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This may be of interest to fellow Marine Science Libraries.
I received word that HYDROCON LTD., a private company based
in St. Petersburg, Russia, is marketing and distributing
MARINE SCIENTIFIC MAPS AND ATLASES produced by several
Russian marine research institutes. According to HydroCon
General Director Mark G. Maliavko, "A large part of any
profits from the sale of materials ... will be distributed
as a royalty to authors and compilers of these materials."
Now available:
The Map of the Mineral Resources & Geomorphological Map of
the Ocean Floor. $49.60
Angola-Brazil Geotraverse. $47.40
International Geological Geophysical Atlas of the Atlantic
Ocean. $132.30
Atlas of the Arctic. $48.50
HydroCon Ltd.
P.O. Box 406
196240 St. Petersburg
Russia
(812) 290.82.06
HydroCon uses a Norwegian partner to serve as a relay point
for orders "to avoid at least the main part of problems
posed by faulty Russian banks and communications services."
VisSim a.s.
Gamleveien 32
P.O. Box 1029
N-3189 Horten
Norway
telephone +47 33 48803
I have additional information I would be happy to FAX or
mail to seriously interested bibliographers. Although I
just received word of this commercial endeavor and have not
yet ordered anything from them, they were given the nod by a
U.S. Navy scientist. After recently working with a Russian
geomorphologist and member of the Russian Academy of
Sciences who earns a salary of $15.00 per month, I think
support of Russian maps and atlases by academic libraries is
warranted.
- Paul Leverenz
Scripps Institution of Oceanography Library
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