-------- Original Message -------- Subject: U. Calgary Map Thefts Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 11:18:18 -0500 From: Zellmer, Linda R <[log in to unmask]> To: Maps and Air Photo Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]> Hello, The following is from today's Library Journal Academic News Wire. Linda Zellmer THIEVES STEAL MAPS AND BOOKS FROM U. CALGARY LIBRARY Staffers at the MacKimmie Library of the University of Calgary, AB have reported about $25,000 CAD ($18,350 USD) in thefts of rare books and damage to rare maps from which pages have been excised. University spokeswoman Beth Frank told the CALGARY HERALD, "If somebody steals a book, you know that it's gone. But if you're just taking pages out of a book or a map out of a book, you have to go through your whole collection to see which books are intact." The map pages are from survey and western geological map plates dating back to the 1890s. It's unclear where the items have been offered for sale. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Linda Zellmer Head, Geology Library Geology Building, Room 601 1001 E. 10th Street Bloomington, Indiana 47405-1405 Phone: (812) 855-2275 Fax: (812) 855-6614 [log in to unmask]