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

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


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