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Subject:        3 registries for map digitization projects
Date:   Wed, 25 Oct 2006 14:57:05 -0500
From:   McInroy, Mary R <[log in to unmask]>
To:     Maps-L <[log in to unmask]>



Just a reminder for all you folks out there, myself included, who are in
the midst of digitizing maps and putting them onto the web. There are 3
registries that are appropriate places for us to register our map
digitization efforts.

Are there more? Let me know, and I will post to this list.

http://www.waml.org/clearinghouse.html The WAML (Western Association of
Map Libraries) Scanning Project Clearinghouse. “This Clearinghouse is an
effort to create a union list of WAML’s digitization projects. Its goal
is to increase our knowledge of and accessibility to scanned items and
avoid duplication of efforts.”

http://mapregistry.library.arizona.edu/cgi/index.pl The ALA MAGERT Map
Scanning Registry. Goals of this Registry are to:

    * Find out what scanning is being planned, in process, or complete
      for a particular geographic area
    * Head off any duplication of effort
    * Provide a resource to use for finding a particular digital image
    * Provide a resource for reviewing the various technical parameters
      used in different projects

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/legacy/registry/, The Registry of U.S.
Government Publication Digitization Projects. (Many map collections
contain numerous federally-produced maps.) This Registry:

    * Serves as a locator tool for publicly accessible collections of
      digitized U.S. Government publications;
    * Increases awareness of U.S. Government publication digitization
      projects that are planned, in progress, or completed;
    * Fosters collaboration for digitization projects; and
    * Provides models for future digitization projects.

Mary McInroy
Reference & Library Instruction/ Map Collection
University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City, IA 52242-1420
(319)335-6247

FAX: (319)335-5900
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