----------------------------Original message---------------------------- INFORMATION BULLETIN (WESTERN ASSOCIATION OF MAP LIBRARIES) ISSN: 0049-7287 NEWS & NOTES Electronic Version Part 13, February 1996. To be included in a future print version of the "Information Bulletin." Contents: 1. News 2. New books, maps, etc. 2.1 New Mapping of Western North America, compiled by Ken Rockwell 2.2 Articles of interest 3. Meetings and other educational opportunities. 4. Internet sources 5. Job Announcement 6. Contributors to this issue 7. The Western Association of Map Libraries 1. News The California Map Society's 38th General Meeting was held January 20, 1996 in Pasadena. For information about the Society, its programs or publications, contact: Glen McLaughlin, P.O. Box 3590, Saratoga, CA 95070-1590; phone: 408/867-9161; fax: 40 x8/867-5817. 2. New books, maps, etc. 2.1 New Mapping of Western North America, compiled by Ken Rockwell NEW MAPPING OF WESTERN NORTH AMERICA by Ken Rockwell University of Utah ARIZONA Billingsley, George H. Geologic map of the Antelope Knoll quadrangle, northern Mohave County, Arizona. Scale 1:24,000. USGS Open-file report 94-449. Distributed to depository libraries in microfiche. Pub. 1994. OCLC #33978546 Billingsley, George H. Geologic map of the Formaster Well quadrangle, northern Mohave County, Arizona. Scale 1:24,000. USGS Open-file report 94-243. Distributed to depository libraries in microfiche. Pub. 1994. OCLC #33978747 Billingsley, George H. Geologic map of the Hat Knoll quadrangle northern Mohave County, Arizona. Scale 1:24,000. USGS Open-file report 94-554. Distributed to depository libraries in microfiche. Pub. 1994. OCLC #33978788 Billingsley, George H. Geologic map of the Little Clayhole Valley quadrangle, northern Mohave County, Arizona. Scale 1:24,000. USGS Open-file report 94-290. Distributed to depository libraries in microfiche. Pub. 1994. OCLC #33978476 Billingsley, George H. Geologic map of the White Pockets quadrangle, northern Mohave County, Arizona. Scale 1:24,000. USGS Open-file report 94-244. Distributed to depository libraries in microfiche. Pub. 1994. OCLC #33978876 Hammett, Bruce A., and R.L. Herther. Maps showing groundwater conditions in the Phoenix Active Management Area, Maricopa Pinal, and Yavapai counties, Arizona, 1992. Scale 1:250,000. 3 maps. State of Arizona Dept. of Water Resources, Hydrologic map series report no. 27. Published 1995. OCLC #34001180 Schwab, Karen J. Maps showing groundwater conditions, Spring 1992, Big Chino sub-basin of the Verde River Basin, Coconin and Yavapai counties, Arizona--1992. Scale Scale 1:250,000. 3 maps on 1 sheet. Arizona. Dept. of Water Resources Hydrologic map series report no. 28. Published 1995. OCLC #34111771 CALIFORNIA Cartier, Kenn D., et al. Hydrologic basins and hydrologic- monitoring sites of Lake Tahoe Basin, California and Nevada. Scale 1:62,500. USGS Open-file report 95-316. Pub. 1995. OCLC #34048028 Ross, Donald Clarence. Reconnaissance geologic map of the southern Sierra Nevada, Kern, Tulare, and Inyo counties California. Scale 1:125,000. USGS Miscellaneou investigations series map I-2295. Pub. 1995. OCL #34096238 Western Economic Research Co. Zip codes in central California. Scale not given. 1995 ed. Mill City, OR : Western Economi Research, pub. 1995. OCLC #34099546 Western Economic Research Co. Zip codes in northern California. Scale [ca. 1:410,000]. 1995 ed. Mill City, OR : Wester Economic Research, 1995. OCLC #34099470 Western Economic Research Co. Zip codes in Santa Barbara & Sa Luis Obispo counties. Scale ca 1:260,000. 1995 ed. Mill City, OR : Western Economic Research, pub. 1995. OCL #34099497 Western Economic Research Co. Zip codes in the Los Angele 5-county area. Scale ca. 1:210,400. 1995 ed. Mill City OR : Western Economic Research, 1995. OCLC #34099567 COLORADO Bowers, Timothy L. Digital generalized geologic map of the Iro Hill, Colorado, alkaline rock complex. Scale 1:24,000. USGS Open-file report 95-232. Pub. 1995. OCLC #34044115 Colorado state highway system height restriction map. Scale no given. [Denver, Colo.] : Colorado Geographic Information System, 1995. OCLC #34107483 Denver, Colorado, golf road map. Not drawn to scale. lst ed. Bloomingdale, IL : Fore Better Golf, 1995. OCLC #34029187 Pilot car escort and oversize restriction map. Scale not given. [Denver, Colo. : Colorado Geographic Information System 1995. 2 maps on 1 sheet. OCLC #34107524 Radell, Mary Jo., et al. Hydrogeologic characteristics of the alluvial aquifer and adjacent deposits of the Fountain Cree Valley, El Paso County, Colorado. Scale 1:24,000. USGS Water- resources investigations report 94-4129. Published 1995. OCLC #34073210 U.S. Soil Conservation Service. Natural vegetation, Colorado, October 1972. Scale 1:1,500,000. Pub. by the SCS, 1995. OCLC #34044395 MONTANA Omang, R.J. Water-surface profile and flood boundaries for the computed 100-year flood, Rosebud Creek, Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana. Scale 1:18,000. USGS Water-resources investigations report 95-4093. Pub. 1995. OCLC#34072940 Witkind, Irving Jerome. Map showing sand and gravel deposits i the Bigfork-Avon area, Flathead, Lake, Lewis and Clark, Missoula, and Powell counties, Montana. Scale 1:125,000. USGS Miscellaneous investigations series map I-2446. Pub. 1995. OCLC #34122835 NEVADA Ketner, Keith Brindley. Geologic map of the Rowland-Bearpaw Mountain area, Elko County, Nevada. Scale 1:24,000. USGS Miscellaneous investigations series map I-2536. Pub. 1995. OCLC #34096096 Page, William R. Preliminary geologic map of the Arrow Canyon N quadrangle, Clark County, Nevada. Scale 1:24,000. USGS Open-file report 95-35, pub. 1995. Distributed to depository libraries in microfiche. OCLC #33991847 Theodore, Ted G. Preliminary geologic map of the Snow Gulch quadrangle, Humboldt and Lander counties, Nevada. Scale 1:24,000. USGS Open-file report 94-436. Pub. 1994. Distributed to depository libraries in microfiche. OCLC #33980549 OREGON Black, Gerald L. and Paul E. Staub. Geologic map of the Coos Bay quadrangle, Coos County, Oregon. Scale 1:24,000. Oregon Dept. of Geology and Mineral Survey GM-97, pub. 1995. OCL #34017563 Hladky, Frank R. and Mark E. Neuhaus. Geology and mineral resources map of the Lakecreek quadrangle, Jackson County, Oregon. Scale 1:24,000. Oregon Dept. of Geology and Mineral Survey GMS-88, pub. 1995. OCLC #34017535 MacLeod, Norman S. Geologic map of Newberry Volcano, Deschutes Klamath, and Lake Counties, Oregon. Scale 1:62,500. USGS Miscellaneous investigations series map I-2455. Pub. 1995. OCLC #34096652 Sherrod, David R., and William E. Scott. Preliminary geologi map of the Mount Hood 30- by 60-minute quadrangle, northern Cascade Range, Oregon. Scale 1:100,000. USGS Open-file report 95-219. Pub. 1995. OCLC #34047595 U.S. Bureau of Land Management. Burns District, south half,1994. Scale ca. 1:126,720. Portland, Or. : The Bureau 1994. OCLC #34062621 U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Prineville District. Central Oregon public lands. Scale 1:100,000. Pub. 1994. OCLC #34056480 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Experience Malheur National Wildlife Refuge : February 1995. Scale ca. 1:189,000. Pub 1995. OCLC #34029180 PACIFIC NORTHWEST Beak Consultants, Inc. Skamania Lodge guide to the Columbia River Gorge. Scale ca. 1:63,360. Portland, Or. : Bea Consultants, Inc., 1995. OCLC #34056399 Cardwell, Al. Trails of the Columbia Gorge : Bridal Veil to Viento St. Park. Scale 1:64,267. Beaverton, Or : Geo-Graphics, 1995. OCLC #34056431 Lucas, Brett. Koppen climate classification of the Pacific Northwest. Scale 1:4,000,000. Corvallis, Or. : s.n., 1995. OCLC #33990681 UTAH Lambert, P.L., et al. Map showing potentiometric surface of the principal ground-water reservoir for the shallow confine zone for September 1988, location of geoghydrological-dat sites, areal extent of basin fill, and outcrop of Arapie Shale, central Sevier Valley, Utah. Plate 1 accompanying Utah Div. of Water Rights Technical Publication no. 103 pub. 1996. OCLC #32797915 WASHINGTON Hildreth, Wes and Judy Fierstein. Geologic map of the Mount Adams volcanic field, Cascade Range of southern Washington. Scale 1:50,000. USGS Miscellaneous investigations series map I-2460, pub. 1995. OCLC #34102710 Seattle Engineering Dept. Seattle bicycling guide map. Scale ca. 1:24,600. Pub. by the Dept., 1995. OCLC #33999775 YUKON TERRITORY Verma, G. Discover Canada's Yukon Territory : an international travel map. Scale 1:500,000. Vancouver, B.C. : International Travel Maps, 1995. OCLC #34045573 ATLASES: HAWAII O'ahu streets and condos. 1996 ed. Honolulu : Hawaii TMK Service, c1995. 99 p. of maps, 55 p. of indexes for streets, condos, subdivisions, etc. Riley Moffat, who informs us of this atlas, says "it is full color and uses the soft pastels like the better European cartographic houses. The wire binding makes it very easy to use. It is a very beautiful piece of work and should keep anybody, even the newest tourist from getting lost." 2.2 Articles of interest Millea, Nick, 1996, Mapping the future: Library Association Record, Jan. 1, 1996, v. 98, no. 1, p. 36. (Nick Millea looks at the difficulties copyright libraries are facing with their map services following the completion of the OS digital survey.) Morain, Stan; Budge, Amelia, 1996, Remote Sensing--How Accessible Is Historical Aerial Photography?: GIS World, Feb. 1, 1996, v. 9, no. 2, p. 68. Perkins, Chris, 1995, No longer doing it by the book--The rise of the electronic atlas: GIS Europe, Dec. 1995, p. 38-40. Thoen, Bill, 1996, GIS On Line--Web Copyrights--Is Anything Clear?: GIS World, Feb. 1, 1996, v. 9, no. 2, p. 74. 3. Meetings and other educational opportunities 3.1 Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing, Urbana, Ill., March 24-26, 1996 "Digital Image Access and Retrieval" is the theme of the 33rd Annual Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing sponsored by the Graduate School of Library and Information Science and the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The three-day conference will be held March 24-26, 1996, at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology. Cost is $340 ($380 after March 4). For further information or to receive a conference brochure/registration form, contact: DPC '96 Graduate School of Library and Information Science University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 501 E. Daniel St. Champaign, IL 61820-6211 e-mail: [log in to unmask] Phone: (800)982-0914 or (217)244-3274; FAX: (217)244-3302 URL: http://alexia.lis.uiuc.edu/~heidorn/dpc96.html 3.2 International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment, Vancouver, B.C., March 25-29, 1996 The 28th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment, will be held in Vancouver, B.C., March 25-29, 1996. It will include sessions on Data policy; Disaster monitoring; Distributed computing; Expert systems; Forestry; Environmental monitoring; Coasts and wetlands; Image processing. Full registration is $400 by Jan. 30, $450 after Jan. 30. For more information, contact: The GLOBE Foundation Suite 504, World Trade Centre, 999 Canada Place Vancouver, BC CANADA V6C 3E1 fax: 604/666-8123, Attention: Patricia Maisonville e-mail: [log in to unmask] 3.3 WAML Spring 1996 meeting, Arcata, CA April 18-20, 1996 Host: Robert Sathrum Natural Resources Librarian Humboldt State University Phone: 707-826-4930 Fax: 707-826-3440 e-mail: [log in to unmask] 3.4 WAML Fall 1996 meeting, Seattle, WA September 12-14, 1996 Host: Kathryn Womble Map Collection University of Washington Libraries Box 352900 Seattle, WA 98195-2900 Phone: 206-543-9392 Fax: 206-685-8049 e-mail: [log in to unmask] 4. Internet sources The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has 2 new World Wide Web (WWW) servers, and a listserver available on the Internet. This effort supports our goal of sharing our data and information.1.) The first World Wide Web server, with its url (address), is : Realty at http://www.fws.gov/~r9realty/index.html2.) The second WWW server, with its url (address), is: The Federal Duck Stamp at http://www.fws.gov/~r9dso/homedk.html You can access these servers directly at the urls listed above, or you can access them through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Home Page at http://www.fws.gov/3.) The listserver, FWS-NEWS The fws-news listserver will provide the latest news releases, bulletins, and other information (as issued by the Offic e of Public Affairs in Washington) about U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service activities. To subscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] with subscribe fws-news in the **body** of the message. A list of all of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 's servers is at: http://www.fws.gov/servers.html 5. Job Announcement Microsoft Contract Geographic Reference and Map Librarian Agency Contact: Dan Green S&T OnSite 4464 Fremont Ave N. Suite 200 Seattle, WA 98103 (206)632-6931 email: [log in to unmask] POSITION DESCRIPTION Position Title: Contract Geographic Reference and Map Librarian Department: Microsoft Interactive Media Division - Geography Product Unit Reports to: Tim McGrath Purpose: The contract map librarian leads the Resources team in the Geography product Unit. The map librarian is responsible for building and maintaining a geographic reference collection that meets the needs of the GeoModeling team. In addition the map librarian serves as a resource to the Geography Product unit and the Interactive Media Division in general. Responsibilities: The map librarian is the lead for the Resources team. Resources are any digital or paper geographic information or data that is used by the Geography Product Unit in the creation of their products. The Resources team is responsible for identifying and acquiring new resources, organizing and tracking existing resources, and presenting the information about those resources in an accessible on-line system. The map librarian has the mandate to build a high quality, detailed, geographic reference collection. The collection will be made up of large and small scale paper maps, a variety of atlases, reference books, and digital geographic data including links to Internet Web and ftp sites. The collection is global in scope and the content should be designed to respond to the needs of the products being developed in the unit. The map librarian will be responsible for creating a circulation system that tracks resources for both long and short term check-out periods. An on-line cataloging and organizational system using the latest digital database and Web technologies is needed to facilitate resource searching and browsing. Supervisory duties for the day-to-day tasks of the resources team will be another responsibility. The size and duties of the Resources team will be determined by the map librarian in consultation with the other GeoModeling team leads. Qualifications: ALA-accredited MLS degree or (3-5) years experience working with cartographic resources in a library environment required. Must be service oriented, team oriented, and have the ability to lead the development of the Resources team. The successful candidate will have excellent interpersonal communication skills. Familiarity with OCLC and MARC-MAP cataloguing systems required. Demonstrated knowledge of the special needs of map libraries required. Knowledge and experience with the Windows computing environment and the Microsoft Office product suite required. Knowledge and experience with using and creating on-line Web and other resources required. Knowledge of relational databases preferred. Knowledge of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) use in map libraries preferred. Knowledge of UNIX computing environment preferred. This description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this position. The actual duties, responsibilities, and qualifications may vary based on assignment or group. This is a temporary contract assignment for one of the world's largest software development companies. Contract period is expected to be one year with possibility for extensions. Salary is negotiable and is dependent on level of education and experience. 6. Contributors to this issue: Alan Fisher <[log in to unmask]> Mary Larsgaard <[log in to unmask]> Ken Rockwell <[log in to unmask]> Kathryn Womble <[log in to unmask]> 7. The Western Association of Map Libraries WAML News and Notes is a moderated bulletin of the Western Association of Map Libraries. 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