From: Marilyn Andrews [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2014 12:05 PM
To: Air Photo GIS Forum - Map Librarianship Maps
Subject: Re: Usefulness of old gazetteers?

Hi Ken.

I absolutely would keep them.  They are extremely important and need to be kept.  I spend a lot of time trying to find time series type numeric and spatial data for people and when it isn't available, the quality of the research is really in jeopardy.  

Marilyn Andrews

Data Librarian

Spatial and Numeric Data Services

University of Regina Library

DLI Official Contact

Official Representative to the ICPSR

( Tel:  306.585.5113

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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