5 messages.----Johnnie --------------------------------------------------------------------- >From: Philip Hoehn <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: light tables We have a single light table and it is used a couple of times a month. Since we suffer from the seemingly universal map library's compulsive need to cover every available flat surface with maps, patrons periodically have to remind us to clear it off. On Wed, 13 May 1998 16:13:54 EDT Sue Haffner <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- > Do your map libraries still offer light tables for > patron use? Or this this item a relic of the old > days of cartography? > (We need to decide whether or not to keep ours.) > > Sue Haffner > Map Library, CSU Fresno Phil Hoehn, Map Bibliographer Branner Earth Sciences Library Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-2210 [log in to unmask] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 11:12:48 -0400 (EDT) >From: Ernest L Woodson <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: light tables Hello Sue, Our map collection still uses light tables for various projects done by students of architecture and civil engineering. Ernie Woodson SUNY Buffalo ---------------------------------------------------------------- >Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 10:03:38 -0400 (EDT) >From: [log in to unmask] (Cheryl Woods) >Subject: Re: light tables Sue, We have 3 that aren't used as much as they were years ago but they are still used whether you think them relics or not. Cheryl ******************************************************************* Cheryl Woods Map Curator tel: 519-661-3424 Serge A. Sauer Map Library, SSC 1051 fax: 519-661-3750 University of Western Ontario [log in to unmask] London, Canada N6A 5C2 ******************************************************************* ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 06:18:07 -0700 >From: "Virginia R. Hetrick" <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: Light tables Hi, Sue - Speaking for "readers", there are still some things I can't do without the use of a light table. In spite of the fact that I'm WAY into doing things computerly, as Helen Jane can attest, by far, the easiest way for me to figure out what's changed between two editions of a map is to put the two of them on a light table and carefully eyeball them. Further, when I need a base map and there's not a suitable base map available, it's far faster for me to trace the elements off an existing map and design my own base map than to put in the time trying to find an electronic version and deal with trying to get all the approvals necessary to buy it. Finally, because the people I work with are usually working with some really small and usually extremely obsure area, the more ways I have to deal with the (usually limited) materials for them, the better off I am. I dunno whether any of this applies to Fresno, but it's one user's perspective. HTH. vh -- \ / Virginia R. Hetrick, here in sunny California 0 Bellnet: 310.206.7588 Oo Email: [log in to unmask] http://www.ioa.ucla.edu/~hetrick Site of the month: http://www.anbg.gov.au/anbg/index.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ >Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 09:06:43 -0300 (ADT) >From: James C Boxall <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: light tables Yes...they still get used. Not just for maps mind you. The most popular use has been as a table to sort slides. However, we are just considering whether to keep both tables or to sell one. cheers james James C. Boxall, Map Curator Map Collection, Killam Library Dalhousie University Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada B3H 4H8 902-494-3757 (tel) 902-494-2062 (fax) [log in to unmask] www.library.dal.ca/science/mapcoll.html