Scarecrow Press / Map & Geography Round Table
Pages: 520
Trim: 7 x 10
978-0-8108-5268-6 • Paperback • November 2005 • $150.00 • (£115.00)
Christopher J.J. Thiry is the Map Librarian at Arthur Lakes Library at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado.
Part 1 Acknowledgments
Part 2 Foreword
Part 3 Introduction
Part 4 Collection Directory
Part 5 Appendix A: Original Announcement of the Opening of the Survey
Part 6 Appendix B: "Long Survey"
Part 7 Appendix C: "Short Survey"
Part 8 Appendix D: Totals of Map Holdings by Institution
Part 9 Appendix E: Library/Institution Index
Part 10 Appendix F: Names Index
Part 11 Appendix G: Geographic/Subject/Special Collection Index
Part 12 Appendix H: Regional Federal Depository Libraries Index
Part 13 Appendix I: Depository Libraries' Collections Index
...a fine job of providing directory information that is still useful in the twenty-first century. Recommended for medium-sized to large public and academic libraries.
— Booklist, 4/1/2006
...the best way to discover the principle map collections in a particular area, and is therefore recommended for all academic, larger public, and genealogy libraries.
— American Reference Books Annual
This admittedly overdue update of the 1990 and 1986 editions reflects map collections transformed by such technologies as geographical information systems, data sets, and digitalization. From a 2003-4 survey conducted by Thiry (map librarian, Colorado School of Mines, Golden) from his library's map room's website, he has compiled a directory of collections at academic, federal, public, private, state, and other institutions. Entries, referenced to accession numbers in the indices, are organized alphabetically by state and include information on contacts, holdings, access, GIS and other services. Web resources are included. Indexed by library/ institution, name, geographic/subject/special collection, regional Federal depository library, and collection receiving items through the Federal Depository Library Program.
— Reference and Research Book News