,000
3 FLORIDA                        727220        ?
4 OREGON                         720863     249,355
5 ILLINOIS, URBANA               633170     411,653
6 CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES        623835     540,578
7 GEORGIA                        608106     385,000
8 INDIANA                        596204        ?
9 BRITISH COLUMBIA               540879     176,000
10 YALE                          447684     200,000
11 PENNSYLVANIA STATE            439180     350,000
12 CHICAGO                       408054     395,000
13 MINNESOTA                     404729     248,512
14 CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY          397868     291,993
15 TENNESSEE                     372341        ?
16 IOWA                          370168        ?
17 WASHINGTON                    346618     261,839
18 TEXAS                         341794        ?
19 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS             327179        ?
20 NORTH CAROLINA                322791        ?



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