Good morning all,

It has been brought to my attention that we neglected to add tickets for WAML Lifetime members! That has now been fixed and there is an option for you all to register<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/waml-western-association-of-map-libraries-annual-conference-2025-tickets-1382984436679?aff=oddtdtcreator> <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/waml-western-association-of-map-libraries-annual-conference-2025-tickets-1382984436679?aff=oddtdtcreator> now.

Thanks for understanding and we look forward to seeing you at WAML 2025 in Moscow, ID<https://waml.org/conferences/waml2025/>. 

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Hello all,

🎙️ Join us for ArcGIS StoryMaps Live on August 13! We’ll unpack the creative process for map and image choreography — and we want to hear from you!
🗳️ Vote for which story you’d like to see us rebuild live and register for the webinar: https://storyscape-esriwhere.hub.arcgis.com/pages/community

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Take care,
Andria

Andria Olson | Sr. Content Specialist | ArcGIS StoryMaps 

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The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) is seeking nominations for two Federal depository library awards. The deadline to submit nominations is Friday, August 1, 2025.

Learn more about the awards and nomination guidelines, and nominate libraries: https://www.fdlp.gov/library-of-the-year

Library of the Year

Nominate an exceptional Federal depository library for the 2025 Federal Depository Library of the Year award. GPO seeks to honor libraries that have implemented innovative services or programs as well as recognize staff members who are engaged with meeting the needs of their communities. You may either self-nominate or nominate 

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You are cordially invited to join the U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) and the Depository Library Council (DLC) for the FDLP Preconference: Updates from GPO's Library Services & Content Management and the fall 2025 Federal Depository Library Conference.

View our event page, and register to attend: https://www.fdlp.gov/2025-fdl-conference 

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Hello all,

Registration is now open for the WAML 2025 Annual Conference in Moscow, Idaho! The conference will take place Wednesday, September 24 to Saturday, September 27, 2025.

The WAML site<https://waml.org/conferences/waml2025/> has details regarding registration<https://waml.org/conferences/waml2025/registration/>, accommodation<https://waml.org/conferences/waml2025/accommodations/>, transportation<https://waml.org/conferences/waml2025/transportation/>, the banquet<https://waml.org/conferences/waml2025/banquet/>, and field trip<https://waml.org/conferences/waml2025/field-trip/>. Stay tuned for more information on the session programs.

Thanks to Eastview and Simply Analytics for sponsoring this year's conference. If you'd also like to sponsor, contact me for further information. 

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Dear Map Community,

I am sad to announce that we recently we discovered that the Online Guide to Map Collections has been taken down and the data cannot be fully recovered. We are doing our best to get as much of the data back as possible, but this will certainly be a setback. We are using this time to reenvision the project and to see if we can create a sustainable organizational structure that can support future development of the Online Guide. 

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Hello Maps-L!

I have a patron request for a map of the western Mediterranean. I've found several maps (numbers 52000, 52010, 53000, etc) that show this area, but I've had no luck finding a single map of the entire Mediterranean.

Our nautical chart collection is largely unused, so when it's requested, I feel like I'm taking a lot of time to sort through international charts. Here is my ask: 

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Greetings all,
Please submit your nominations to the committee chair by Friday, July 18th, 2025. EXTENDEDED!!! Friday Aug 1, 2025. We need nominations!
2025 Call for GSIS Mary B. Ansari Best Geoscience Research/Reference Award Nominations

The Best Geoscience Reference or Research Resource Award Committee is now accepting nominations! We want to hear about the geoscience reference or research tools you’ve relied on most this year—whether it’s a go-to database, an indispensable handbook, or a standout digital resource. If there’s a resource you’ve found particularly valuable or used often, we encourage you to nominate it for this year’s award. Help us 

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Applications open now! Deadline August 25th 2025

$25,000 stipend

More information:

https://www.nypl.org/about/fellowships/middle-eastern-islamic-studies

Application:

https://fellowships.nypl.org/home

Map Scholars please apply!!!

A student is after the Dakar sheet in the 1942 AMS series G621 Senegal 1:125,000.
Of course that's the one sheet we are missing.

Does anyone else have this sheet, or can point me to an online scan?

Thanks

Brendan

Dr Brendan Whyte, FRGS AFRHistS
Curator and Head of the Map Collection
The University of Chicago Library
1100 E. 57th St., Room 369
Chicago, IL 60637 

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Hello!

This is a general call for discussion topics for the meeting of the ALCTS-CaMMS/MAGIRT Cartographic Resources Cataloging Interest Group at the ALA Annual Meeting.

Date: Sunday, June 29, 2025
Time: 8:30-10:00 AM EDT
Location: Philadelphia Marriott, Room 411

The Cartographic Resources Cataloging Interest Group meeting is an open discussion session for addressing topics of interest to the cartographic and geospatial resources cataloging community. This is a great forum for posing questions to and exchanging ideas with members of the cartographic resources cataloging community. 

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

25th Edition of the Guía Roji Por Las Carreteras de México Road Atlas Now Available

Santa Barbara – June 18, 2025 — The iconic 25th edition of the Guía Roji Por Las Carreteras de México Road Atlas is available, reaffirming its role as the essential navigation tool for anyone traveling the diverse highways and byways of Mexico. 

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Great Lakes Science Boot Camp for Librarians<https://sites.google.com/site/greatlakessbc/home>: Reminder to register
July 8-10, 2025. VIRTUAL
Registration<https://iu.zoom.us/meeting/register/pijoOfYSQiG5Shv-0VYt6Q#/registration>
A reminder to register for the 2025 Great Lakes Science Boot Camp for Librarians! As we are virtual in 2025, it is FREE!

Please join us at this science conference which offers librarians an opportunity to learn about science research and science librarianship while immersing themselves in a collaborative environment. Our researchers will be speaking on the theme: History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine this year while our lightning talks will feature STEM librarians engaging with current issues. Whether you 

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Hello, I was trying to obtain this (CD-ROM), https://search.worldcat.org/title/68043244?oclcNum=68043244,

But the ILL request is coming back unfilled.

Anyone have any ideas how we may be able to obtain this?

Thanks for any help,

Tony Diaz | Geology & Planetary Sciences Librarian | Caltech Library
Mail Code 100-23 | Pasadena CA 91125 | 626-395-6699 | www.library.caltech.edu<http://www.library.caltech.edu/>

Hi all,

Please note that the deadline for the 2025 WAML Scholarship to attend this
year's annual meeting has been *extended to June 25, 2025.*

If you know of anyone who would be interested and would benefit, please
feel to share!

*2025 WAML Scholarships Open!*

The Western Association of Map Libraries (WAML <http://www.waml.org/>) is
an independent association of map and geospatial librarians and other
people with an interest in maps and geospatial librarianship. WAML is
committed to actively encouraging diverse voices and new perspectives in
the field of map and geospatial librarianship and within our organization. 

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Reminder-Call for Proposals to present at the WAML 2025 conference to be held September 24th-27th on the University of Idaho campus in Moscow, Idaho.

You can choose to do a 90 minute pre-conference workshop on Wednesday September 24th or give a 15 minute talk or a 5 minute lightning talk during the main conference. 

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Hello MAPS-L!

I am seeking guidance on how other institutions manage disposal with their map collections, everything from weeded duplicates and superseded materials to donations out of scope. Any look at formal policies or workflows is wonderful, but also appreciative of just a quick ‘here’s what we do’ note if you have the time. My department is working on revising a deaccession policy and I’m navigating articulating our disposal options. I’d particularly love to hear from anyone who has had ‘free to a good home’ maps (or, if this practice has phased out for your institution, would love to hear 

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I have print copies of Information Bulletin,

From v. 16 (1985) through v. 42 (July 2011).

If anyone would like individual issues, let me know and we can send.
(There may be a few issues here and there missing)

Prefer someone take them all, but unable to ship all to one location.

Would prefer someone who is local come pick them up. 

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ONE WEEK AWAY

Please join us for a WAML website Editing Party on June 11th, 2025, at 1pm-3pm Central (2pm-4pm Eastern, 12pm-2pm Mountain, 11am-1pm Pacific).

Come spend a relaxed two hours co-working on Zoom with the WAML Communications Committee to dust off the WAML website to fix broken links, update text, and chat about map and GIS librarianship. Feel free to stay for as little or long as you'd like. 

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Call for Nominations for the 2025 Guidebook Awards

The Guidebooks Committee of the Geoscience Information Society
<http://www.geoinfo.org/> (GSIS) is accepting nominations for the 2025 Best
Guidebook Award(s) and Outstanding Geologic Field Trip Guidebook Series
award. Geologic field trip guidebooks from any region that were produced
from 2023-2025 can be considered for the award, which is awarded in the
fall at the annual meeting of the Geoscience Information Society. Via these
awards, the GSIS seeks to recognize the value of guidebooks and reward
examples of excellence. In addition to being outstanding in content, the
nominated titles will be evaluated according to 

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Dear colleagues,

Join the Geography and Map Division next Tuesday for a virtual orientation to maps of World War II! Please share with any and all interested parties.

Tuesday, June 10
3pm Eastern
Register here: https://loc.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/8717489749718/WN_-3eNMamQR1y7mybLbU1d5Q

Reference librarians will give a brief overview of maps and other cartographic items from World War II that can be found in the Geography and Map collections at the Library of Congress. This session will highlight items made by American forces, as well as captured maps made by the Axis powers. The breadth and content of these items and how they came to the 

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Hello,,

The MARC Advisory Committee will be meeting virtually June 25th and 26th.
The following proposals and discussion papers are on the agenda
<https://www.loc.gov/marc/mac/an2025_age.html> with links to the full
document. Please get any comments to me by June 10th, especially for
Discussion Papers 11-14 since I will be traveling for the conference and
not able to attend the meeting. 

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Hello!

I am a Special Collections Librarian at Davidson College, a small liberal arts college in North Carolina. This fall, we will receive a donation of about 250 historic maps and the donor would like to provide us with funds to have them cataloged. Does anyone have the names of people who might be interested in taking on this job on a contract basis? Or can you share who you might outsource map cataloging to? 

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I have begun working on a collection of older map, i.e. 1600-1700 range, and am coming across a bunch of non-common statements of scale. While I am also able to find cataloging for many of these, I'd like to double check the scale calculations. Is there a resource available to help me calculate scale when it is "milliare gallica" or some other earlier form of scale? 

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Of the 74 items of documentary heritage inscribed on the Memory of the World International Register in 2025<https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/register2025?hub=1081>, at least 8 are of cartographic interest

Archives of the expedition of d’Entrecasteaux (1791-1794)
Submitters: Australia and France.
The d'Entrecasteaux expedition (1791-1794), a voyage of scientific exploration around the world, explored Tasmania and the coasts of Australia, New Caledonia (France), Tonga, Papua New Guinea and many Pacific islands. The archives consist of 58 boxes and registers including correspondence, logbooks, drawings, plans, maps and coastal surveys, totalling around 27,000 pages. The highlight of this voyage was the establishment of one of the first 

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*Šafařík's maps inscribed on the UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.*

*Czech documentary heritage have achieved a significant international
success with the inscription of unique maps by Slavist Pavel Josef Šafařík.
The UNESCO Secretariat received 122 applications, and only 74 were
successful. Among them was the above-mentioned Czech nomination, which was
entered into the UNESCO International Register Memory of the World. The
Faculty of Science of Charles University can be proud of its second entry
in this prestigious international list. In 2017, it succeeded with the
nomination of Camocio's maps.* 

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What: Journal of Map & Geography Libraries special issue on “GeoAI and GenAI: Considerations for Map and Geospatial Library Professionals<https://think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues/geoai-and-genai-considerations-for-map-and-geospatial-library-professionals>”

Suggested topics include, but are not limited to:

*
Core AI knowledge, skills, and abilities for map and geospatial library professionals
*
Applications of AI, machine learning, and deep learning techniques for map and geospatial library collections
*
Teaching about and/or with GeoAI and GenAI and ways that use of such tools may enhance learning in map and geospatial library contexts
*
Intersections of GeoAI and GenAI with the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy and other relevant literacies (e.g., cartographic, 

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Dear Colleague,

We are seeking your input on the use of geospatial data in the social sciences and humanities and invite you to take our very brief (5 minute) survey on your interests and experiences as a teacher and researcher. We will use this feedback as we develop a series of free virtual workshops for faculty, staff and students to be offered in Summer 2025 (8/14, 1-3pm). If you would like more information about these workshops, you may share your contact information at the end of the survey (no prior GIS experience is necessary to participate). 

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Call for Proposals to present at the WAML 2025 conference to be held September 24th-27th on the University of Idaho campus in Moscow, Idaho.

You can choose to do a 90 minute pre-conference workshop on Wednesday September 24th or give a 15 minute talk or a 5 minute lightning talk during the main conference. 

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Anyone out there from Mississippi?
I'm looking for air-photos of a site just east of Money in Leflore county. Ideally mid-1950s, but anything 1950-1970 would be ok.
Can anyone point me to anything online?

Thanks!

Dr Brendan Whyte, FRGS AFRHistS
Curator and Head of the Map Collection
The University of Chicago Library
1100 E. 57th St., Room 369
Chicago, IL 60637 

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Hi all,

The Western Association of Map Libraries (WAML <http://www.waml.org/>) is
an independent association of map and geospatial librarians and other
people with an interest in maps and geospatial librarianship. WAML is
committed to actively encouraging diverse voices and new perspectives in
the field of map and geospatial librarianship and within our organization.

We are excited to announce *two* scholarship opportunities in conjunction
with the 2025 WAML Annual Meeting at the University of Idaho from September
24th – 27, 2025 <https://waml.org/conferences/waml2025/>. Each
scholarship includes an award of $1000, a one-year membership in WAML, free
conference registration and the opportunity to 

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Hello Geo4LibCamp Enthusiasts!

Though you may not be able to join us in person in Minneapolis for the
Geo4LibCamp 2025 unconference sessions, we're hoping you will join us
virtually for our some planned presentations, lightning talks, and the
keynote!

Tuesday, May 20 - Zoom Registration Link
<https://umn.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__CvjmCS5Qv2RtTVd_o52nQ>

Presentations - 10-11am (central)

-

Earthworks & GeoBlacklight
-

Running GeoBlacklight on GitHub Pages
- 

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We are excited to announce the publication of "Cataloging and Describing Maps: Advancing Discovery and Access for Cartographic Resources." This Journal of Map & Geography Libraries special issue also honors Paige Andrew's career and lasting impact on map cataloging, librarianship, and the journal he co-founded and co-edited for many years. 

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Please join us for a WAML website Editing Party on June 11th, 2025, at 1pm-3pm Central (2pm-4pm Eastern, 12pm-2pm Mountain, 11am-1pm Pacific).

Come spend a relaxed two hours co-working on Zoom with the WAML Communications Committee dusting off the WAML website to fix broken links, update text, and chat about map and GIS librarianship. Feel free to stay for as little or long as you'd like. 

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*ICA Commission on Cartographic Heritage into the Digital **Call for Papers*

The ICA Commission on Cartographic Heritage into the Digital cordially
invites you to its pre-conference workshop entitled "Cartographic Heritage
of the Americas” at the 32nd International Cartographic Conference.

Location: Vancouver Convention Center, Vancouver, Canada

Date: 17 August 2025, 12:00 – 15:30

Possible topics include but are not limited to: 

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Hi all,

All review books from this email have been claimed. Keep an eye out for more books in the future.

Also, if you want to suggest an interactive mapping website that you think should be reviewed in the IB, please fill out this google form. Filling out the form does NOT mean you are agreeing to review the website; you're just suggesting it for review. 

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Hi all,

There's just one book still available for review! First to claim it gets it! Write to me off-list!

Wish You Were Here: Guidebooks, Viewbooks, Photobooks, and Maps of New York City 1807-1940, by Mark D. Tomasko, The Grolier Club, April 2025, ISBN: 978-1605831220

A striking narrative of New York City's history, urban planning, and architecture told through maps, guides, and more. 

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Hi All-

I'm the Review Editor for the "Atlas and Book Review" section of the WAML Information Bulletin. I'm seeking reviewers for the following books (descriptions for these books are taken from Amazon):

* Territorial Imaginaries: Beyond the Sovereign Map, by Karen Wigen (editor), University of Chicago Press, April 2025, ISBN: 978-0226839004 

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I'm puzzled today over not being able to download/export GeoTIFF files from the ProQuest Sanborn product. Their GeoTIFF availability was their main selling point. It has been awhile since I've wanted that functionality so I don't know how long it has been missing from the interface. Searching back through old emails, I'm only finding an exchange with ProQuest Tech Support circa November 2013 because the GeoTIFF export wasn't functioning. I assume we got it back up and running. Did ProQuest axe that functionality at some point? I'll email our current ProQuest rep but I wonder if someone in maps-l land 

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Applications for the Library of Congress Philip Lee Phillips Society Fellowship are now open for 2025!

Awardees conduct research at the Library of Congress in the largest and most comprehensive cartographic collection in the world. Fellows will be awarded an eight-week residency in the Geography & Map Division at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC, supported by an $11,500 research stipend. Applications are due by September 15, 2025. 

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Good afternoon,
I'm hoping someone here knows the term for the marks in this image.

It's an index for a series of Otto Roach Photography oblique aerial images
of Denver, with the vertical tag indicating the direction of the photo (#31
is a photo taken toward the SW), and the number indicating the photo
number. The location of the marker seems to indicate the location of the
airplane over that spot. 

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The ACRL Technical Services Interest Group (TSIG) invites presentation proposals for its annual meeting. The ACRL TSIG will meet in person on Sunday, June 29, 2025, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM at the ALA Annual Conference at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, PA.

We would particularly like to hear from prospective presenters who wish to share their experiences with various issues regarding current developments and activities within the context of technical services in academic libraries. Presentations should be approximately 10-20 minutes in length and in line with the group's charge. 

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Dear colleagues,

We're thrilled to announce the 22nd Nebenzahl Lectures, titled "Mapping from Mexico: New Narratives for the History of Cartography," will take place from 16 to 18 October here at the Newberry Library. This year the lectures will include 7 hybrid lectures, hands-on workshops and presentations, and a Map and Book Fair. For more information and a tentative schedule, take a look at our calendar page<https://www.newberry.org/calendar/22nd-nebenzahl-lecture-series>. You can also see our website for a history of the lectures themselves<https://www.newberry.org/research/research-centers/smith-center/nebenzahl-lectures>. A registration form will be made available in late summer. 

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Hello Colleagues,

I am very new to maps and still learning how to best steward our collection. I have a question about print nautical navigation maps. I think current maps can be found on the NOAA site - https://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/. In our current climate, if the maps are online, I wonder if they will stay there. The librarian who managed the map collection before me mentioned that she stopped collecting print navigation maps. Personally, I might keep things are related to our area - Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana - and the rivers around us. 

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Good afternoon, colleagues,
I received a reference request from a graduate student that I'm hoping
someone might have some help for:
"Ideally, I could acquire georeferenced files of historical road networks
across the 1900s in Los Angeles, Orange and San Bernardino counties. I am
interested in seeing whether the genetic structure of coyotes we see today
is more related to past or present road networks. I will attach a map of
my study area for your reference. I have been able to gather current road
density data from the 2020 census using the R package tirgris (that only
goes back 

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Greetings!

Resources for College Libraries (RCL), the Choice/ACRL bibliography of essential titles for undergraduate collections, seeks experienced library subject selectors and faculty to serve as peer reviewers. We are currently seeking referees for the RCL Social Science and Science and Technology subjects, including: Geography.

Peer reviewers provide feedback and evaluate how well the core title list supports the college curriculum, including collection assessment considerations centered on diverse publications, emerging scholarship, and historically underrepresented voices or perspectives. The RCL peer review is a one-time professional service opportunity that can strengthen collection assessment skills, inform local projects, and build subject expertise. See 

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CAMBRIDGE SEMINARS IN THE HISTORY OF CARTOGRAPHY

The next Cambridge Seminar in the History of Cartography will be held via Zoom

on Tuesday 6 May at 5.30pm (UK time ; BST ; = GMT + 1)

The speaker will be Onur Engin, University of Cambridge

Echoes on the map: unveiling the auditory history of late Ottoman Istanbul through digital cartography All are welcome: please forward this email to anyone who you think might be interested in attending. 

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SAVE THE DATE

Great Lakes Science Boot Camp for Librarians
July 8–10, 2025, VIRTUAL
Hosts: Librarian Colleagues Around the Great Lakes
Cost: Free

The 2025 Great Lakes Science Boot Camp for Librarians will be held July 8–10, 2025, and hosted by librarian colleagues from around the Great Lakes region.

This year’s immersive conference offers librarians an opportunity to learn about historical advances in sciences and breakthrough scientific anniversaries. The Great Lakes Science Boot Camp will strive to cultivate an ongoing learning community of librarians providing research support for scientists. Details will be added to our 

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Hi everyone,

A local historian reached out to me recently to see if I could date a collection of aerial photos of Matthies Memorial Park (CT) from Fairchild Aerial Surveys. The only info he has are the labels on the top right of the photograph. I'm still relatively new to map librarianship and am not sure what might exist out there for finding this information when it's not included with the item/collection itself, especially since Fairchild is long out of business. 

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I am forwarding the following message/question on behalf of Scott Dutkiewicz, please make sure to respond to him directly at [log in to unmask] as well as here on the list:

I am writing a procedural document and I want to explain the codes that appear on CIA maps.
A typical code for Kazakstan is Base 802515AI (C00217) 12-01. This code appears on the right bottom corner of the map.
I can tell that 12-01 means December 2001, but what does the rest mean? 

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Call for Presentations -

Map and Geospatial Curators Group Meeting – Mapping the Future:
Collaboration & Advocacy
Wednesday 21- Friday 23 May 2025 | Harokopio University of Athens, Athens,
Greece

The Map and Geospatial Curators Group will meet in Spring 2025 to discuss
the current state of our profession, explore ways to organize ourselves
more effectively and share perspectives on our Group's future. This will be
an opportunity to exchange ideas, address challenges, and identify
potential collaborations that can strengthen our community. Your insights
and participation will be invaluable in shaping the direction of our
profession and ensuring its continued 

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Greetings all,

You are cordially invited to submit blog, story, little piece, article, paper, etc. to the Western Association of Map Libraries Information Bulletin<http://www.waml.org/ib/about-the-ib/> (WAML IB) Volume 56, issue 3 - Summer 2025. The WAML IB is an open-access bulletin 'encouraging high standards in every phase of organization and administration of map and geospatial data libraries.' - WAML.org 

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The Library of Congress is pleased to announce the annual call for input from stakeholders involved in the lifecycle of creative works for the upcoming annual revision of the Recommended Formats Statement. The impactful changes made in recent years, including the expansion of content categories and improved tracking of changes, represent the Library's understanding of the growing importance of the Statement not merely in its own work, but to the broader community and its determination to ensure that it meet the needs of all its stakeholders. 

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Hi all,

I'm pleased to announce that WAML is accepting scholarship applications to
attend the WAML Annual Meeting at the University of Idaho from September
24th – 27, 2025. <https://waml.org/conferences/waml2025/>

This year, we will award 2* scholarships of $1000.* Please see the full
announcement, description, and application instructions below, or
visit our Scholarship
Page <https://waml.org/scholarships/>

And, if you know of anyone who might be interested, please share
this announcement! 

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What: Journal of Map & Geography Libraries special issue on “GeoAI and GenAI: Considerations for Map and Geospatial Library Professionals”
Who: We welcome submissions from map and geospatial library professionals, library professionals in other areas with relevant expertise, and disciplinary researchers working on GeoAI and GenAI topics applicable to map and geospatial libraries.
When: Article abstracts are due on May 23, 2025, and authors will be notified by May 30, 2025 of an invitation to submit a full manuscript. Manuscript submissions will be due by September 5, 2025.
How: Send article abstracts to [log in to unmask] and [log in to unmask] with the subject: AI 

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The Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress, in partnership with the Philip Lee Phillips Society (PLPS), invites you to "Exploring Map Surrounds" on May 8, 2025, in the Jefferson Building in Washington, DC (LJ-119).

Join us at 1:15 p.m. for a Meet & Greet before the first presentation at 1:45 p.m. by PLPS Fellow Chet Van Duzer, titled "Drawing Identity: Cartographic Self-Portraits in the 20th and 21st Centuries." 

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Geo4LibCamp 2025 Keynote Announced + One Week Left to Register

We are excited to announce the keynote speaker for Geo4LibCamp 2025!

Michael Corey will deliver a talk titled "Mapping Prejudice: The Process is
the Product."

Mapping Prejudice's Deed Machine software is built with people at the
center in a time when loud voices are claiming that LLMs and other AI
technologies are the only way to tackle big challenges. But Mapping
Prejudice's Geospatial, Technical and Data Lead Michael Corey will argue
that too many conversations about scale are focused on solving the wrong
problems at a moment where researchers and 

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Hi folks:

Now through Monday, May 19 at 5pm ET, the Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library welcomes applications to our Small Grants Fund for Early Career Digital Publications for the 2024-2025 academic year.

The grant consists of a stipend of $1,200 to support research and development time, together with institutional research and technical support from LMEC staff through the stages of the digital publication process. Projects may be conducted by scholars working both inside and outside of the academy on all topics related to geography, maps, history, and the humanistic spatial social sciences, either individually or in a group (though the stipend amount is fixed regardless of the number of scholars involved in the project). The primary author of the publication should be an early career scholar. Read more about eligibility and how to apply on our website: https://www.leventhalmap.org/research/digital-publication-small-grants/

For examples of previous publications, see below:

• Mapping Black Cambridge: 1790-1820, by Joan Brunetta and Eve Loftus—a short essay and accompanying web map
• John Winthrop’s “City on a Hill,” Mapped, by Nathan Braccio—an annotated tour through a single map, produced using the LMEC-created Panel Truck interface
• Mapping Renewal, Engaging Residents, by Claire Dunning—a textual essay containing numerous images and zoom-in embeds from Digital Commonwealth and LMEC collections
• The Brownies' Book in Boston, by Tieanna Graphenreed—a short essay and accompanying web map

Don't hesitate to reach out to us if you have any questions. Please submit your application by Monday 5/19 at 5pm ET.

Best,
Ian Spangler
Assistant Curator of Digital & Participatory Geography
Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library

Three days left to apply!

The Geography & Map Division of the Library of Congress has a new job opening for an Acquisition Librarian. The job begins at GS-09 but has promotion potential up to GS-12.

Please feel free to forward widely:

https://www.usajobs.gov/job/834073200

https://www.loc.gov/item/careers/librarian-acquistion-vacancyvar003021/

Best,
Meagan

Meagan Snow
Geospatial Data Visualization Librarian
Geography and Map Division<https://www.loc.gov/rr/geogmap/refer.html>
LMB-02 | 202.707.4038
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Good morning colleagues,

After more than 25 years of membership on this list, as Assistant Map Curator at the University of Melbourne and then the National Library of Australia, I am happy to report that I am no longer a 'foreign correspondent' from down under, but now just beginning my second day in charge of the map collection at the University of Chicago (literally 'coming in from the cold!'), in a position last permanently occupied by the inestimable Chris Winters in 2016, and kept running in the interim by my very capable assistant Sam Brown. 

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Join us Friday, April 11 for the Big Ten GIS Conference 2025
<https://gin.btaa.org/conference/2025/>, a free virtual event hosted by the Big
Ten Academic Alliance Geospatial Information Network. The conference brings
together students, educators, researchers, and professionals to share
current work and insights across the geospatial field.

🎤 Keynote: Professor Emily Fairfax
Dr. Emily Fairfax (University of Minnesota) will present on the
intersections of beaver activity, satellite imagery, and climate
resilience. Her groundbreaking research has been featured in National
Geographic, NPR, and BBC. 

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Accessibility metadata helps patrons find resources that meet their specific accessibility needs and informs them of accessibility hazards such as motion simulations. In OCLC’s April Virtual AskQC session, Accessibility metadata in bibliographic records, Kate James and Morris Levy will discuss ways to provide this information in your records.

Join us either Tuesday, 8 April at 10:00 am EDT (UTC -4) or Thursday, 17 April at 4:00 pm EDT (UTC -4), whichever is more convenient for you, as we cover MARC fields obvious (341 and 532) and not so obvious (041, 340, 546) used for this metadata along with corresponding RDA 

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We are excited to announce the scheduled programming at Geo4LibCamp 2025!
Thank you to those of you who are preparing the content for these sessions.

Scheduled Programming

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Geospatial Library Support Services
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Introduction to Allmaps
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Geospatial Metadata Strategies
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New Tools for Writing Code

Lightning Talks

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GIS and a Newly Established University Open Source Program Office
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BTAA-GIN Geodata Collection Pilot
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Running GeoBlacklight on GitHub pages
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Have you registered to attend the spring 2025 Depository Library Council (DLC) Virtual Meeting and the lead-up event, the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) Pre-Meeting? Agendas for both events are now available.

FDLP Pre-Meeting: Updates from GPO

Wednesday, April 23, 2025; 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. (ET) 

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All,

I have 168,000+ air photos of Colorado dating from the 1930s to early 2000s. I would love to scan various sets of these photos & mash them into 1 orthophoto layer per set (so a single layer containing the 1938 set of photos of my area).

I work in ArcPRO for desktop. I have found a few tutorials but they don't seem to fit my situation. Most tutorials deal with more modern data taken by satellites or by airplanes and have a large amount of associated metadata. 

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Hello all,

Here is our latest issue of the WAML IB: Volume 56, Number 2 (Spring 2025)<https://waml.org/waml-information-bulletin/volume-56-number-2/>.

Enjoy!

Best,
Sarah

WAML IB Editor

Sarah Zhang              

Librarian for Geography, GIS, & Maps
Simon Fraser University Library

Hello,

I am working with a couple of other map catalogers to bring a proposal to
the MARC Advisory Committee to add a code for remote sensing images to
field 008/25 and field 006/08 Type of cartographic material. Right now, our
options are: single map, map series, map serial, globe, atlas, separate
supplement to another work, bound as a part of another work, unknown,
other, and no attempt to code. We have examples of aerial photography but
we need to include examples of satellite imagery as well. If people could
point me in the right direction, I would appreciate it.
 

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Hello all,

I wanted to share that we've resumed our ArcGIS StoryMaps Live webinar, which is free and open to registration. This year, we'll focus on going "behind the scenes" of creating stories and discussing creative processes for making compelling stories. Information for our upcoming episode:

🎙️Join us for ArcGIS StoryMaps Live on April 23! We’ll unpack the creative process for planning, outlining, and theming your story—and we want to hear from you!
🗳️ Vote for which story you’d like to see us rebuild live and register for the webinar: https://storyscape-esriwhere.hub.arcgis.com/pages/community 

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Hi all,

Any tips on citing something from the Living Atlas? (to use the Koppen-Geiger Climate Classification in a paper).

https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=1e468410784c4b9a81f43af7f0f9b133

I noticed it's a CC license, but the source says:
Source Information

Data were download from https://www.gloh2o.org/koppen/

The full details are described by Beck et al 2023.
Beck, H. E., T. R. McVicar, N. Vergopolan, A. Berg, N. J. Lutsko, A. Dufour, Z. Zeng, X. Jiang, A. I. J. M. van Dijk, and D. G. Miralles. High-resolution (1 km) Köppen-Geiger maps for 1901-2099 based on constrained CMIP6 projections. Scientific Data 10, 724 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02549-6 

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The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) is seeking Senior Outreach Librarians to join the Library Services & Content Management (LSCM) team. The incumbents will serve in the Federal Depository Support Services (FDSS) unit of LSCM. FDSS provides one-on-one support and operational consultation services for library staff who participate in the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). Senior Outreach Librarians provides support and training for the available services and products offered by LSCM which aid FDLP libraries in the provision of, and access to, Government information for their communities. Senior Outreach Librarians are 

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FYI

https://sla.org/news/697086/Special-Libraries-Association-Announces-Dissolution-After-116-Years-of-Service.htm

Special Libraries Association Announces Dissolution After 116 Years of Service - Special Libraries Association, Inc.<https://sla.org/news/697086/Special-Libraries-Association-Announces-Dissolution-After-116-Years-of-Service.htm>
Contact Us. Special Libraries Association 1120 Route 73, Suite 200 Mount Laurel, NJ 08054 1.703.647.4900 | [log in to unmask]
sla.org

I went to SLA in San Francisco in 1992. I remember Jim Minton & Johnnie Sutherland buying me a drink and talking to me about being a map librarian. They also wondered who this "punk kid" was who was trying to get in on the profession. Good times 🙂 

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Map and Geospatial Curators Group Meeting – Mapping the Future:
Collaboration & Advocacy <https://map-curators.org/>
*Wednesday 21- Friday 23 May |Harokopio University of Athens, Athens,
Greece*

The Map and Geospatial Curators Group will meet in Spring 2025 to discuss
the current state of our profession, explore ways to organize ourselves
more effectively and share perspectives on our Group’s future. This will be
an opportunity to exchange ideas, address challenges, and identify
potential collaborations that can strengthen our community. Your insights
and participation will be invaluable in shaping the direction of our
profession and ensuring its continued relevance.  We are also organizing
 

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The Geography & Map Division of the Library of Congress has a new job opening for an Acquisition Librarian.

Please feel free to forward widely!

https://www.loc.gov/item/careers/librarian-acquistion-vacancyvar003021/
https://www.usajobs.gov/job/834073200

Thanks!
Meagan

Meagan Snow
Geospatial Data Visualization Librarian
Geography and Map Division<https://www.loc.gov/rr/geogmap/refer.html>
LMB-02 | 202.707.4038
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Hi all,

I'm currently going through our atlas collection, as many of them are in
bad shape or simply very out of date.

However, trying to find appropriate replacements is proving difficult,
especially from international publishing houses that no longer exist (I'm
based in the US). Do y'all have suggestions for where to look for atlases?
I've searched for the publishers and been going into WorldCat to see what's
out there with similar subject tags, but finding things published
relatively recently has proven challenging. 

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**Please forgive cross posting; feel free to share/fwd as relevant**

Greetings,

Recent weeks and months have brought shifts to the pursuit of research across the United States, including funding freezes and budget cuts, executive orders regarding DEIA (and its variants) and other justice-related topics (e.g., environmental justice), restrictions, and preferential treatment based on specific terminology/language within research projects and proposals, and more.* 

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Hello Maps-L!

I'm currently brainstorming some map collection-based ideas for little social media videos (Instagram/Facebook). I have a few ideas, but I was interested if anyone else could share their experience promoting/teaching/doing silly things in their map collections.

I've looked at some other institutions' social media, including Milwaukee Public Library, LA Public Library, and Denver Public Library for inspiration. If you have any insight or suggestions, please let me know! Some ideas I'm working with right now: 

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Hi All,

I'm trying to help a patron translate an excel spreadsheet of reverse
geocoded results (approx. 40 thousand) into English. So far, I've managed
to get ArcGIS API for Python and test out the langCode parameter which has
been working decently well from some sample points (Korean addresses have
been the exception so far). 

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Do you like cataloging maps, but like to mix it up a bit with
other amazing items?

Does the concept of working at a supportive, public-focused institution
that isn't downsizing every year sound appealing?

If you said yes, then check out this exciting opportunity for a Denver
Public Library Special Collections Cataloger
<https://denver.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/CCD-denver-denvergov-CSC_Jobs-Civil_service_jobs-Police_Jobs-Fire_Jobs/job/Downtown-Denver/Special-Collections-Cataloger_R0073837-1>
!

Craig

Craig Haggit
Special Collections and Archives
Map and Geospatial Librarian 

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The Library of Congress Geography and Map Division is accepting internship applications through April 11. For more information please see: https://www.loc.gov/item/internships/exploring-the-world-internship/

Program Contact: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>

M. Amelia Raines
Reference Specialist
Geography & Map Division, Library of Congress
[log in to unmask]
Worlds Revealed Blog<https://blogs.loc.gov/maps/> | @LOCMaps<https://twitter.com/LOCMaps>
[cid:image001.jpg@01DB9805.6819A090]<https://www.loc.gov/rr/geogmap/>

**Please excuse cross postings**

The ACRL Technical Services Interest Group (TSIG) is seeking a volunteer to serve as the Incoming Convener (2025-26) / Convener (2026-27). This position serves a two-year term and is responsible for planning and facilitating a conference session at ALA Annual Conferences, organizing additional programming during the year, and communicating group activities. Annual Conference attendance is strongly encouraged. 

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Dear all,

I’m reaching out again for advice.

We originally planned to purchase the Gaylord oversized map case with
drawers (XLFF595 - 24 1/4"H x 95"W x 62"D). However, after consulting with
a library colleague responsible for ordering and moving large items, we
learned that these map drawers cannot be turned sideways and must remain
level during transport. Unfortunately, no entryways into our Map Room can
accommodate their dimensions. Even the loading dock and freight elevator
won’t work, as the door leading from the freight elevator room into the
rest of the library is only 40" wide. 

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On 13 March 2025, OCLC installed changes to WorldCat Validation. See the WorldCat Validation Release Notes, March 2025<https://help.oclc.org/Metadata_Services/WorldShare_Record_Manager/WorldCat_Validation_release_notes_and_known_issues/2025_release_notes/100WorldCat_Validation_release_notes_March_2025> at oc.lc/validation-release-notes<https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/hMDrCyPzO9h6XjqYiQDSwY?domain=help.oclc.org> for full details.
This validation installation includes the following new features and enhancements:

* OCLC-MARC Validations of New MARC Codes Announced 4 September 2024-6 February 2025
* Accessibility Content Source Codes
* Genre/Form Code and Term Source Codes
* MARC Code List for Relators
* Name and Title Authority Source Codes
* Standard Identifier Source Codes
* Subject Heading and Term Source Codes
* MARC 21 Bibliographic Update No. 39 (Announced December 2024)
* Fill characters in fields 006, 007, 

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The ALA Map & Geospatial Information Round Table (MAGIRT)
<https://www.ala.org/magirt> has physical copies of books published by the
organization available for free giveaway, with postage paid. Below you will
find a list of the titles available. These will be given out on a first
come, first served basis. To request a copy of one, or more, of these
titles email Michael Smith at [log in to unmask] All requests for copies of
these titles need to be received by June 1, 2025. 

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Registration for the 10th annual Geo4LibCamp is now open!

Register for Geo4LibCamp 2025
<https://learning.umn.edu/portal/events/reg/participantTypeSelection.do?method=load&entityId=54713343>

Where: University of Minnesota Campus, Minneapolis, Minnesota

When: May 19-23, 2025

Geo4LibCamp is a hands-on meeting to bring together people working in any
area that involves geospatial data. The main focus is to share
best-practices, solve common problems, address technical issues, and plan
for the future of geospatial librarianship. For the purposes of the camp,
we broadly define geospatial data from scanned maps and aerial photography
to highly structured geodata. The camp is structured partially as an
unconference with suggested topics coming from the participants, but 

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Twice a year in January and June, Harvard University's Center for Geographic Analysis (CGA) offers a two-week training course in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and its application to research. The program is designed for Harvard graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, faculty, and staff, as well as external researchers who want to integrate spatial thinking, incorporate GIS methods, learn spatial analysis tools, and communicate with maps in their research. 

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Former NZ diplomat Derek Leask has been researching the mapping of the Maori Wars / New Zealand Wars / Land Wars for many years.
The first volume of his study of these maps will be published by University of Auckland Press in mid-April for NZ$90

https://aucklanduniversitypress.co.nz/atlas-of-the-new-zealand-wars-volume-one/

Atlas of the New Zealand Wars: Volume One 1834–1864, Early Engagements to the Second Taranaki War
Derek Leask<https://aucklanduniversitypress.co.nz/authors-and-editors/d/derek-leask>
Format: Hardback
Pages: 384
Published: 10 April 2025
Specs: 29cm x 24cm
ISBN: 9781776711291 

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On 6 March 2025, OCLC expects to install changes to WorldCat Validation, including the following new features and enhancements:
This validation installation includes the following new features and enhancements:

* OCLC-MARC Validations of New MARC Codes Announced 4 September 2024-6 February 2025
* Accessibility Content Source Codes
* Genre/Form Code and Term Source Codes
* MARC Code List for Relators
* Name and Title Authority Source Codes
* Standard Identifier Source Codes
* Subject Heading and Term Source Codes
* MARC 21 Bibliographic Update No. 39 (Announced December 2024)
* Fill characters in fields 006, 007, and 008
* Duplicate 

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**Please feel free to share/forward to others who may be interested in participating.**

Greetings,

Recent weeks and months have brought shifts to the pursuit of research across the United States, including funding freezes and budget cuts, executive orders regarding DEIA (and its variants) and other justice-related topics (e.g., environmental justice), restrictions, and preferential treatment based on specific terminology/language within research projects and proposals, and more.* 

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Hello all, maybe I'm not familiar, but are the USGS 1:100,000 metric topo quads available online? I know they are on TopoBuilder (https://topobuilder.nationalmap.gov/), but I was wondering if somewhere there is a listing with simple one-click downloads,

Thanks for any help,

Tony Diaz
Caltech
Pasadena, CA

What map library would be complete without a copy of ... The Map Library boxed set!

https://rollandplaypress.com/products/the-map-library

100 maps on 50 double-sided sheets, for use with D&D and other role playing games.
Published 10 February 2025 by Roll & Play Press, London (UK).

Brendan Whyte
National Library of Australia

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The Depository Library Council (DLC) and the staff at the U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) invite you to participate in the spring 2025 DLC Virtual Meeting and the lead-up event, the FDLP Pre-Meeting.

* FDLP Pre-Meeting: Updates from GPO; Wednesday, April 23, 2025; 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. (ET)
* Spring 2025 DLC Virtual Meeting; Thursday, May 1, 2025; 12:00 - 5:15 p.m. (ET) 

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Greetings all,

Map cataloging is not my forte, so I come seeking the collective wisdom of the Listserv.

Recently I noticed that a lot of map records use the Prime characters Miagkii znak (ʹ) [U+02B9) and Tverdyi znak (ʺ) [U+02BA] to represent (arc)minutes and (arc)seconds for coordinates. I understand that LRCI 1.0e (2006) indicates to use the Miagkii/ Tverdyi znak symbology. (Arc)minutes (′) [U+2032] and (arc)seconds (″) [U+2033] have been available for around 30 years in Unicode. Within Unicode, the LCRI prescribed characters seem to presently be more representative of transliterations of Cyrilic hard sign and soft sign characters. 

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One of the faculty members and I are doing a project on Cuba. He recently visited Cuba and found historical aerial photos of Cuba taken in the 1950s. He was told that the aerial photos were taken by the United States. I searched NARA's website that allows you to look for the foreign aerial photos taken by the Defense Intelligence Agency. I found many, but almost all seem to be related to mission specific aerial photos and are not very useful for creating an orthomosaic image of the study area. I am guessing that historical aerial photos of Cuba might 

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The Alma mailing list is managed by ELUNA and IGeLU.
To update options or unsubscribe, go to: https://exlibrisusers.org/postorius/lists/alma.exlibrisusers.org/

The annual conference of the Australian and New Zealand Map Society (ANZMapS)

Call for Papers: Southern Frontiers

Conference Dates: 17-18 October 2025
Location: Museum of Old and New Art (MONA), Hobart, Tasmania

The organising committee invites proposals for presentations at the upcoming ANZMaps Conference: Southern Frontiers. This event will explore how cartography has shaped exploration and knowledge of the Southern Hemisphere, from early speculative maps to modern technologies. Discussions will examine the challenges, innovations, and lasting impacts of mapping some of the world’s most remote and extreme regions across the hemisphere’s vast oceans. 

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Hi All!

We're happy to announce that this year's conference will be held at the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho. The event will take place between September 24th-27th, 2025. Our WAML site currently has information about the conference dates<https://waml.org/conferences/waml2025/>, transportation<https://waml.org/conferences/waml2025/transportation/> and accommodations<https://waml.org/conferences/waml2025/accommodations/> with more details coming soon!

Don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions or concerns! 

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Call for Proposals: Big Ten GIS Conference 2025

The Big Ten Academic Alliance Geospatial Information Network (BTAA-GIN) is excited to announce the Big Ten GIS Conference<https://gin.btaa.org/conference/2025/>, a free virtual conference happening on April 11, 2025! This annual event brings together researchers, educators, students, and GIS professionals to present their work, exchange ideas, and explore the latest advancements in geospatial research and tools. 

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CAMBRIDGE SEMINARS IN THE HISTORY OF CARTOGRAPHY

The next Cambridge Seminar in the History of Cartography will be held via Zoom

on Tuesday 25 February at 5.30pm (UK time)

The speaker will be Finnian O’Cionnaith, Dublin

‘A peculiar survey … for our peculiar purpose’: founding the Ordnance Survey of Ireland

All are welcome: please forward this email to anyone who you think might be interested in attending. 

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Renaming Denali and the Gulf of Mexico
By Howard Veregin

https://www.sco.wisc.edu/2025/01/22/renaming-denali-and-the-gulf-of-mexico/

Sent by Angie Cope

I was surprised that the data at Homeland Security's HIFLD Open data site<https://hifld-geoplatform.hub.arcgis.com/pages/hifld-open> (one of my favorite go-to places for US national GIS layers) appears to be available and downloadable.

Maybe this is because it's hosted on Esri's hub.arcgis.com, not a .gov site, but I guess it's still tenuous if the source agency wants to pull it down. I hope it stays this way, although downloading as much as possible might be smart. 

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Apologies for cross-posting: UNM currently has an open Research and Data Services Librarian position (full details available online<https://unm.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/18/home/requisition/32314?c=unm&referralToken=vfuWQ-4wb0aOCuEHheZhpA>). Early career librarians are encouraged to apply. If you have questions, please feel free to reach out to Holly Surbaugh at: [log in to unmask]

The best consideration date is 3/3/2025.

Cheyenne Stradinger, MLIS

Library Services Coordinator / Map and Geographic Information Center (MAGIC) Librarian 

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Tuesday, February 11, 3pm EST

Join us for a virtual orientation that aims to provide an overview of the geospatial resources of the Geography & Map Division, including an introduction to geographic information systems (GIS), spatial data formats, and the geospatial activities of the Division. This session will be followed by a Q&A session with GIS specialists. 

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Dear colleagues

I’m sharing this job advert, which may be of interest. The closing date is Wednesday 12 February. I’m sorry for the short notice – I was away for a week.

As many of you will know, Rose Mitchell will be retiring from The National Archives later this year and will be much missed. This advert is effectively for a successor, although the job is not exactly the same. 

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Hi All,

The University of Nevada at Las Vegas is seeking a Data Librarian. I am
serving on the search committee and am happy to answer or refer questions
as appropriate. Details and links are below.

Thank you,
Alyssa

*Job Description and Application Portal
<https://nshe.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UNLV-External/job/Data-Librarian--UNLV-University-Libraries--R0141163-_R0141163>*
*REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS BEGINS: *February 24, 2025
*ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES*

Reporting to the Head, Scholarly Communication and Data Services (SCADS),
the Data Librarian will join a collaborative and dynamic team dedicated to
supporting scholarly and creative efforts at UNLV with an emphasis on
making works open when possible. The successful candidate will have the
opportunity 

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Agenda released for the world’s largest virtual cataloging meeting

Register today<http://click.e.oclc.org/?qs=e8607c37b32558870a5bcffea4e7913a05c3f6330d59f82648ac647075d51d050fc30a6ac9faa2fcd2487118efc0e171e1570e1e8583dda4> and connect with libraries from around the globe on Wednesday, 12 February 2025.

This free, virtual event is now just a few weeks away and there’s so much to look forward to. Library community members will join OCLC staff to discuss a variety of pertinent topics, and we’ve allocated time for questions at the end of the meeting. 

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Hello colleagues,

How do you all treat the various 1:48,000-scale 15' USGS quadrangle sheets of the US?
We have two versions of "Bright Angel" in Arizona, and one version of "Three Lakes" in Wisconsin.
Are these part of the same 'series'?
Is the Wisconsin one a sheet from a Wisconsin series?
Or are both individual one-off sheets?
Are they simply enlargements of previously-published 1:62,500 sheets, or resurveys? 

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Hello,

You may remember that in my earlier email about the discussion papers and
proposals for the MARC Advisory Committee, I mentioned that Discussion
Paper 2025-DP02 suggests adding a code for remote sensing images to Type of
cartographic material (008/25 and 006/08). Right now, the options are a for
single map, b for map series, c for map serial, d for glove, e for atlas, f
for separate supplement to another work, g for bound as part of another
work, u for unknown, and z for other. The discussion will be on the idea of
add r for remote sensing 

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Hello,

The MARC Advisory Committee is scheduled to meet January 29th with a
meeting on the 30th if warranted. There's one discussion paper that is of
definite interest to some of us

Discussion Paper 2025-DP02 raises the potential of adding *code r for
"remote sensing image"* to fields 008/25 and 006/08 (Maps). If you have
thoughts on this please let me know by January 28th. This may be a
discussion paper that gets fast tracked instead of being brought back as a
proposal so this might be our only chance to weigh in on the idea. 

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Apologies for cross-posting

The J.B. Harley Trust Awards for 2025

Registration is now open for OCLC's February-May 2025 Virtual AskQC Office Hours. Here are the topics for these free monthly sessions:

February: Introduction to fields used in continuing resource records
March: The mysteries of bibliographic encoding levels
April: Accessibility metadata in bibliographic records
May: Recording series information in bibliographic records

These webinars are offered twice each month, once at 10 AM Eastern time on a Tuesday and once at 4 PM Eastern time on a Thursday, for anyone who wishes to attend. We welcome attendees from all parts of the world. See our Current AskQC office hours page for dates, 

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GeoKartenbrief issue 401 just published and available for download

We are proud to present our GeoKartenbrief newsletter no. 401 which is the delayed 2nd issue that has become available in 2024.

With this edition of GeoKartenbrief no. 401 we managed once more to locate numerous new and interesting maps, atlases and publications in the field of cartography the world over. 

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Hello colleagues,

As no one seems to have any already-existing list, I have now compiled my own listing of the "Map sheet" series of the California Dept of Mines & Geology (no.52 & no.54- published by the California Geological Survey).
The website of the California Dept of Conservation (who oversee the Geological Survey) is down.... fire related perhaps? so I have been unable to see what info they have. 

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Hi all,
The University of Oregon is seeking a GIS Librarian in a career faculty position. I am serving on the search committee and am happy to answer or refer questions as appropriate. Details and links are below.
Best,

Kathy Stroud
Cartographic and Government Information Librarian
1299 University of Oregon Libraries
Eugene, OR 97403
541-346-3051

Hi All-

I'm the Review Editor for the "Atlas and Book Review" section of the WAML Information Bulletin. I'm seeking reviewers for the following books (descriptions for these books are taken from Amazon):

* All Mapped Out: How Maps Shape Us, by Mike Duggan, Reaktion Books, April 2024, ISBN: 978-1789148367.

Maps go far beyond just showing us where things are located. All Mapped Out is an exploration of how maps impact our lives on social and cultural levels. This book offers a journey through the fascinating history of maps, from ancient cave paintings and stone carvings to the digital interfaces 

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Hello colleagues,

Has anyone compiled a sheet listing (or a nice 5050 0 field listing) for the "Map sheet" series of California geological maps?
See our record here: https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/1832134

I can find a series record similar to our on Worldcat, and individual sheet listings, but has anyone compiled a complete listing (ideally: sheet number, title, scale, date). 

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Greetings all,

I hope the folks in California stay safe.

You are invited to submit blog, story, little piece, article, paper, etc. to the Western Association of Map Libraries Information Bulletin<http://www.waml.org/ib/about-the-ib/> (WAML IB) Volume 56, issue 2 - Spring 2025. The WAML IB is an open-access bulletin 'encouraging high standards in every phase of organization and administration of map and geospatial data libraries.' - WAML.org 

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Forwarded from the ANZMAPS group and Brendan Whyte (an email going around the world - from Scotland to Australia to Wisconsin and then to all y'all)

Just a quick message to say that the January 2025 issue of Cairt - the newsletter of the Scottish Maps Forum has just been published and is available at: https://maps.nls.uk/cairt/cairt46.pdf 

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CFP: International Conference on the History of Map Collecting. Vienna, Central Europe and Beyond

The one-day conference will be held on 12 June 2025, at University of Vienna.

The conference will be organised jointly by the Vienna Center for the History of Collecting (Austria) and Moravian Library in Brno (Czech Republic) and will be accompanied by a poster exhibition on Bernard Paul Moll composite atlas preserved at Moravian Library which originated in Vienna in the 18th century. 

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Hello all,

We have about 45 large sheets produced by the USGS between the 1940s and 1960s, being single-sheet compilations of 1:24,000 topo quads covering a large city and its surrounds.
All are titled "<city name> and vicinity"

Does anyone have a definitive listing of all the sheets/editions produced in this series so we can work out how complete our coverage is? 

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Dear all,

I will be teaching a California Rare Book School (CalRBS) course on the
History of Cartography August 11th to the 15th at UCLA.

https://www.calrbs.org/history-of-cartography-2025/

This course is designed to provide a general overview of the history of
mapping in the western world as well as the use of cartographic resources
in modern day teaching and research. 

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The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) is seeking nominations for individuals to serve as members of the Depository Library Council: https://www.fdlp.gov/about/depository-library-council. New members will serve a three-year term (June 1, 2025 - May 31, 2028). Submit your nomination (or self-nomination) by Monday, January 20, 2025: https://qaz1.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_b8TjBjWdyYOkiSq. 

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Grant Announcement

Fogler Library, at the University of Maine, is excited to announce the
Maine History Archives Travel Grant. Researchers seeking to view items in
our Special Collections for scholarly use are invited to apply. Applicants
will be asked to provide a timeline for their visit as well as a project
narrative describing the end product they hope to achieve with their
research. You must be 18 years of age to apply. 

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Hello!
I have a bit of money left to budget for in a grant proposal I'm writing for my archive. I'd like to write in a 5 drawer flat file cabinet and a base. Does anyone have experience with these Uline cabinets<https://www.uline.com/BL_71/Flat-File-Cabinets?pricode=WX668&AdKeyword=flat%20file%20cabinets&AdMatchtype=b&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAyJS7BhBiEiwAyS9uNdQZiJi7gSQ6_OXKpD5sn6E9FO2FkJ_Bukt_0zPUCjEwo3UeFAa5vhoCQYkQAvD_BwE>? They won't be getting high traffic use but I also don't want to purchase something that will break in 5 years.
Thanks in advance! 

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Register<http://click.e.oclc.org/?qs=1577e4fd097a2fb9abc3c546912d47bdd2b4ab9c21eef5047fddd832858ac1022762469e3de3d92dae492e37735fd0c9e5be335c570c7f29> for the world's largest virtual cataloging meeting and be inspired about the future of library cataloging

Wednesday, 12 February 2025

The OCLC cataloging community meeting connects libraries from around the globe. This free event spotlights key industry trends and offers insight into our roadmaps for cataloging products and services.

During February's meeting, our product experts and community members will discuss a variety of pertinent topics including artificial intelligence (AI), linked data, and the ongoing importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in library metadata. Panelist information will follow. 

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Nominations are now open for the 2025 MAGIRT Honors Awards!

This award recognizes or is given to honor an individual AND/OR organization who stands out due to outstanding achievement(s) and major contributions to map and geospatial librarianship and to the Round Table. The recipient of the award does not need to be a MAGIRT member. The selection committee welcomes all kinds of ideas for nominations. 

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Includes maps ...

The Hesburgh Libraries are accepting applications for a Rare Books Cataloging Specialist. We are looking for an energetic, customer focused library professional to join our team in the role of Rare Books Cataloging Specialist. Reporting to the Department Head, Cataloging and Metadata Services, Rare Books Cataloging Specialist is responsible for original and copy cataloging and final processing of rare and distinctive library materials in various languages in collaboration with the Rare Books Cataloging and Metadata Librarian. This position works closely with colleagues in the Rare Books and Special Collections and University Archives Departments to identify and process 

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Hello All,

We are planning for Geo4LibCamp 2025!

Geo4LibCamp is the annual conference for librarians & library technologists
working with or supporting the use of maps and geospatial data. The
conference will be an in-person event.

We plan to offer video of the keynote speech and potentially selected
lightning talks, but the majority of activities will be in-person only. 

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Includes maps!

Dear Colleagues,

The Spencer Research Library at the University of Kansas is seeking a Rare Materials Cataloging Librarian. This is a tenure-track position. Minimum salary is $60,000.

The application period has been extended to January 7th, 2025 at midnight.

Please see details below and follow this link if you are interested:

https://employment.ku.edu/jobs/faculty/rare-materials-cataloging-librarian/29302br

29302BR

Rare Materials Cataloging Librarian 

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Dear Colleagues,

I hope this email finds you well. On behalf of my colleagues from the Department of Historical Atlas, Dr Melchior Jakubowski and Dr Tomasz Panecki, I would like to invite you to our last seminar this year. On the 16th of December 2024, at 15:00 CET (2:00 PM London time) Melchior and Tomasz will start their presentation entitled: 

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I'm not sure if this is in English, French or Chinese but it looks interesting. Forwarded from another list.

The French School of Asian Studies (EFEO), Hong Kong Center, has the pleasure to invite you to attend the following workshop

Materiality and Colour in Early Modern Chinese Maps’ Production

This workshop is organized around two papers presenting colour maps of two different coastal regions: the Guangdong Sheet Map (�V�|全省�D�f, ca. 1739) and the Map of Huai’an Prefecture (Lee Shau Kee Library, late Ming). 

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All,

I worked at the New York Public Library Map Division from April 1993 to June 1995. Alice was my boss. She was awesome. Always fun to be with & a great champion of the Map Division. Shortly before I arrived, she made sure 1% of the acquisitions budget for the entire research branch went to the Map Division. As a consequence, we were able to acquire amazing maps and atlases for the Division. 

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I've found a pile of uncatalogued sheets from the "National Atlas of the United States". Various dates, 1950s (smaller sheets) to 1970s (larger sheets).

Can anyone send me, or point me to, a complete listing of sheets from this atlas, so we can work out how complete our holdings are?

Thank you, 

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Nominate Candidates for the DLC by January 20, 2025

This message has been cross-posted. Please excuse any duplication.

The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) is seeking nominations for individuals to serve as members of the Depository Library Council: https://www.fdlp.gov/about/depository-library-council. New members will serve a three-year term (June 1, 2025 - May 31, 2028). Submit your nomination (or self-nomination) by Monday, January 20, 2025: https://qaz1.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_b8TjBjWdyYOkiSq. 

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Deadline to apply is December 15, 2024. Awards will be announced in late December 2024 for fellowships to be held during 2025.

Hello Map Libraries Collective!

I am in need of aid!
I have received a reference question for help locating a rather specific NTS map. It is the 1:25,000 Topographic map of Gaspe, Quebec (022A06D). Requester has stated an interest in the map being published before 1970.

I was only able to locate up to 022D06F on Canada's ftp website<https://ftp.maps.canada.ca/pub/nrcan_rncan/raster/topographic/25k_pdf/>. 

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Greetings from Rare Book School!

Rare Book School at the University of Virginia is now accepting
applications for the* M.C. Lang Fellowship in Book History, Bibliography,
and Humanities Teaching with Historical Sources*.

The Fellowship is specifically for faculty and librarians at liberal arts
colleges and small universities in the United States (i.e., institutions
that have 5,000 or fewer undergraduates and do not grant any humanities
doctorates). The Fellowship includes: 

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Hello all
 
It is with sadness that I write to inform the map library community of
the passing of Alice Hudson, former Chief of the Map Division of The New
York Public Library. Alice passed away on November 6th, and a lovely
obituary was published in the New York Times on Friday:
 
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/nyregion/alice-hudson-dead.html
<https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/nyregion/alice-hudson-dead.html>
 
Alice joined the Map Division in 1970, was promoted to Assistant Chief,
and then Chief in 1981, retiring in 2009. Thus, she was a founding
member of that class of modern map librarians that brought maps in
libraries out of the darkness of 

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Alice Hudson, Librarian Who Built a Trove of Historic Maps, Dies at 77 https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/nyregion/alice-hudson-dead.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
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She transformed the New York Public Library’s collection of charts and atlases into one of the world’s largest and most accessible resources.
www.nytimes.com

Hello all,

Here is the newest issue of the WAML IB: Volume 56, Number 1 (Winter 2024)<https://waml.org/waml-information-bulletin/volume-56-number-1/>.

We have 8 book reviews in this issue- I believe it's a record!

As always, please let me know if there are any issues, and I'll fix it asap.

Thanks to everyone who contributed.

Enjoy reading!

Sarah

Sarah Zhang
WAML IB Editor

Greetings from Rare Book School!

Rare Book School at the University of Virginia is now accepting
applications for the* M.C. Lang Fellowship in Book History, Bibliography,
and Humanities Teaching with Historical Sources*.

The Fellowship is specifically for faculty and librarians at liberal arts
colleges and small universities in the United States (i.e., institutions
that have 5,000 or fewer undergraduates and do not grant any humanities
doctorates). The Fellowship includes: 

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The University of Toronto Libraries has just posted the position of Head, Map and Data Library.
This is a fantastic opportunity for those with a passion for data services to lead a dynamic team and contribute to innovative services, initiatives and projects.

For more details about the role and to apply, please visit the job posting at https://jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-Head%2C-Map-&-Data-Library-%28Librarian-III-Permanent-Status-Stream%29-ON/586856817/ 

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Good morning,
I'm working with a grad student in geography who is researching the
physical coast of West Africa where the slave ports were. They are looking
for detailed charts of the West African coast down to about the mouth of
the Congo, particularly ones that show dangers in the water. The larger
scale the better! Modern charting is fine. We've looked at the NGA nautical
charts and I'm wondering if anyone has other sources to look into. 

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Hi all,

We had a class looking at maps of Asia for a final portfolio project. One student was looking at a JOG from Vietnam and saw the word "abandoned" a lot (see below). Does this mean abandoned air fields/runaways? Abandoned trails? Something else? According to the legend, a purple circle (near several of the "abandoned" labels) is a runway with the pattern known (is that the slash in the circle?). So, our guess was an abandoned runway, but can anyone confirm? 

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May be of interest to someone. You can learn more about this Director search and others (there are 3 total) within the broader Research and Learning Services portfolio at the UW Libraries here: Research and Learning Services : Directors Search Context<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1m4IY-PWg6erzFHenYLloa0USXL_eyuCL/view?usp=sharing>.

* Director, Data Services & Sciences. Under the general direction of the Senior Associate Dean of the Research & Learning Services Portfolio, the Director of Data Services and Sciences provides leadership, strategic vision, and oversight for Data Services and the Sciences librarians. The Director leads the Sciences liaison team, actively linking subject and functional expertise to develop robust services 

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Apologies for cross-posting

The British Library is looking for a new Curator of Digital Mapping:

Lead Curator, Digital Mapping, The British Library.
Location: Boston Spa / St Pancras. Hours: Permanent – Full time. Grade: A
Salary: £37,538 (BPS) / £40,950 (STP) per annum
Closing date: 6 January 2025

In this role, you will lead in managing the collections and services for born-digital maps and mappable data created from our collections. You will take a leading role in developing the national collection of contemporary digital maps, and in the continuing development of tools, methods and policies to ensure that these collections 

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McKeldin Library at the University of Maryland, College Park, is hosting GIS Day next week.  Some of the activities are hybrid, so any interested parties are welcome to join!  See the attached information - thank you!
Jim Nealis, Map Volunteer, McKeldin Library

go.umd.edu/gisday2024

Demystifying Historic Maps:A Practical Guide
Date: Wednesday, November 20Time: 1–2 p.m.Venue: Hybrid Event (4109 McKeldin & Online via Zoom)
This special lecture is powered by the GIS and Data Service Center to celebrate Annual GIS Day 2024.
Historic maps are beautiful and detailed artifacts. They combine art and science, are rich in content,however contain differences from modern 

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I have a PhD student looking or geospatial data related to hyenas in Kenya. I'm struggling to find much. I did find this article with some associated data, but I'm thinking there's got to be more out there... suggestions?

Wilkinson CE, Xu W, Luneng Solli A, Brashares JS, Chepkisich C, Osuka G, Kelly M. Social-ecological predictors of spotted hyena navigation through a shared landscape<https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11045923/>. Ecol Evol. 2024 Apr 25;14(4):e11293. doi: 10.1002/ece3.11293. PMID: 38709888; PMCID: PMC11045923. 

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The William L. Clements Library at the University of Michigan welcomes
applications for 2025-2026 research fellowships
<https://clements.umich.edu/research/fellowships/>.

While cartographic applications are considered for all fellowship
opportunities, I would like to highlight the Brian Leigh Dunnigan
Fellowship in the History of Cartography
<https://clements.umich.edu/research/fellowships/>. This week-long
fellowship is open to researchers working on any topic supported by the
cartographic collections. Projects might also explore collections as
geospatial data in the digital humanities or Geographic Information
Sciences. Creative projects related to cartographic history are also
welcome. 

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Hello!

I wanted to take a moment to introduce myself to the list. My name is Laura Michelson and I’m the newly started Maps Project Coordinator Librarian at the University of Iowa Special Collections. I’ll be at the U for the next three years through a Carver Grant working to assess and modernize the use of this collection. An early priority is revising/drafting updated collection development and deaccession policies along with exploring potential of recirculation of select materials. Any and all collection development policies available for review (or cautionary tales!) are most welcome if you'd like to share them to 

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The Library of Congress cutter for Custer National Forest in Montana is C8,
so the 052 field would be 4252 C8.
But, Custer National Forest merged with Gallatin National Forest to form
Custer Gallatin National Forest. LC doesn't have a cutter for Custer
Gallatin National Forest. So, would it be best to not include an 052 field
in a record for a map of Custer Gallatin National Forest? 

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Issue 96 of The Globe, journal of the Australian and New Zealand Map Society has just been published.

Contents, are:

Alvaro Teles Barreto's Indian Ocean Odyssey in 1506/08 / John Hewitt , pp. 1-10

The Royal Australian Survey Corps' Doppler Satellite Years 1971-1992 / Peter Jensen, pp. 11-81

After 15 years at the helm, I am now stepping down as editor, and future issues will be edited by Dr. Catherine Akeroyd, to whom any contributions should be submitted going forward: 

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The November Virtual AskQC Office Hour focuses on linked data. Join us either Tuesday, 12 November at 10:00 am EST or Thursday, 21 November at 4:00 pm EST , whichever is more convenient for you, for Bridging the gap between records and linked data. Not every library is on the same trajectory of adopting linked data. Some are already there, some are looking to make the leap, while others are still assessing how linked data maps to their current and future workflows. OCLC is committed to supporting libraries wherever they are on the journey to linked data. Our recent work 

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Dear all

To receive the link for the next Cambridge Seminar in the History of Cartography on Tuesday 19th November at 5.30pm GMT please sign up at https://buytickets.at/emmanuelcollege

Speaker: Maurice Whitehead (Venerable English College, Rome)

Topic: Maps, meridians and missions: Christopher Maire, SJ (1697–1767), an English cartographer in continental Europe

Seminar series web pages: https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/departments/maps/cartographic-events/camsem 

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Dear all,

Our library received a large donation of historical aerial photographs. We had them scanned. For about two thirds of them we have the flight map. One of my student workers, a geography major, provided the flights that had maps with coordinates. We decided on cataloging fields, put everything in an excel file and uploaded it to our catalog (Ex Libris's Alma).
Now we have a large amount of aerial photographs in our catalog. But - they are defined as maps. The only way to separate them from maps is with the genre (field 655). I don't know if 

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FYI ...

View this email in your browser<https://mailchi.mp/fde7f2d3963e/mapping-in-the-nineteenth-century-an-online-talk-by-dr-matthew-edney-november-7-700-pm-et?e=16a31520f4>

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You’re invited!

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What’s Different about Map Making in the Nineteenth Century, and therefore in Volume Five of The History of Cartography?

November 7, 2024 | 7:00 PM ET

Online (Zoom) Lecture | Register HERE<https://wisc.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=68d66c9e0206bdb5d44d5299c&id=c662dd9e37&e=16a31520f4>

The Washington Map Society invites you to join Matthew H. Edney (Director, History of Cartography Project, University of Wisconsin–Madison, and Osher Professor in the History of Cartography, University of Southern Maine) on Thursday, November 7, 2024 at 7:00 pm ET for an online illustrated lecture “What’s Different about Map Making in the Nineteenth Century, and therefore 

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Dear colleagues,

A colleague at U Pitt Johnston sent me this question.

One of our students is looking for a map of Osprey nests in the Chesapeake Bay area from 1960-1972. She is researching the impact of DDT on Ospreys in the 1960s and 1970s. I appreciate any guidance you can give me as to where we look to find such a map. 

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Digitization Complete for World-Renowned Franco Novacco Map Collection

The Newberry has recently completed the digitization of the Novacco Collection, 750 maps printed in Italy during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The library acquired the collection from the Venetian map collector Franco Novacco himself in 1967. In early 2022, the Newberry received generous funding from Mr. Rudy L. Ruggles, Jr. and Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps to begin digitizing the entirety of the collection. The Novacco Collection reflects Europeans’ evolving conceptions of the world during a time of widespread exploration and colonization and is now available as part of the Newberry's 

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Subject: Geoscience Librarianship 101 and GSIS Annual Meeting, October 22-24, 2024

Hello,

The Geoscience Information Society (GSIS) hopes you'll join us for this year's Geoscience Librarianship 101 and Annual Meeting, October 22-24. All events will be held virtually.

Geoscience Librarianship 101

Please Register Here<https://libguides.lib.usm.edu/gl101/home> for Geoscience Information Society (GSIS) Geoscience Librarianship 101: a free annual seminar that offers library science students, new librarians, and experienced practitioners an introduction to some of the core areas of geoscience librarianship. This event will take place Tuesday, October 22 - Wednesday, October 23. 

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Hello all,

The Atlas of Design <https://atlasofdesign.org/>, Volume 7, published by
the North American Cartographic Information Society <https://nacis.org/>
(NACIS) is available for purchase now. You can see samples of the 33
maps featured in it at contents at https://atlasofdesign.org/seven.

We've been featured so far in FlowingData
<https://flowingdata.com/2024/09/13/atlas-of-design-volume-7/>, Map of
the Week
<https://mapoftheweek.substack.com/p/the-atlas-of-design-volume-7>, on
the VerySpatial
<https://veryspatial.com/2024/09/a-veryspatial-podcast-episode-746/>
podcast, with more coverage to come. 

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This message has been cross-posted. Please excuse any duplication.

The fall 2024 Federal Depository Library Conference (October 21 -23) is next week! Have you registered to attend? Don't miss timely programming on digital collection management, adapting to changes, preservation of digital resources, tips for integrating content into online guides, shared collection management, and much more! 

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Dear Friends,

Online ordering is now available for the 2025 Guia Roji atlas of Mexico, Por las Carreteras de Mexico. This represents the first update in five years. Stock has been received and we are shipping daily.

http://www.mexicoroadatlas.com <http://www.mexicoroadatlas.com/>

$69.95
25 ed.
128 pages
ISBN 9786074032451



Mark Walker
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World Map Source
3920 Maricopa Drive
Santa Barbara CA 93110-1414
805-448-7273

World Map Source has been providing travel and reference maps since 1989. Special orders welcome.

*Come work with me!* My library is hiring a Department Chair for Library
Public Services. I can answer questions about campus and library culture.
Direct any position-related questions to [log in to unmask]
Best, Ashley

*Ashley Orehek Rossi*
*STEM Librarian and Assistant Professor, Western Kentucky University
<https://libguides.wku.edu/prf.php?id=622b0e87-7cdb-11ed-9922-0ad758b798c3>*
*Past Chair, Atmospheric Science Librarians International
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*VP Education, Thoroughbred Toastmasters (Club 7931)
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Bonjour/Hello Everyone. Does anyone have an older edition, between 1940 and 1970 of either (Arctic) CanadianHydrographicService-CHS chart#s 7000/7010/7011? (BaffinBay DavisStrait area)

(Could any of above be in a drawer but uncatalogued?)

For now, Thanks from daniel

daniel Brendle-Moczuk, MLIS

Geospatial Librarian

University of Victoria, Canada