--- Begin Forwarded Message --- Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 13:37:09 -0400 From: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: WHAT ARE THE LARGEST UNIVERSITY MAP COLLECTIONS IN THE U.S.? <fwd> Sender: [log in to unmask] For the record, the NYPL Map Division has 427,000 maps 16,000 atlases 6,000 books about cartography with the map collections dating from the 16th century to the present. Figures are rounded off. Alice C. Hudson Chief, Map Division The Humanities and Social Sciences Library The New York Public Library 5th Avenue & 42nd Street, Room 117 New York, NY 10018-2788 [log in to unmask]; 212-930-0589; fax 212-930-0027 http://nypl.org/research/chss/map/map.html Johnnie Sutherland To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask] cc: uga.edu> Subject: Re: WHAT ARE THE LARGEST UNIVERSITY MAP Sent by: Maps and COLLECTIONS IN THE U.S.? <fwd> Air Photo Systems Forum <[log in to unmask] UGA.EDU> 04/19/2002 11:18 AM Please respond to Christopher Baruth --- 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 --- --- End Forwarded Message ---