----------------------------Original message---------------------------- I put out a request a week, or so, ago asking about mission statements that other map collections might have had to compose. Didn't get much response. Is that because people have not been asked to formlulate such statements? You see them everywhere now--mission statements: in banks, stores, fast-food joints, even. They are generally very succinct. Here is my preliminary draft: CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO MAP LIBRARY The mission of the Map Library is to acquire and organize cartographic materials in all formats which support the University curriculum, and to make them available to students, faculty, staff, and the general public. Any comments, critiques, horse-laughs? Sue Haffner [log in to unmask]