Echoing here, as I'm also a novice! As long as you're not a government repository <https://www.fdlp.gov/guidance/weeding-depository-collection>, and these aren't government maps, you can do what you will with them! I found the WAML toolbox <https://waml.org/resources/toolbox/>to be really helpful. They have a comprehensive guide to conducting a map review, which is nice for getting started. I'm also weeding/shifting right now, and I've made myself a very basic flowchart of yes/no to keep a map based on condition, relevance, and ability to access elsewhere. Example, I found Mexican published maps of various states in Mexico that the nearest library to me is *in *Mexico, so I kept them. Whereas a map of Pennsylvania is not very relevant to my researchers *and* they can also request the same map from nearby universities through ILL. Hope that helps! On Fri, Apr 19, 2024 at 6:38 AM Ross, Heather <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi Amy, > > Welcome to the wide world of maps!! > > I would imagine that you are not the regional depository for government > maps. In that case, you can keep what you want, but would need to offer > your maps. > > Many in this group have weeded their topographic maps. Many have opted to > only keep regionally important maps like of their state and withdraw the > others. All topo maps can be found online, with most revisions, so you can > still help people find older maps. > > The current paper maps that you have are not the most current available > and are probably at least 10 years old if not older by this point. > > At Penn State, most of our topo questions are about Pennsylvania, with > very rare exceptions. We have to keep ours as we have a housing agreement > with our state regional library. You can always interlibrary loan a > physical copy if needed. > > I don't envy you your move to offsite. I would make sure that you catalog > records are in good shape for the ones you send or have some meaningful > discovery system if you can't catalog them all. You could catalog them by > folder with good descriptions. > > Good luck and don't hesitate to reach out to the group if you have any > questions. > > Heather Ross > Map Specialist > Penn State > ------------------------------ > *From:* Maps-L: Map Librarians, etc. <[log in to unmask]> on behalf > of Amy Koshoffer <[log in to unmask]> > *Sent:* Thursday, April 18, 2024 4:03 PM > *To:* [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> > *Subject:* Photorevised 7.5 topos maps > > [Some people who received this message don't often get email from > [log in to unmask] Learn why this is > important at https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification ] > > Hello All - > > I have recently become the liaison for several departments and am taking > care of our print map collection as part of my duties. I am a complete > novice here. We are planning to move most of the collection to an > off-campus site. This is an opportunity to weed, and I wondered if folks > keep copies of photorevised maps. I was thinking to just keep the most > recent. Is there a reason to keep the older ones? > > A colleague suggested this new ebook from Janet Reyes at UC Riverside: > Conducting a Map Collection Review: A Workbook to Help You on the Journey > as general resource. Will be ordering soon. > > Cheers, > Amy Koshoffer > U of Cincinnati >