----------------------------Original message---------------------------- The GMD map is very useful indeed for; 1. those libraries whose maps are cataloged and kept in an all-formats sort of online catalog; 2. maps that don't have the word "Map" in the title. Users who (difficult to believe, I know) don't need a map get upset when they go looking for something they thought was a book and turned out to be a map. Although I will say it works quite well the other direction also - persons who didn't even consider a map as an information source, stumble on it this way, and are quite pleased. Nonetheless - it is very important and useful. Mary L. Larsgaard, UCSB Map & Imagery Lab