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Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 09:35:37 -0400 (EDT)
From: Ernest L Woodson <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Aspiring Map Librarian <fwd>
Sender: Ernest L Woodson <[log in to unmask]>


 Hello map people,  That is very good advice
 coming from Scott. GIS and paper maps are important,
 but being a geographer is the basic requirement.
   I have been lucky to teach maps and be a librarian
 for 30 years.   Ernie Woodson  Map Collection
  University at Buffalo

On Mon, 16 Jul 2001, Johnnie Sutherland wrote:

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> Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 16:18:34 -0400
> From: Scott McEathron <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: RE: Aspiring Map Librarian <fwd>
> Sender: Scott McEathron <[log in to unmask]>
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> Anthony,
>
> University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee worked for me.  I would chose a good
> library school with a well established map library and at a University with
> an academic department(s) that teaches GIS courses on campus.  Finding a map
> library you can work in to gain experience and making some professional
> contacts is probably more important than taking a course in map
> librarianship.  You may be able to take an independent study, internship or
> fieldwork course from a map librarian on campus as well.  University of
> Illinois at Urbana-Champaign would probably be good, as would be many others
> I do not know about.
>
> Best wishes,
> Scott R. McEathron
>
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> From: Johnnie Sutherland [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 3:56 PM
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> Subject: Aspiring Map Librarian <fwd>
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> Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 23:20:59 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Anthony Tedeschi <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Aspiring Map Librarian
> Sender: Anthony Tedeschi <[log in to unmask]>
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>      My name is Anthony and I am a recent graduate of
> Rutgers University's geography department.  I plan on
> applying to graduate schools for Library Science in
> the Fall 2002.  I have examined various MLS programs,
> but am having a hard time discerning what exactly a
> good program entails for training as a map librarian.
> I am hoping that those in-the-know could offer me
> advice as to which schools would be be preferable in
> regards to MLS training for a career as a map
> librarian.  Please respond to this e-mail address
> ([log in to unmask]).  I look forward to reading any
> and all input.  Thank you all for your time.
>
>                      Sincerely,
>
>                      A. Tedeschi
>
>
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> that eludes the productive in all their confident superiority.
>                                                                  --Kevin
> Patterson
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