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Date: Thu, 18 Apr 102 14:18:59 -0500 (CDT)
From: Christopher Baruth <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: WHAT ARE THE LARGEST UNIVERSITY MAP COLLECTIONS IN THE
U.S.?
Sender: Christopher Baruth <[log in to unmask]>
As I believe the original poster was interested in holdings of maps,
I've taken the ARL list and added a column for the number of maps in
those collections based on the 4th edition of the IFLA directory. I
have not reordered the list because too many collections apparently did
not respond to IFLA's questionnaire, and thus, did not get included in
the directory.
I would also add, for the record, that the number of maps in the AGS
Collection, according to the directory, was 481,000. I could also add
that we've just taken on the holdings of the old UWM map library, which
may number around 150,000. I would, however, not wish to hazard a
guess as to what the yield of this acquisition will be once the
duplication is eliminated. For those not familiar, the AGS Collection
is at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. It was not included in
the ARL list for the simple reason that its parent library system is
not a member of ARL.
An additional two things should be kept in mind--Many of the larger
University map collections are not on this list, and almost all map
holdings statistics must be taken _cum grano salis_.
Cart Mat Maps
ARL IFLA
1 CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA 3620514 443,525
2 ALBERTA 1383050 460,000
3 FLORIDA 727220 ?
4 OREGON 720863 249,355
5 ILLINOIS, URBANA 633170 411,653
6 CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES 623835 540,578
7 GEORGIA 608106 385,000
8 INDIANA 596204 ?
9 BRITISH COLUMBIA 540879 176,000
10 YALE 447684 200,000
11 PENNSYLVANIA STATE 439180 350,000
12 CHICAGO 408054 395,000
13 MINNESOTA 404729 248,512
14 CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY 397868 291,993
15 TENNESSEE 372341 ?
16 IOWA 370168 ?
17 WASHINGTON 346618 261,839
18 TEXAS 341794 ?
19 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 327179 ?
20 NORTH CAROLINA 322791 ?
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