But does Melissa mean when USGS switched from doing their own distribution to having the distribution go via the FDLP? I recollect that there was a relatively recent (to my way of thinking) change on this, that might have been around 1984. Nancy Kandoian ++++++++++++++ Nancy A. Kandoian Map Cataloger The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, Room 117 Stephen A. Schwarzman Building The New York Public Library 5th Avenue and 42nd Street New York, New York 10018 (212) 930 0586 On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 8:16 AM, Ken Grabach <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Melissa, > Do you by any chance mean 1894? I don't have immediate access to the book *Maps > for America* (all our copies are in remote storage), but I think it would > have been some time before the turn of the 20th century. I think one of > the first series was the 15-minute series, at 1 inch to a mile (1:63,360) > and later at 1:62,500. > > Ken > > Ken Grabach > Maps Librarian > BEST Library, 219D > Miami University Libraries > Oxford, OH 45056 USA > > [log in to unmask] > 513-529-1726 > > On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 7:27 PM, Hartley, Melissa < > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Hello. I am new to maps cataloging and to this list, so please pardon my >> ignorance of the answer to this question. >> >> Does anyone know when federal maps (USGS in particular) began >> distribution via FDLP depository libraries? My research points to sometime >> around 1984. Does anyone know if this date is correct? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Melissa Hartley >> >> OSU Libraries and Press >> Oregon State University >> Corvallis, Oregon 97331-4501 >> >> [log in to unmask] >> 541 737-7317 >> > >