Hi all-
I have a question from a patron I’m hoping you can help with:
The patron says he understands that with world atlases, as they publish new editions each year, the copyright date changes, but he wants to know WHAT changes are made yearly and at what
level? So, for instance, country, city, national park names or their boundaries, new roads, railways…Are they updated?
And secondly, he’s looking for a good world atlas, smaller than a coffee table book, but he doesn’t like Rand McNally (!). Any suggestions?
I know these are kind of odd questions, but I told him I’d run it by the collective minds of many map librarians and see if we could get some answers. Thank you! You can respond
directly to me, off-list, if you’d like!
Ilene
Ilene Raynes
Jerry Crail Johnson Earth Sciences & Map Library
University Libraries
University of Colorado Boulder
184 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309