-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: MAPS-L: Contribute to the Registry of U.S. Government Publication Digitization Projects Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2006 13:25:12 -0400 From: Paige Andrew <[log in to unmask]> To: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]> Thanks go to Kathy for providing this important information about a GPO digital project repository. Which brings up a thought/question: I am aware of at least two other similar projects in the U.S., one sponsored by WAML and one by MAGERT, and I think there is something similar going on amongst the California universities too. Then there is one for the United Kingdom that I remember seeing a notice on here awhile ago. So, at least considering the United States offerings -- is it time to consider merging these efforts into one big digital cartography projects repository? This is an idea that was considered at last year's CUAC-sponsored national meeting in Washington, D.C., and I know WAML acted on it very quickly to everyone's benefit. I certainly am not implying that anyone should let excellent work and effort go by the boards here, only that if there is a national government agency willing to host such an important "creature" that it appears to me an opportunity has arisen. At the same time the one "restriction" I see with this notification is that GPO is accepting projects for their list that contain U.S. government-based data, and maybe that is enough of a restriction to maintain more than one such registry? Sincerely, Paige At 10:46 AM 8/2/2006, you wrote: > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Contribute to the Registry of U.S. Government Publication > Digitization Projects > Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 09:29:07 -0400 > From: Kathy Brazee <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > > > > The U.S. Government Printing Office encourages you to contribute > information > about your institution's digitization projects containing U.S. Government > cartographic publications to the Registry of U.S. Government Publication > Digitization Projects at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/legacy/registry/. > > The Registry's goal is to provide comprehensive coverage of all > appropriate > digitization projects that include U.S. Government publications. The > Registry is designed to: > > Serve as a locator tool for publicly accessible collections of digitized > U.S. Government publications; > Increase awareness of U.S. Government publication digitization > projects that > are planned, in progress, or completed; > Foster collaboration for digitization projects; and > Provide models for future digitization projects. > > Projects represented in the Registry must be freely accessible and > entirely > composed of digitized U.S. Government publications or include a > substantial > number of them. You may update information about projects as they > progress. > > If you have questions or comments, please use the GPO online help service > at: http://gpo.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/gpo.cfg/php/enduser/ask.php. To ensure > that your question is routed to the correct area, please choose the > category > "Federal Depository Libraries" and new sub-category "Digitization". > > You may also contact the GPO Customer Contact Center at 866-512-1800 > (Toll-free) or at 202-512-1800 (DC Metropolitan Area), Monday through > Friday, 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m., EST. > > GPO Customer Contact Center