Maps

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Maps

• Collection Management Issues

LIBR 520 Alicia, Kelly, Lucy, Melanie, Nancy,
and Ulla
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What is a map?

• A representation, usually on a plane surface, of
  a region of the earth or heavens.
• American Heritage Dictionary
• of the English Language, 2000

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Map Formats
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Different Types of Maps

• Topographic
• Navigation
• Hydrographic, road maps, aeronautical
• Thematic
• Climate, political geography,
• Demographic, historical geography

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Who Uses Maps?
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What Libraries Carry Maps?

• Academic
• UBC Maps Collection
• http//www.library.ubc.ca/map/
• Public
• VPL History and Government Central Branch
• http//www.vpl.ca/branches/LibrarySquare/his/Roadm
  aps/Roadex.html
• Special
• Geological Survey of Canada
• http//gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/index_e.php

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Selection Acquisition

• Roughly 75 of available maps are produced by
  government agencies
• Tim Ross, UBC Maps Librarian

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Digital Technology
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Processing Cataloguing
Catalogued maps are much more valuable than
uncatalogued maps." (Smith and Sproles, 2004)
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Display Storage
Vertical
Horizontal
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Preservation
"The ravages of time, a poor environment and
handling are serious threats to a single sheet of
paper." (Cobb, 2002)
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Map Censorship?
Using public sources openly and without
resorting to illegal means, it is possible to
gather at least eighty per cent of all
information required about the enemy"  -al
Qaeda training manual found in Afghanistan,
Weimann 20047
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The Future of Maps Collections
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Interview Contacts

• Tim Ross
• Map Librarian
• Koerner Library
• UBC Libraries (Interviewed January 11, 2005)
• Grace Hama
• Librarian
• History and Government Division
• Vancouver Public Library (Interviewed January
  12, 2005)
• Fontaine Hwant
• Library Technician
• Geoscience Research Library (Interviewed
  January 12, 2005)

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The End