----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Me thinks Mr. Gomberg is being "heavily sarcastic" here but let it be known that this collection is definitely interested in its old maps both for their artifactual and intellectual/informational value. To that end, we are studying imaging and scanning options which would provide surrogate copies of our historical material; allow greater access to our collection for a greater number of scholars; allow less use of the original fragile materials; and allow these materials to be studied in a greater detail (digitally) than is currently possible with the human eye. David A. Cobb Harvard Map Collection