-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Geography Discipline Library Collections Transferred to USGS Library,Reston, VA Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 06:45:58 -0500 From: "Erin P Donnelly" <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] ------------------ Geography Discipline Library Collections Transferred to USGS Library, Reston, VA In fall 2002, the USGS National Mapping Division (NMD) Reference Collection Library in Reston, Virginia was closed. Preparations were made for the USGS Library to accept its book and serials collection as well as the historic topographic map archive. The book collection has been moved to staging space within the USGS Library. Its contents are being cataloged and integrated into the main library collection. Selected journal subscriptions are being added to the USGS Library collection. Responsibility for the historic topographic map archive was formally transferred to the USGS Library in March 2003. However, the archive will be maintained as a special collection in its present space (Room 2B-125, USGS National Center, Reston, Virginia). Service hours are 1-3 p.m. Monday through Friday. For access to this collection at other times, contact the USGS Library's reference desk at 703-648-4302. The USGS Library also has a large collection of these maps, accessible during the normal library hours of 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. The topographic map archive is probably the most complete collection of USGS topographic maps. It includes each U.S. state and territory as well as all scales, editions, and various printings of these maps. Coverage dates from the 1880's, when the USGS began publishing standard topographic quadrangles. ======================================================================== Ms. Erin P. Donnelly U.S. Geological Survey Library Library Technician & Webmaster Cartographic Information Services Email: [log in to unmask] 950 National Center Voice: 703.648.6226 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive Fax: 703.648.6373 Reston, VA 20192 Web Site: http://library.usgs.gov/