--- Begin Forwarded Message --- 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 ? ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Christopher Baruth, Ph.D. Curator, American Geographical Society Collection Editor, Current Geographical Publications & Online Geographical Bibliography [log in to unmask] http://leardo.lib.uwm.edu (414) 229-6282 (800) 558-8993 (toll free) (414) 229-3624 (fax) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ --- End Forwarded Message ---