Hi Michael, My colleague Mary Aagard and I did a survey on this topic in June 2015 and the results were published in May in Collection Management. I don't know if the information is too dated for you, but we tried to do a comprehensive survey. The citation is: Folkner C.A., and Aagard M.C. 2016. "The Influence of the Online Availability of USGS Topographic Maps on Weeding Decisions in Academic Libraries". *Collection Management. *41, no. 2: 66-81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01462679.2016.1159162 Not sure if this will help answer you question or not -- Regards, Cheri On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 10:00 PM, MAPS-L automatic digest system < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > <snip> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2016 21:39:58 +0000 > From: Michael M Noga <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: USGS Topo map survey > > Greetings, > > I have seen a lot of offers of USGS topo sets on Maps-L for several > years. I was wondering if you would answer this quick question. > > My library is > > 1) Keeping all our print USGS topo maps. (perhaps storing all or > some off-site) > > 2) Keeping only the print maps for the states (regions) that mainly > interest my library's community. > > 3) Withdrawing our print USGS topo map collection. > > > You can reply directly to me or respond to the list. > I will post the results. > > Thanks. > > Michael > > ________________ > Michael M Noga > Collections Strategist > Earth and Planetary Sciences Librarian > MIT Libraries > [log in to unmask] > > <snip> > > End of MAPS-L Digest - 11 Oct 2016 to 13 Oct 2016 (#2016-202) > ************************************************************* > -- Cheri Folkner Head of Cataloging and Associate Professor Albertsons Library Boise State University 1910 University Drive Boise, ID 83725-1430 208-426-1082