From: Bertuca, David [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2014 12:14 PM
To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
Subject: RE: Usefulness of old gazetteers?
There is enough historic data in the GNIS for older/former names.
I kept our old state topo gazetteers for a long time and finally determined that the only real loss was browsability of feature names. But this wasn’t a concern of users and the paper version was not used at all after online was available. I DID keep the New York State gazetteer just in case, but that was it.
We had some GNIS data on fiche and may still, but I have not had to consult that in years and the online version is superior.
David J. Bertuca, Map Librarian
Science and Engineering Information Center
225 Capen Hall
Oscar A. Silverman Library
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY 14260-1672
716-645-1332 / 716-645-3710 (fax)
Liaison to the Geography Department for GIS and Physical Geography
From: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Angie Cope
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2014 12:44 PM
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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