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Subject Index
Cartobibliographies
& Indexes
Cataloging
& Processing
Equipment &
Supplies
Federal
Depository Library Program (FDLP)
Geographic
Information Systems (GIS)
Map Vendors
Reference
Resources
Cartobibliographies & Indexes
Early
Soil Maps of the USDA Soil Survey Series, 1899-1962
- A cartobibliography and indexes of soil survey maps for Alaska,
Hawaii, California and the Pacific Northwest including Idaho, Oregon
and Washington compiled by Richard Soares at CSU-Chico.
Geologic Atlas of the United States /
USGS Folios - Paul Leverenz published an index to the Geologic
Atlas of the United States in the March, 1988 issue of the WAML
Information Bulletin, Volume 19, Number 2, pages 74-77.
Geologic Map Indexes by Quadrangle
Names - Published in the WAML Information Bulletin
- California
- Hawaii - Volume 19, March 1988, pages 64-73.
- Nevada, 1879-1982, A-L - Volume 15, March 1984,
pages 197-215.
- Nevada, 1879-1982, M-Z - Volume 15, June 1984,
pages 342-361.
- Nevada, 1983 Supplement - Volume 16, November
1984, pages 64-68.
- Nevada, 1984-1985 - Volume 17, June 1986, pages
235-239.
- Ohio - Volume 23, November 1991, pages 6-31.
- Oregon,
1883-1996.
- Utah,
1883-1980. See Index
to Utah 7.5-Minute Topographic Maps for additional information.
Map Librarianship Bibliographies
Alan Edward Schorr, 1977. Map Librarianship, Map
Libraries & Maps, A Bibliography: Supplement I. SLA
Geography & Map Division Bulletin 107, pages 2-18.
Alan Edward Schorr, 1974. Map Librarianship, Map Libraries & Maps,
A Bibliography, 1921-1973. SLA Geography & Map Division,
Bulletin 95, pages 2-35.
Current
Literature
on GIS in Libraries from McMaster University Libraries Lloyd Reeds
Map Collection
Sanborn Fire
Insurance Maps Union List - Digital version of WAML's Union
List of Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps Held by Institutions in the United
States and Canada based at the University of California,
Berkeley.
Sanborn Fire
Insurance Maps of California- Bibliography of California
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps from CSU-Northridge Geography Map Library.
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Cataloging & Processing
Geographic
Cutters
(complete)- A .pdf file (3000 pages long) with cutter numbers for
administrative divisions, geographic regions and cities maintained by
the Library of Congress.
Cutter Numbers for California - Cutter
numbers for California Regions
(G 4362), Cities
(G 4364) and a list of common LC
Map Call Numbers used at Stanford and UC Libraries are
available on the Web.
Cutter Numbers for Geographic AREAS - Cutter numbers for
administrative divisions, geographic regions and cities can be found in
Geographic Cutters
(Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1988) or by doing a guided
keyword search for the the name of the place or region as a geographic
subject heading in the Library of
Congress Catalog. If the area appears to have no cutter,
contact the Library of Congress' Geography & Map Division.
Geographic Area Codes - Lists of
MARC Geographic Area Codes are available from:
Geographic Subject Headings -
Subject headings for geographic entities can be searched in the Library of Congress Authorities
List.
Library of
Congress G Schedule for Canadian Atlases. In Cataloguing
Tools, from ACMLA.
Map
Cataloging
Bibliography- List of resources related to Map Cataloging by
Kathy Rankin.
Map Dates: Date Codes for Road Maps
- Linda Zellmer is now maintaining the web site with information and
links on dating road maps that Phil Hoehn originally compiled. This
information is provided on the Map Date Codes web
page.
Mathematical
Data for
Bibliographic Descriptions - by Jan Smits at the Koninklijke
Bibliotheek.
Romanization Guides - Contributed by
Larry Cruse, UCSD.
Slavic
Languages Cataloging Manual - from the Slavic & East
European Section of ACRL. Includes resources for transliteration and
abbreviations.
State
and County Coordinates - 4-corner latitudes and longitudes for
States and selected counties are available on the MAGERT web site.
Arizona
- Arizona County
Coordinates
California - California County Coordinates
by R. Bruce Robertson, 1984
Hawaii - Hawaii County Coordinates: Including Major
Islands and
National Parks by James A. Baldwin, 1987
Illinois - Illinois County Coordinates by
Alex Wenner and Marian
Hunter, 1985
Indiana - Indiana County Coordinates by
James A. Baldwin, 1990
Iowa - Iowa County Coordinates by
Casey Kohrt 2002
Michigan - Michigan County Coordinates (including
public lands) by Michael
McDonnell, 1989
Minnesota - Minnesota County Coordinates by
John A. Olson, 1991
Missouri - Missouri County Coordinates by
Allen P. Wilson, 1988
Nevada - Nevada County Coordinates
Ohio - Ohio County Coordinates by
Evron S. Collins, 1989
Utah - Utah County Coordinates by R.
Bruce Robertson, 1984
Wyoming - Wyoming County Coordinates: Including
National Parks and Monuments, and
Wind River Indian Reservation by Jim Walsh, 1986
Superseded
Nautical Chart Conversion Table
- A list of charts issued by the National Ocean Survey, National Ocean
Service, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, U.S. Coast Survey) and by the
U.S. Lake Service from Branner Earth Sciences Library and the
University of California-Berkeley.
Scale
Finder Program - Program that can convert linear scales to
representative fractions and vice-versa.
Toolbox
for Processing and Cataloging Federal Government Documents -
Resources for processing US Government Documents.
Why
Catalog Maps?, by Kathy Rankin.
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Equipment & Supplies
Aerial Photograph Sleeves
E. Gerber Products, LLC.
1720 Belmont Avenue - Suite C
Baltimore, MD 21244
Toll Free: 1-800-79-Mylar
Outside US: 1-410-944-4200
Fax: 1-410-944-9363
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Picture Pocket Corp.
242 Bingham Drive, Ste. 104
San Marcos, CA 92069
Telephone: 1-800-369-0852
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Atlas Shelving Vendors
Richards-Wilcox, Inc.
600 South Lake Street
Aurora, IL 60506
Telephone: (630) 897-6951
Fax: (630) 897-6994
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Steel Fixture Manufacturing Co.
P.O. Box 917
Topeka, KS 66601-0917
Telephone: (785) 233-8911
Fax: (785) 233-8477
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Map Cabinet Vendors
Mayline
Group
619 N. Commerce
P.O.Box 728
Sheboygan, WI 53082-0728
Telephone: (920) 457-5537
Fax: (920) 457-7388
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Ulrich Planfiles
2120 Fourth Avenue
Lakewood, NY 14750
Telephone: (800) 346-2875
Fax: (716) 763-1818
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Bradford Systems
Corporate Office
8700 Waukegan Rd., Suite 110
Morton Grove, IL. 60053-210
Telephone: (847) 965-5070
Fax: (847) 965-5247
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Safco Products, Inc.br>
9300 West Research Center Road
New Hope, Minnesota 55428
Telephone: (800) 328-3020
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Map Cabinet Weights Article -
Catherine I. Bahn published an article giving the weight of loaded map
cabinets in the SLA Geography & Map Division Bulletin,
Volume 46, pages 3-17. This article was reprinted on pages 364-384 of
Drazniowsky's Map Librarianship: Readings (Scarecrow
Press, 1975). The Geography and Map Division has given WAML permission
to post Figure 1, showing
the Weight of Map Cases on this site.
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Map Preservation Supplies
Hollinger Corporation
PO Box 8360
Fredericksburg, VA 22404-8360
Phone: 800-634-0491
Fax: 800-947-8814
Email: hollingercorp@earthlink.com
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Gaylord
Brothers
PO Box 4901
Syracuse, NY 13221-4901
Phone: (800)448-6160
Fax: 800-272-3412
E-Mail
Gaylord
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Light Impressions
PO Box 940
Rochester, NY 14603-0940
Phone: 1-800-828-6216
Fax: 1-800-828-5539
Email: info@lightimpressionsdirect.com
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Metal
Edge Inc.
6340 Bandini Ave.
Commerce, Ca 90040
Phone: 800-862-2228
Fax: 888-822-6937
Email: info@metaledgeinc.com
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University
Products, Inc.
P.O. Box 101
517 Main Street
Holyoke, MA 01041
Phone: 800-628-1912
Fax: 800-532-9281
Outside US and Canada
Phone: 413-532-3372
Fax: 413-532-9281
Email: custserv@universityproducts.com
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Map Scale Indicator Sources - Clear
plastic map scale indicators: Available for $18.00 (US or Canadian)
from Dr. Cliff Wood, Professor (Retired), Memorial University, P.O. Box
225, Ilderton, Ontario, Canada, N0M 2A0.
Map Trucks: Articles
Andrew, Paige G., 1996. A Case for Moving Maps
with Care: A Review of Map Trucks. WAML Information Bulletin
vol. 28, pages 15-23.
Withers, Marianne M., 1992. Moving Maps at the Virginia State Library
and Archives. SLA Geography & Map Division, Bulletin
no. 168, pages 24-27.
Map Tube Sources
- Forestry
Suppliers - Has waterproof cardboard tubes as well as a
sectional plastic tube available.
- Office Depot
- Has several sizes of Map Tubes available.
- Staples -
Has several sizes of round map tubes and a square mailing tube
available.
Stamp for Map Call Numbers / Four
Line Stamp - Gaylord sells a
Rubber Stamp Kit that can be used to build a stamp for call numbers or
other purposes.
Articles on Storing Wall Maps
Togashi, Ross R., 1998. Wall map storage methods:
a photo essay. Western Association of Map Libraries Information
Bulletin v. 29, no. 2, p. 67-84.
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Federal Depository Library Program
Administrative
Notes - from the FDLP Desktop
Federal
Depository Library Manual
Guide to the
Cartographic Products of the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP)
- From ALA MAGERT.
Map
Shipping Lists - from GPO Access.
Toolbox
for Processing and Cataloging Federal Government Documents
USGS Topographic Maps Statistics -
the number of USGS Topographic Maps in various series from the National
Topographic Map Names Database.
Scale of Series |
Number of Maps |
1:24,000 |
53,252 |
1:25,000 Alaska |
237 |
1:25,000 7.5" X 15" |
192 |
1:63,360 Alaska |
2905 |
1:100,000 |
1813 |
1:250,000 |
663 |
American Samoa |
11 |
Guam |
20 |
Micronesia |
76 |
Mariana Islands |
28 |
Puerto Rico |
95 |
Virgin Islands |
24 |
Table Showing
Number of Topographic Maps per State
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Geographic Information Systems
Current
Literature on GIS in Libraries - from McMaster University
Libraries Lloyd
Reeds Map Collection.
Metadata Primer
for Map Librarians from MAGERT.
Specifications
for Geographic Information System Workstations in Libraries -
from the FDLP Desktop.
Map Vendors
List of Antique Map Vendors
- compiled from various sources by Linda Zellmer.
List of Map
Publishers and Vendors - originally compiled by Peter Stark,
now maintained by Sarah Zaleski at the University of Oregon.
Map
Ordering Sources - compiled by Linda Newman, University of
Nevada Reno.
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Reference Resources
Citing Maps -
Online guide to citing Maps (print and electronic) by Deborah Carter
Peoples at Ohio Wesleyan University.
Historic
Atlas and Map Valuation and Conservation - Guide to valuing
antique maps and atlases by Julie Sweetkind-Singer.
Index Maps to AMS
and GSGS Maps
- A collection of scanned Index maps to Army Map Service map series and
GSGS (Great Britain. War Office. General Staff Geographical Section)
map series from UC Berkeley.
Grant Writing - Resources developed
for the Grant Writing Workshop offered October 25, 2007 at the WAML
Meeting in Denver.
INFOMINE
- Maps & GIS Section. The University of California Riverside's
Index to a wide variety of resources related to maps and map
librarianship.
Location
Guide to the General Land Office (GLO) Survey Plats - List of
organizations with GLO survey plats compiled by Tom Huber of the
Illinois State Library.
Map Symbols - Links to sites with
information on symbols for a variety of maps produced by U.S.
government agencies.
Place
Names - Place Name Resources on the Internet from Arizona State
University.
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