The Federal Documents regional depositories retain all maps for the 50 states whether it is they themselves or through a housing agreement with another depository. Now they may not all be found via the online catalog but if you call them at the desk, they can help you find them and retrieve them. For a list of Federal regional depositories around the country go to: http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/tools/ldirect.html --Then, scroll down to the search engine and type the word REGIONAL --To the left of the search engine, click on the down arrow and select SELECTIVE or REGIONAL (spell out) --click on submit The search will produce the names of the 54 regional depositories around the country that should have topographic maps for the 50 states. Carlos A. Diaz Government Documents/Maps The Evergreen State College Olympia, Washington [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Johnnie Sutherland [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 11:51 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: deaccessioning of national topographic map collections <fwd> --- Begin Forwarded Message --- Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 14:20:06 -0400 From: ahudson <[log in to unmask]> Subject: deaccessioning of national topographic map collections Sender: ahudson <[log in to unmask]> Over and over I see map libraries getting rid of their non-regional topos and sending them off to other libraries around the US. What is happening here? Is this a result of topos being available on the web and cds? Is it a space issue? Budget issue? Are there libraries that are committed to retaining as complete collections as possible [all 50 states, including back issues] for research use? Seems to me the map library community should be aware of locations of retrospective USGS topos, outside of the National Archives. So far NYPL has been able to retain ours, despite moving non-northeast historical sheets to remote storage. Budget cuts or space issues some day may require more drastic moves, but so far... Which libraries around the country are retaining their entire USGS collections? topos that is...Just curious! 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 --- End Forwarded Message ---