--- Begin Forwarded Message --- Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2002 15:02:24 -0400 From: Thelma Thompson <[log in to unmask]> Subject: RE: deaccessioning of national topographic map collections <fwd> Sender: Thelma Thompson <[log in to unmask]> At the University of New Hampshire we have a fairly complete collection of all editions of New Hampshire 7.5' and 15' topographic maps and we have been keeping all editions for other New England states for past the several years. Not having a good way to determine where the holes are in our collection and not having room to collect extensive duplicates, I request maps being offered as time permits and wish it were possible to do so more systematically. Thank you to all those who create the offer lists and send out the requested maps. Despite having both scanned images of virtually all editions of topo maps for New England and New York on our web site and recent editions available on commercial CD for in-house use, we recognize the unique value of the paper originals. We keep latest editions only for all other states and territories and have not yet found a satisfactory way to keep up with the catalog maintenance required since we have chosen to receive Marcive records for each individual sheet. If we had space we would keep other editions for other states. It is impossible to predict what non-local areas will be of interest to our patrons. We have kept the relatively few 15' non-New England maps that still remain in our collection. We have recently begun to keep superseded nautical charts for New England. However, space will likely require us to be more selective than with the topo maps. Thelma Thompson Thelma Thompson Government Documents Librarian Dimond Library 18 Library Way University of New Hampshire Durham, NH 03824 Phone: 603-862-1132 Fax: 603-862-3403 [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Johnnie Sutherland [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 2:51 PM 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 --- --- End Forwarded Message ---