================================================ MAPS-L ** MAPS-L ** MAPS-L ** MAPS-L ** MAPS-L ================================================ Subject: Maps in Current Newspapers Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 From: Bob Kibbee <[log in to unmask]> To: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]> All, I'm interested in what policies you all have in place for acquiring maps in current newspapers. We will usually clip and add maps that have possible historical or reference value from local newspapers, but I'm wondering about, e.g. maps from the NYTimes. Do we just assume that the maps produced there are being archived somewhere by the NYT itself and will be available for researchers, at least subscribing researchers? (Library subscriptions through aggregators such as Factiva and Lexis Academic don't include graphics.) Is there a need / obligation to make them discoverable and available in a cataloged map collection? Are there legal constraints on adding the paper clipping, a photocopy of it, a scan of it, a print from the graphic from the NYTimes site itself? Take a feature article from October 10th, "As Polar Ice Turns to Water, Dreams of Treasure Abound," which features three dramatic maps of the arctic. These maps would seem to be useful to any program working with arctic regions. Can these maps be added to our collection; should they be? This may be a more pressing issue now that journalistic cartography seems to be exploding in volume and sophistication. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Bob Bob Kibbee Map & GIS Librarian Instruction, Research & Information Services (IRIS) 017 Olin Library, Cornell University Ithaca, New York 14853-5301 voice 607-255-9566 / fax 607-255-9346