----------------------------Original message---------------------------- For a small, local research project, I would like to hear from NON-ARL GIS project MAP LIBRARIANS who have dived into the GIS slough... Please respond to me directly at [log in to unmask] I am interested in the software you have chosen, what kinds of maps you have produced,[send me samples via snailmail if possible],your audience or clients, the services and access you provide. I'll send you stuff in return--hey!! The Map Division, NYPL, was unable to participate in the ARLGIS project. Our staff then decided to go ahead on our own, and we have developed a public access computer mapping workstation using ATLASGIS. In addition, we have purchased lots of other software and CDROMs, all placed on this stand alone machine. [No it is not on the NYPL LAN] We have a draft policy statement on use, timelimits, printout limits, etc. We are developing return clientele to use the machine; and networking with local GIS folk. Christopher Thiry is in charge of the mapping workstation, and has made it work beautifully. Now we are even talking of a second machine to expand public access. I would very much like to have a feel for what is happening in MAP LIBRARIES beyond the scope of the ARL GIS project. I suspect a lot is going on. So do let me hear from you. I will be glad to answer any questions you have about our work, and will try to work up a report for one of the maplibrary journals, or maps-l, on the results of this query. Thanks in advance, Alice Hudson, Chief, Map Division, NYPL, The Research Libraries, 5th Avenue & 42d Street, New York, NY 10018 [log in to unmask]