-------- Original Message -------- Subject: MAGERT Res.Lib.Coll.Mgmt.Discussion at ALA Philadelphia Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 13:36:19 -0500 (EST) From: Karl Eric Longstreth <[log in to unmask]> To: Maps and Air Photo Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]> CC: "Johnnie D. Sutherland" <[log in to unmask]> In my absence, Patrick McGlamery has kindly agreed to lead the Research Libraries Collection Management Discussion Group on Sunday 26 January in Philadelphia. For those attending, the following may help set an agenda for discussion. He may certainly add to or change the discussion topics as he and the other the participants may have particular issues. At the last Discussion Group meeting in Atlanta last summer, topics discussed included: The Sanborn Digital Maps from ProQuest/UMI; The role of digital data as something to have in addition to or in lieu of having paper materials; The potential of functional shared archives of imagery and related materials; The role of online databases and cartographic sites for both historical and current data as part of 'collecting' and providing services (for example David Rumsey's Cartography Associates and his website www.davidrumsey.com) Following from these last topics, as the discussion certainly continued past the allotted time, outside the meeting venue in Atlanta. I propose continuing this line, related to paper and digital, and ask now: What trends in paper and digital publishing inform collection management and development now? For example, David Cobb recently shared the news of Rand McNally's reorganization, and this raises the question of the importance of the small number of cartographic publishing concerns in commercial publishing. Universities and other research institutions are under considerable economic pressure now, and how is this affecting the management of cartographic collections? How are institutions making decisions about resources, and about what they buy? How close is this to what they actually wish to achieve? Other topics that arise at the Conference. Thanks, Karl Karl Eric Longstreth Map Library, University Library & China Data Center, International Institute University of Michigan 920 North University Street Ann Arbor MI 48109-1205 USA [log in to unmask] 734.647.0646 fax 734.763.5080