From: Kathy Stroud [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2014 12:22 PM
To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
Subject: RE: Usefulness of old gazetteers?

Ken,

My 2 cents.

It’s my understanding that the content is duplicated in the GEOnet names server (http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/).  It’s not the best designed database, but functional.  It’s also a freely available government website. I would withdraw or remote storage the gazetteers if you have that option.  You might want to keep the print available for a specific area if you have heavy use of the  topos in that region as a “just in case” we lose access to the government website.

Kathy Stroud

From: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Angie Cope
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2014 9:44 AM
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Subject: Usefulness of old gazetteers?

From: Ken Rockwell [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2014 10:57 AM
To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
Subject: Usefulness of old gazetteers?

The Marriott Library is currently discarding or redistributing lots of decades-old government documents.  Among the candidates for withdrawal a number of older gazetteers published by the “War Department, Army Map Service, and later by Defense Mapping Agency. I can’t say I’ve used any of them for a long while, so I’m amenable to their withdrawal, but I thought I’d check with colleagues on whether there’s still a reason to keep them around.  Any comments?

---Ken Rockwell

University of Utah