Hi Megan,

Hopefully you are aware that Penn State is the regional depository for maps? Be in touch with Nathan Piekielek or Heather Ross on my end as needed, see:

In the meantime I had to chuckle when I read your post because I am one of four individuals on a steering committee within ALA's Map and Geospatial Information Round Table (MAGIRT) actively working on developing an online directory of map collections across the country. What we aim to do is take the last edition of Guide to U.S. Map Resources (published in 2006) and make it an interactive, map-based, quasi-fourth-edition with hopefully more content than the third edition and with the ability of map curators like yourself to manage/maintain your specific entry about your collection, i.e., to move from a static product that goes out of date fairly quickly to an active one in which hopefully the information is kept relatively up to date.

So, as you can see, if we had our Online Guide to U.S. Map Collections done it would have been a great resource for you. We are making progress though!

Sincerely,

Paige Andrew

Cartographic Resources Cataloging Librarian

Penn State University

From: Maps-L: Map Librarians, etc. <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Megan MacCall <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2019 12:49 PM
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Subject: Greater Phila. Map Questionnaire

Good afternoon map colleagues, I’m reaching out because I’d like to identify what other local/regional libraries (those within about 100 miles of Philadelphia) have particular cartographic materials (mostly Federal Depository). I’ve typed up a general questionnaire in Google Forms (https://forms.gle/AxHddsMt3ruBRm5V7) and hope you can find time to participate. Included in the survey is a question about how you provide access to born-digital maps. This is something we’re trying to improve in our institution, so I’m curious to know what others are doing. I appreciate any time you can apply towards this task, and would be happy to share the results with you if you are interested. All the best, Megan Curator|Map Collection Free Library of Philadelphia [log in to unmask] www.FreeLibrary.org/maps Instagram: @freelibrarymaps