I'm very sad to hear of Mary's passing. She was a terrific person and made great contributions to the field of map librarianship. She will be missed. June June Crowe Tech Director Information International Associates, Inc. Email: [log in to unmask] Phone: 865-298-1233 Mobile: 865-604-1939 visit us at www.iiaweb.com ISO 9001: 2008 and IEC/ISO 20000:2011 Registered Quality Management System CMMI Services v1.3 Level 3 Appraised On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 9:08 PM, Jon Jablonski <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear Friends: > > It is with a heavy heart that I write to inform you of the passing of our > friend and former colleague Mary Larsgaard. Mary took ill last winter, and > passed comfortably on Tuesday morning. Up until early June, Mary continued > to enjoy lunch outings and discussions of her reading list with friends. > > Mary arrived at UCSB as map librarian and assistant department head of the > Map & Imagery Laboratory in 1988, and for her final year served as > department head before retiring in June of 2009. > > Mary literally wrote the book on map librarianship. It is called *Map > Librarianship*, and Mary penned all three editions: 1978, 1987, and > 1998. She was a giant in the cataloging field: frequently writing with > Penn State’s Paige Andrew, and served for decades on the Anglo-American > Cataloguing Committee for Cartographic Materials. With Paige, she was a > founding editor of the *Journal of Map and Geography Libraries*. > > Mary earned her Master of Arts in Library Science from the University of > Minnesota, and holds a second MA in Geography from the University of > Oregon. Prior to coming to UCSB, she was Assistant Director for Special > Collections at the Colorado School of Mines. She also has the distinction > of serving as president or chair of all three major American map library > organizations: ALA’s Map & Geography Roundtable, SLA’s Geography and Map > Division, and the Western Association of Map Libraries. > > Mary is survived by her sister Caroline Thompson. A memorial service is > being planned for Friday, August 4 in Santa Barbara, which is Mary’s > birthday. Details to follow. > > -jon > > Jon Jablonski > Map & Imagery Lab > UCSB Library >