-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Development of stolen map database (RETREIVAL) Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 07:23:23 -0800 (PST) From: MARZIO VENEMAN <[log in to unmask]> To: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]> Retreival of (international) stolen artifacts: http://www.unidroit.org/default.htm http://whc.unesco.org/ http://www.museum-security.org/wordpress/ http://www.culturalheritage.net/ I trust this information is sufficient for your purposes, in case you require any additional details, please do not hesitate to contact the undersigned. 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The International Antiquarian Mapsellers Association (IAMA: www.antiquemapdealers.com <http://www.antiquemapdealers.com/> <http://www.antiquemapdealers.com/>) is funding the development of a stolen map database. We hope to have a working prototype available by mid-April 2008. The technical elements of the database are being managed by ammonet (www.ammonet.com <http://www.ammonet.com/> <http://www.ammonet.com/>). The basic details are: · The database will be free of charge, fully searchable, international in scope, and accessible using individual usernames and passwords. · There will be a standardized submission form, which can be completed online, for posting theft details. This form will be reviewed prior to “going live” in the online database. (NOTE: Please contact me off-list for a copy of the form headings--Joel.Kovarsky[at]embarqmail.com <http://embarqmail.com/>. We realize that all details will not be present in each circumstance, but the inclusion of copy-specific details will be essential.) · Although full and open contact details will be encouraged, there will be a mechanism for third party contact for those requiring anonymity. · Links to online images of the stolen items will be encouraged, or an image may be uploaded directly to the database. The limitations of resolution within the database will initially be 1200 x 1200 pixels. (NOTE: This level of resolution does not require expensive photographic equipment.) We recognize that this project will evolve over time, but sincerely hope that the database will help with the increasingly publicized problem of early map theft, and will also encourage more complete descriptions of valuable materials. This project has been in the planning stages for a number of months, and is the result of cooperation between dealers, collectors, librarians and curators. We are planning an acknowledgement page for those individuals and institutions whose early encouragement has been so crucial to the development of the database. While there is not enough space to thank everyone here, we wish to mention the ongoing support and commentary of the IAMA dealers, Ed Dahl (map curator, retired, Library and Archives Canada), and Tony Campbell (map librarian, retired, British Library and author of www.maphistory.info/thefts.html <http://www.maphistory.info/thefts.html> <http://www.maphistory.info/thefts.html>). Other individuals supportive of the project include David Allen (map librarian, emeritus, Stony Brook University and editor of _Coordinates_), Peter Barber (Head of British Library Map Collections), Roger Baskes (Chairman, Board of Trustees, Newberry Library), Erin Blake (Curator of Art & Special Collections, Folger Shakespeare Library), David Cobb (Curator of the Harvard Map Collection), Angie Cope (Cartographic Materials Cataloging Librarian, American Geographical Society), Tinho da Cruz (Editor, _Cartographiti_, Map Curators' Group newsletter, British Cartographic Society), Susan Danforth (Curator of Maps, John Carter Brown Library), John Docktor (compiler, Cartography Calendars, www.docktor.com <http://www.docktor.com/> <http://www.docktor.com/>), Christian Dupont (Director, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia), Ronald Grim (Curator of Maps, Norman B.Leventhal Map Collection at the Boston Public Library), Philip Hoehn (previous map librarian for the David Rumsey Map Collection), Robert Karrow (Curator of Special Collections and Curator of Maps, Newberry Library), Kenneth Nebenzahl (President, Kenneth Nebenzahl, Inc. and Life Trustee of the Newberry Library), Jeremy Pool (owner, MapRecord Publications), Alice Prochaska (Yale University Librarian), Edward Redmond (Geography & Map Division, Library of Congress), Hélčne Richard (Directeur du Département des Cartes et Plans, Bibliothčque nationale de France), Thomas Sander (Editor, _The Portolan)_, Dorothy Sloan (owner, Dorothy Sloan—Rare Books Inc.), Ann Sutherland (Convener, Map Curators' Group, British Cartographic Society), William Stanley (President, Washington Map Society), Zsolt Török (Department of Cartography and Geoinformatics, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary), Frank Turner (director, Beinecke Library), Sarah Tyacke CB (former Keeper of Public Records [UK]), Everett Wilkie (former chair, RBMS Security Committee), and Alberta Auringer Wood (Honorary Research Librarian, Memorial University of Newfoundland). From the Washington Map Society (www.washmap.org <http://www.washmap.org/> <http://www.washmap.org/>) Board of Directors: “The Washington Map Society’s Board of Directors at its January 15^th board meeting discussed the proposed establishment of a stolen map database by the International Antiquarian Mapsellers Association (IAMA). We believe such a database would be a positive step toward protection for map collectors and dealers. The board unanimously supports such a program by the IAMA…” ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51733/*http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ%20>