Public Documents Highlights for Texas, Volume 4, Number 4, Summer 1984 Page: 9
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9
MAPS
IN LIBRARIESby Chestalene Pintozzi, Geology
Librarian, University of Texas at
Aust in
"Maps in Libraries," a seminar
sponsored by the Texas Librar'y
Association Government Documents
Roundtable, was designed to provide
basic information on the various
types of maps that are available,
information that can be obtained
from maps, sources and publishers
of maps, and the storage and
handling of maps. This information
was presented through a slide-tape
presentation, a six-person panel,
and two individual speakers.
Pamela Morris, documents librarian
at the University of Texas at
Arl ington, presided.
The slide-tape presentation
gave an overview of the development
of maps and map libraries,
outlining briefly some of the
different types of maps to be found
in map libraries, methods of
organizing maps, and storage and
handling of maps.
Following the slide-tape
presentation, each of the six panel
members gave a f if teen minute
presentation on one or more types
of maps. Speakers and their
subjects were:
Emily Matteuchi (Dal las Public
Library), topographic maps
Chestalene P intozzi (Univers ity of
Texas at Austin General Librar1 es),
geologic maps
Judy Rieke (Texas A&M University
Library), maps for children
Barbara Geyer (Texas Tech
University Library), thematic maps
including soil maps
Jim O'Donnell (Trinity University
Library), maps used in history and
genealogy
Les Ile Steele (Texas A&M University
Library), travel maps
Each speaker showed samples or
il lustrated the type of map
presented in handouts or slides.
Publishers and sources for maps
were discussed and lists were made
available to the approximately
sixty persons attending thesession. Map users and the
information obtained from maps were
also discussed by each speaker.
Kathleen Eisenbeis, Duke
University Library, discussed the
Cartographic Users Advisory Council
and how it has been instrumental in
such projects as convincing the
U.S. Geological Survey to make its
open-file reports available to
libraries. She talked about some
of the problems delaying
implementation of the new
depository arrangements for Defense
Mapping Agency and USGS maps and
encouraged librarians to contact
the Government. Printing Office to
let them know about problems that
the delays are causing in their
libraries.
Jay Donnel ley, USGS Public
Inquiries Office, Dal las, talkedCOUNCIL
The Depository Library Counci I
to the Public Printer met in
Atlanta from April 11 to 13, 1984.
The council provides an opportunity
for librarians involved with the
U.S. depository process to receive
first-hand reports of procedures
and issues that affect their role
as depository institutions, to
speak out on those issues, and to
have an immediate impact on the
directions those issues may take.
Activity at the Spring meeting
revolved around the impact that a
"national information pol icy" would
have on the depository system and
the entire information community.
A committee of librarians and
information industry people,about USGS mapping programs and
problems w ith the depository
mailing lists. He discussed
several data bases that he has
access to through USGS that provide
cartographic and related
informat ion, such as l ists of
publications, on a specific state.
He also discussed the USGS produced
map indexes for individual states,
pointing out that they include
publications from sources other
than USGS and that they are not
updated on a regular basis. He
provided packets of additional
information on materials and
services available from USGS.
[Reprinted from Librar Bulletin
(University of Texas at* Austin
General Libraries) Vol.XI Ii, No.16
(April 19, 1984)1chaired by Bernadine Hodusky of the
Joint Commitiee on Printing (JCP),
is studying access to federal
agency databases . A tremendous
dispute is revolving around the
issue of freedom of access to
information. The enormous cost of
providing direct access to
electronic data needs to be
balanced against the public's right
(or need) for information. The
problem for documents librarians is
that many agencies have ceased
publishing paper reports because
the information is available in
computer files.(continued on next page)
I
Spring Meeting of the
DEPOSITORY
LIBRARY9
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