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We recently conducted an inventory of the USGS topo collection
for our state (Alaska) for the first time in about a decade.
We were frustrated to find 25% of these maps are missing.
Our maps are available to the public in flat files located
next to the Government Documents reference area. The nearby
Documents office is staffed 8-5 M-F. We have considered
putting tattle tape strips on the maps, but they can be easily
removed. We do not want to make the maps a closed collection.
I would appreciate any suggestions or ideas on how other
libraries have handled the security problem for the map
collection.
Jodi Gouwens University of Alaska Fairbanks
Government Documents Libn [log in to unmask]