----------------------------Original message---------------------------- [To subscribers to lismaps, MapHist and MapsL - please excuse the cross-posting] THE IMCOS-TOOLEY AWARD Francis Herbert, Curator of Maps at the Royal Geographical Society, is this year's recipient of the IMCoS-Tooley Award. The presentation was made by Admiral Steve Ritchie at the annual dinner of the International Map Collectors' Society in London on 24 June. The award recognizes Mr Herbert's outstanding performance as a map librarian, his encyclopedic knowledge of the literature on cartography (from early times up to the present) and the exceptional practical help he continues to offer to enquirers from all over the world. Among the many services to our subject for which he was thanked are the continued compilation of the bibliography for Imago Mundi and his role as Research Editor of The Map Collector. I am sure that many subscribers to the three lists mentioned above will share my delight at this thoroughly deserved honour. Tony Campbell Map Librarian, British Library and IMCoS Council member [log in to unmask]