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Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 15:21:25 -0600
From: Kent Lee <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: re: [IFACTION:2420] Orders to purge records have librarians
worried <fwd>
Sender: Kent Lee <[log in to unmask]>
Dear Alice, List:
I have one concrete example that may fall under this list. About two months ago we were asked by the USGS to send back all inventory copies of a single CD-ROM disk containing 1:50,000 scale vector map data over Camp Lejuene, North Carolina. Formally, this is NIMA VMAP-2 data (Item 101V001, Edition 1). In paper terms this is the equivalent of four 1:50k NIMA-series topo sheets. It was being recalled for security reasons, as I recall (this followed the temporary freeze on various USG info sources--incl
So, in short: this is a case of a public domain government document being withdrawn from the public.
Advance apologies for this posting to April Carlucci: I understand that she interprets all of my words as relatively worthless advertisements. Oh, well. What's a vendor to do?
Cheers,
Kent
>> I am forwarding this item from ALA's intellectual freedom listserve. Just
>> curious if mappy titles have come up for return or destroy under orders
>> from GPO.
>> As I theoretically watch out for "freedom to read/intellectual freedom"
>> issues for the Map and Geography Round Table of ALA, I would like to hear
>> of any maps, atlases, geographic reports which are requested to be
>> withdrawn.
>> As Map Division, NYPL is not in the vicinity of the government documents
>> department here at NYPL, I might not hear about same as soon as others
>> might. Thanks in advance for your input.
>> Alice C. Hudson
>> Chief, Map Division
>> The Humanities and Social Sciences Library
>> The New York Public Library
>> 5th Avenue & 42nd Street, Room 117
>> New York, NY 10018-2788
>> [log in to unmask]; 212-930-0589; fax 212-930-0027
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>> owner-ifaction@al <[log in to unmask]>
>> a1.ala.org cc:
>> Subject: [IFACTION:2420]
>> Orders to purge
>> records have librarians
>> worried
>> 12/12/2001 06:21
>> PM
>> Please respond to
>> dwood
>> This Story has been sent to you by : [log in to unmask]
>> Librarians are protesting government orders to destroy public information
>> in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks.
>> Read the full story at the address below:
>> http://web.star-telegram.com/content/fortworth/2001/12/08/topstory/fw01010
>> 2-1208-XA001-security.htm
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Kent D. Lee
President/CEO
East View Cartographic, Inc.
3020 Harbor Lane N.
Minneapolis, MN 55447 USA
Tel: 763-550-0961
Fax: 763-559-2931
Email: [log in to unmask]
URL: www.eastview.com, www.cartographic.com
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