OK is more of a Western state, IMO (Dad was an Okie) Sue Hawkins NYSDOT From: Maps-L: Map Librarians, etc. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Carlos A Diaz Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2018 6:52 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: states which compose the Pacific Northwest ATTENTION: This email came from an external source. Do not open attachments or click on links from unknown senders or unexpected emails. I would never identify Oklahoma as a southern state. I lived there before. They are not southern at all. Carlos A. Diaz Lee County Library Tupelo, MS [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> On Tue, Apr 10, 2018, 10:21 AM Cheri Folkner <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: Hi Aimee, Library of Congress has a series of gifs that identify different regions in the US used in the G schedule of the LC Classification system. No. 4 identifies the Pacific Northwest. · Electronic resource: United States: No. 1<http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/map1.gif> · Electronic resource: United States: No. 2<http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/map2.gif> · Electronic resource: United States: No. 3<http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/map3.gif> · Electronic resource: United States: No. 4<http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/map4.gif> · Electronic resource: United States: No. 5<http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/map5.gif> Cheri On Mon, Apr 9, 2018 at 10:00 PM, MAPS-L automatic digest system <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2018 18:36:44 +0000 From: Aimee Quinn <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Subject: states which compose the Pacific Northwest Hello folks, I've been asked to come up with collection scope including a specified geographic limit for our map collection perhaps just to the Pacific Northwest, however, the U.S. government does not appear to have a consistently defined geographic area for the Pacific Northwest. So I thought I would turn to my colleagues to see how you define this region of the United States. Below are a sample of different geographic definitions currently in place by the federal government. Census Bureau Division 9: Pacific Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/maps/reg_div.txt Bureau of Reclamation Columbia River Basin in Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Montana, Wyoming https://www.usbr.gov/pn/index.html USDA, Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region States of Oregon and Washington, Including Portions of Del Norte and Siskiyou Counties in California, and Portions of Nez Perce, Salmon, Idaho, and Adams Counties in Idaho https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprd3812803.pdf USA.gov Oregon & Washington https://gacc.nifc.gov/nwcc/ USGS Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming https://www.usgs.gov/science/regions/northwest?qt-regions_l2_landing_page_tabs=0#qt-regions_l2_landing_page_tabs Your advice is greatly appreciated with many thanks, Aimée Aimée C. Quinn Assistant Professor | Government Publications Librarian James E. Brooks Library, Depository 0649-A Central Washington University 400 E. University Way Ellensburg, WA 98926 509-963-1592 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]><mailto:[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> "Life should be lived so vividly and so intensely that thoughts of another life, or of a longer life, are not necessary.<https://www.inspiringquotes.us/quotes/M0Ap_u9salViA>" -- Marjory Stoneman Douglas ------------------------------ End of MAPS-L Digest - 6 Apr 2018 to 9 Apr 2018 (#2018-69) ********************************************************** -- Cheri Folkner Head of Cataloging and Associate Professor Albertsons Library Boise State University 1910 University Drive Boise, ID 83725-1430 208-426-1082