-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Viewing and printing maps Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 21:03:23 -0500 From: Mary Douglass <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] CC: Mary Douglass <[log in to unmask]> ------------------ As many of you know, the Seattle Public Library will be opening a grand new central library at the end of this year. On the 9th floor there will be a Map Room (albeit scaled down from the original plans), and it will contain a dedicated workstation for electronic mapping. My original request included an oversized monitor and a large format printer, but these two items are now being questioned (budget problems, of course). The arena of viewing and printing electronic maps is one in which I am still developing a basic comfort level, so I am finding myself hard pressed to present a succinct and well-thought out justification for these two pieces of equipment. Can anybody help me out???? Obviously I have been planning on learning by doing, but that hasn’t happened yet. What I really need is a personalized, several day long inservice by a local expert, and that I haven’t yet arranged either! Any thoughts will be appreciated. Mary Douglass Map Librarian (along with other duties) Seattle Public Library