-------- Original Message -------- Subject: RE: Topos available from WWU Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:31:05 -0400 From: Sarjeant, Bruce C <[log in to unmask]> To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship <[log in to unmask]> I am going to step in it here, but... Just my two cents (as a WWU alum), but it seems a shame to be gutting this collection. I realize that libraries across the USA (ours included) are getting rid of paper (paper anything) and embracing "electronic", but what will be left of a world-class map collection at WWU? Bruce Sarjeant Reference, Documents & Maps Librarian Lydia M. Olson Library Northern Michigan University 1401 Presque Isle Ave Marquette, MI 49855 [log in to unmask] 906-227-1580 -----Original Message----- From: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Angie Cope, American Geographical Society Library, UW Milwaukee Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 3:45 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Topos available from WWU -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Topos available from WWU Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:12:27 -0400 From: Michael Fry <[log in to unmask]> To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship <[log in to unmask]> Hi Rob, I don't know what your real mission is, but take care. Very few (no?) USGS 1:24000 maps have been printed/distributed in the last five years (except perhaps those jointly produced with the USFS, which cover a small fraction of the US). Many USGS 1:24000s (e.g., Washington, DC) hadn't been updated in nearly 30 years--the most recent print editions are well over 5 years old. So if your goal is simply to keep only the new, "current" print 1:24000s, you may be left with nothing but Forest Service editions...and a very skimpy print topo map collection with little or no coverage of some states. But maybe that's the goal. ? $.02. (And maybe less since I'm no longer in the FDLP pipeline.) HTH. mf -- Michael Fry Senior Map Librarian National Geographic Society 1145 17th St. N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 202.857.7098 [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 2:48 PM, Angie Cope, American Geographical Society Library, UW Milwaukee <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Topos available from WWU Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:41:39 +0000 From: Robert Lopresti <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> To: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Western Washington University intends to discard all 1:24,000 US topographical maps from the following states that are more than five years old. We will send any to libraries for the cost of shipping and mailing. If there are specific maps you want we will attempt, within reason, to find them. Please let us know by Friday October 14 if you want any of them. If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know. Rob Rob Lopresti Map Librarian, Liaison for Huxley College and Government Information Librarian Western Washington University 360-650-3342 <tel:360-650-3342> [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> Alabama Arizona Arkansas Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Vermont Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming -- Michael Fry Senior Map Librarian National Geographic Society 1145 17th St. N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 202.857.7098 [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>