----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Melissa, thanks for asking: 1. usgs is issuing some of its products exclusively to earth science information centers--including those in a number of research libraries--but not to depositories generally. i would like cuac to inventory those bibliographic/cartographic items available to esic's but not to depositories. And i would strongly urge the survey to make these access tools available to all depositories. 2. i would like cuac to encourage usgs to maintain at least 1 depository in each canadian province, if it not already doing so. And to add at least one in each border state of mexico. a significant amount of mutual cooperation and understanding depends on free access to information, particularly in the frontier zones (those buffer areas where the cultural, demographic, and even political boundaries are amorphous and gradual, and where we are trying to maintain stable, overlapping, mutually dependent research environments). many of our researchers are part of mutually supported investigatory teams who return valuable trans-border earth science data to the survey; the survey should support the meager needs for mapping and geologic publications these agencies require in their libraries. sincerely, larry cruse ucsd ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- The conference on restructuring the depository library system will be held the last few days of October in Chicago. All librarians involved in depository arrangements were invited to attend. Groups, such as CUAC, will not have "official" representation. However, I was originally approached by the organizers in order to bring a map perspective to the discussions. It is still not too late to add your comments to the discussion in Chicago. How would restructuring the depository program effect the receipt of maps in your libraries? How many electronic products have been created by federal agencies that we do not receive through the depository system? What can the depository system do better? CUAC will be discussing these questions in DC on October 19th and 20th. I hope to be able to take comments from CUAC to the restructuring conference in Chicago, but more insight from the map community would be welcome. Melissa Lamont -- CUAC chair [log in to unmask] --- Saved internet headers (useful for debugging) >Received: from sds.sdsc.edu by ucsd.edu; id AA26915 sendmail 5.67/UCSD-2.2-sun >Received: from VM.USC.EDU by Sdsc.BITnet with BSMTP via BITNET ; Sat, 9 Oct 93 >Received: From USCVM(MAILER) by SDSC with Jnet id 1254 for MAILER@SDSC; Sat, 9 >Message-Id: <[log in to unmask]> >Received: from VM.USC.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@USCVM) by VM.USC.EDU (LMail V1.1 >Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1993 17:38:10 EDT >Reply-To: [log in to unmask] >Sender: [log in to unmask] (Maps and Air Photo Systems >From: [log in to unmask] (Melissa Lamont) >Subject: cuac >To: [log in to unmask] (Multiple recipients o >X-CCaddr: Bcc: larry cruse AT ucsdlibrary >X-CCaddr: Bcc: paul leverenz AT ucsdlibrary >X-CCaddr: *To: [log in to unmask] at @UCSD