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Subject: Geography Discipline Library Collections Transferred to USGS
Library,Reston, VA
Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 06:45:58 -0500
From: "Erin P Donnelly" <[log in to unmask]>
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Geography Discipline Library Collections Transferred to USGS Library,
Reston, VA

In fall 2002, the USGS National Mapping Division (NMD) Reference
Collection
Library in Reston, Virginia was closed.  Preparations were made for the
USGS Library to accept its book and serials collection as well as the
historic topographic map archive.  The book collection has been moved to
staging space within the USGS Library.  Its contents are being cataloged
and integrated into the main library collection.  Selected journal
subscriptions are being added to the USGS Library collection.

Responsibility for the historic topographic map archive was formally
transferred to the USGS Library in March 2003.  However, the archive
will
be maintained as a special collection in its present space (Room 2B-125,
USGS National Center, Reston, Virginia).  Service hours are 1-3 p.m.
Monday
through Friday.  For access to this collection at other times, contact
the
USGS Library's reference desk at 703-648-4302.  The USGS Library also
has a
large collection of these maps, accessible during the normal library
hours
of 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.

The topographic map archive is probably the most complete collection of
USGS topographic maps.  It includes each U.S. state and territory as
well
as all scales, editions, and various printings of these maps.  Coverage
dates from the 1880's, when the USGS began publishing standard
topographic
quadrangles.

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 Ms. Erin P. Donnelly                  U.S. Geological Survey
Library
 Library Technician & Webmaster        Cartographic Information
Services
 Email: [log in to unmask]              950 National
Center
 Voice: 703.648.6226                   12201 Sunrise Valley
Drive
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20192
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http://library.usgs.gov/