1. News
      1.1 AOL plans to acquire MapQuest
      1.2 Open position at Syracuse University
      1.3 Open position at Michigan State University
      1.4 FGDC WebEvent Metadata Training Calendar
      1.5 Harley Research Fellowships announced
      1.6 Atlas overlays discontinued
      1.7 GIS & Map Librarian position at Stanford University
      1.8 1.8 A word from the editor
2. New Maps, Books, Etc.
      2.1 New Mapping of Western North America compiled by Ken Rockwell
      2.2 Other new materials
        2.2.1 ArcEurope from ESRI
      2.3 Internet resources
        2.3.1 GeoTools listservs
3. Meetings and other educational opportunities
      3.1 Upcoming International Conferences, Seminars, Talks, etc.
      3.2 Workshops
4. Contributors to this issue
5. The Western Association of Map Libraries


1. News

1.1 AOL plans to acquire MapQuest

AOL has announced its plans to buy MapQuest. For more information, see http://wwwrd.0mm.com/cg/rd.cgi?i=map002006

1.2 Open position at Syracuse University

MAPS/GIS LIBRARIAN. Reports to head, Maps & Government Information Department (a U.S. depository collection) and oversees the Library's cartographic collections and related services, including reference, user education, collection development, maps processing, and coordination of maps cataloging with technical services. For more on the position and minimum salary, see http://libwww.syr.edu/information/employment/maps.htm

1.3 Open position at Michigan State University

Map/GIS Librarian, Librarian I or II (LIB 108). Responsibilities: Reporting to the Head of the Government Documents Library, the successful candidate will take responsibility for the management and operation of the Map/GIS Library. This includes technical services and public services functions as well as collection development and management in the areas of maps and geography. For more information about Michigan State University Libraries, visit our website at www.lib.msu.edu.

1.4 FGDC Web Event Metadata Training Calendar

To check on metadata training opportunities near you, look at the FGDC WebEvent Metadata Training Calendar. The site is located at www.fgdc.gov/cgi-bin/people/META/WebEvent/WebEvent

1.5 Harley Research Fellowships announced

The Trustees of the J.B. Harley Research Fellowships Trust Fund are pleased to announce the seventh series of awards, offering support at rate of 250 pounds per week. The fellowships are designed to assist research in the London map collections:

• Lindsay F Braun (Department of History, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey) 'Imperial and National Cartographies of South Africa, 1835-1948' (3 weeks).
• Professor Michael F Davie (Department of Geography, Université François-Rabelais, Tours, France) 'Mapping of the Levant, 1840 to 1920' (2 weeks).
• Felicia M Else (Department of Art History, Washington University, St. Louis) 'The Depiction of Waterways and Bridges in Sixteenth-Century Maps of Florence and Tuscany' (3 weeks).

For information about the fellowships, please visit the web site www.ihrinfo.ac.uk/maps/harlflws.html

1.6 Atlas overlays discontinued

The USGS has discontinued the sale of the National Atlas product "Overlays for National Atlas Maps," stock number TUS0724. The information shown on this set of four transparent plastic sheets is obsolete and there are no plans for revision or reprinting.

1.7 GIS & Map Librarian position at Stanford University

Stanford's Branner Earth Sciences Library and Map Collections has a open position for a GIS & Map Librarian. For more information, please check the site at www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/humres/65.html

1.8 A Word From the Editor

Yes, it's true! I'm moving to New Hampshire next month. Thank you for putting up with me as I did this newsletter. I hope to see you all at ALA or various other functions. It has been fun! Thank you.

2. New Maps, Books, Etc.

2.1 New Mapping of Western North America by Ken Rockwell

ALASKA

Reger, R. D., et al. Reconnaissance surficial-geologic map of the Petersville (Yentna) mining district, Alaska. Scale 1:63,360. Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, Report of investigations no. 99-9, pub. l999. OCLC #42939368

ARIZONA

Cox, Leslie J., et al. An evaluation of sand and gravel resources in and near the Prescott National Forest in the Verde Valley, Arizona. Original scale 1:50,000. Version 1.0 USGS Open-file report no. 99-127, pub. 1999. U.S. Geological Survey open-file report; 99-127. ACCESS: wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of99-127 or ftp://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/pub/open-file/of99-127. OCLC #43111511

BRITISH COLUMBIA

Hayes, Derek. Historical atlas of British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest : maps of exploration : British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Yukon. 1 atlas (208 p.), scale not given. Vancouver, B.C. : Cavendish Books, 1999. OCLC #42971197

CALIFORNIA

Bakun, William H. Scenarios for historic San Francisco Bay Region earthquakes. Scale not given. USGS Open-file report no. 98-785, pub. 1999. ACCESS: purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS2141. OCLC #43024204

DeLorme Mapping Company. 3-D TopoQuads. California, North. 8 computer optical discs. Yarmouth, Me : DeLorme, 1999. OCLC #42925712

DeLorme Mapping Company. 3-D TopoQuads. California, South. 8 computer optical discs. Yarmouth, Me : DeLorme, 1999. OCLC #42921704

Russian River Wine Road. Scale ca. 1:202,752. Healdsburg, CA : Russian River Wine Road, 1998. OCLC #42924760

Santa Barbara County Vintners' Association. Santa Maria Valley viticultural area : Santa Barbara County, California. Scale 1:63,360. Santa Ynez, Calif. : The Association, 1999. OCLC #43079858

Santa Barbara County Vintners' Association. Santa Ynez Valley viticultural area : Santa Barbara County, California. Scale 1:63,360. Santa Ynez, Calif. : The Association, 1999. OCLC #43079840

Wentworth, Carl M. Preliminary geologic map of the San Jose 30 x 60-minute quadrangle, California, a digital database. Scale 1:100,000. USGS Open-file report no. 98-795, pub. 1999. ACCESS: wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of98-795 or ftp://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/pub/open-file/of98-795 OCLC #42968887

COLORADO

Day, Warren C. Spatial geologic data model for the Gunnison, Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre National Forests mineral assessment area, southwestern Colorado and digital data for the Leadville, Montrose, Durango, and Colorado parts of the Grand Junction, Moab, and Cortez 1-degree x 2-degree geologic maps. 1 computer optical disk : 4 3/4 in. Original scale 1:250,000 or smaller. USGS Open-file report no. 99-427, pub. 1999. OCLC #42994850

Gable, Dolores J. Geologic map of the Proterozoic rocks of the central Front Range, Colorado. Version 1.0. Scale 1:100,000. USGS Geologic Investigations Series no. I-2605, pub. 1999. OCLC #43109421

MacVan Productions. The MacVan map Colorado Springs: and the Pikes Peak region. 15th ed. 1 atlas (136 p.), scales differ. Colorado Springs, Colo. : MacVan Map Co., 1999. OCLC #42958171

Ormes, Robert M., and Houdek, Robert. Pikes Peak atlas. 1 map (both sides), scale 1:36,000. [S.l. : s.n.], 1999. OCLC #42919735

Sportsman Map. Colorado state map. Scale ca. 1:850,000. Minneapolis, MN : Sports Map, 1998. OCLC #43109471

Vivid Publishing, Inc. Professor Higbee's streams of Colorado. Scale ca. 1:500,000. Montoursville, PA : Vivid Publishing, 1998. OCLC #42953029

Western Cartographers. Lincoln County, Colorado : series nbebab. Cadastral map showing landowners' names. Scale ca. 1:100,000. South Sioux City, NE : Western Cartographers, 1999. OCLC #42953004

HAWAII

Bier, James Allen. Hawai'i, Kaua'i, the Garden Isle. 6th ed. Scale ca. 1:160,000. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, 1999. OCLC #42954972

Juvik, Sonia P., et al. Atlas of Hawai'i. 3rd ed. 1 atlas (333 p.). Scale varies. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, 1998. OCLC #43086625

Nelles Verlag. Hawai'i, the Big Island : special maps, Kapa'au, Volcanoes National Park, city maps, Kailua, Keauhou, Captain Cook, Honoka'a, Hilo, Waimea. Scale 1:330,000. München, Germany : Nelles Verlag, 1998. OCLC #43052753

Nelles Verlag. Hawaiian Islands. 5 maps on 1 sheet, scales 1:150,000 and 1:330,000. München, Germany : Nelles Verlag, 1998. OCLC #43053616

Nelles Verlag. Honolulu, O'ahu : city maps, Downtown, Kane'ohe, Kailua, La'ie, Waikiki. 2 maps on 1 sheet, scales 1:35,000 and 1:150,000. München, Germany : Nelles Verlag, 1998. OCLC #43052945

Nelles Verlag. Kauai, including Ni'ihau, city maps, Hanalei, Kapaa, Lihu'e, Kekaha, Waimea, Hanapepe, Koloa, Po'ipu, Kalaheo. Scale 1:150,000. München, Germany : Nelles Verlag, 1998. OCLC #43053140

Travel Graphics International. Kaua'i, Hawaii's Island of Discovery, illustrated pocket map. Scale not given. Minneapolis, Minn. : Travel Graphics International, 1998. OCLC #43050607

IDAHO

Lewis, Reed, and Derkey, Pamela Dunlap. Digital geologic map of part of the Thompson Falls 1:100,000 quadrangle, Idaho. USGS Open-file report no. 99-438, pub. 1999. ACCESS: wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of99-438 or ftp://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/pub/open-file/of99-438 OCLC #43026750

MONTANA

Green, Gregory N. Geologic map datasets of the Custer and Gallatin National Forests of south-central Montana, in ARC/INFO format. 1 computer optical disk : 4 3/4 in. USGS Open-file report no. 99-450, pub. 1999. OCLC #42947862

NEVADA

Miller, Elizabeth L. Geologic map of the Cove quadrangle, Nevada and Utah. Scale 1:24,000. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Field Studies map no. 22, pub. 1999. OCLC #42907872

Peters, Stephen G. Geologic map of the Richmond Mountain area, Lynn window, Eureka County, Nevada. Blackline print, scale 1:6,000. USGS Open-file report no. 99-329, pub. 1999. OCLC #43098383

Shawe, Daniel R. Geologic map of the Belmont East quadrangle, Nye County, Nevada. Scale 1:24,000. Version 1.0. USGS Geologic investigations series no. I-2675, pub. 1999. OCLC #43050383

NEW MEXICO

DeLorme Mapping Company. New Mexico atlas & gazetteer: topo maps of the entire state... 1st ed. 1 atlas (72 p.), scale 1:300,000. Yarmouth, Me.: DeLorme, 1998. OCLC #42952311

OREGON

Benchmark Maps. Oregon road & recreation atlas. 1 atlas (111 p.), scales differ. Berkeley, Calif. : Benchmark Maps, 1998. OCLC #42955556

Cissel, Diane, and Cissel, John. 50 old-growth day hikes in the Willamette National Forest. 2nd ed. 19 maps on 1 sheet, scales differ. Eugene, Or. : Old-growth Day Hikes, 1998. OCLC #43034401

DeLorme Mapping Company. Oregon atlas & gazetteer: topo maps of the entire state, back roads, public lands. 3rd ed. 1 atlas (88 p.), scales 1:150,000 and 1:300,000. Yarmouth, Me.: DeLorme, 1998. OCLC #42952165

UTAH

Landiscor Aerial Information. 2000 Salt Lake City--Ogden--Provo photo atlas. 1 atlas (63 leaves), scale 1:14,400. Salt Lake City, Utah : Davidson Mapping, 1999. OCLC #43044420

WASHINGTON

DeLorme Mapping Company. Washington atlas and gazetteer: detailed topographic maps, back roads, outdoor recreaton. 4th ed. 1 atlas (120 p.), scale 1:150,000. Yarmouth, Me. : DeLorme, 1998. OCLC #42955265

Haugerud, Ralph Albert. Lifelines and earthquake hazards in the greater Seattle area. Scale ca. 1:125,000. USGS Open-file report no. 99-387, pub. 1999. OCLC #42974203

Lindquist, Robert B. Cascade Mountains recreation : including Lake Chelan, Columbia River Gorge, Mt. Rainier, Mt. St. Helens, also covering North Cascades National Park, Mt. Baker, Mt. Adams... 2 maps, scale 1:452,571. Mill Creek, WA : King of the Road Map Service, 1998. OCLC #42943918

Washington Dept. of Natural Resources, Resource Mapping Section. Cape Flattery. Scale 1:100,000. Washington State public lands quadrangle series. Olympia : The Section, 1999. OCLC #43032993

Washington Dept. of Natural Resources, Resource Mapping Section. Mt. St. Helens. Scale 1:100,000. Washington State public lands quadrangle series. Olympia : The Section, 1999. OCLC #43030494

Washington Dept. of Natural Resources, Resource Mapping Section. Port Angeles. Scale 1:100,000. Washington State public lands quadrangle series. Olympia : The Section, 1999. OCLC #43030362

Washington Dept. of Natural Resources, Resource Mapping Section. Walla Walla. Scale 1:100,000. Washington State public lands quadrangle series. Olympia : The Section, 1999. OCLC #43033000

WEST (U.S.)

Bier, James Allen. 1820-1870 western emigrant trails. historic trails cutoffs, and alternaties. Scale ca. 4,500,000. [S.l.]: Western Emigrant Trails Research Center, 1999. OCLC #43067118

WYOMING

DeLorme Mapping Company. Wyoming atlas & gazetteer: topo maps of the entire state, public lands, back roads. 2nd ed. 1 atlas (72 p.), scale 1:250,000. Yarmouth, Me. : DeLorme, 1998. OCLC #42955275

Wyoming Private Lands Public Wildlife Conservation Program. 1999 walk-in areas. 18 p., scales not given. Cheyenne, WY: Wyoming Game and Fish Dept., 1999. OCLC #43026154

2.2 Other New Materials

2.2.1 ArcEurope from ESRI

ESRI now offers ArcEurope, an excellent ArcView GIS-compatible starter set for performing a broad spectrum of planning and analysis for every country in Europe. For more information, see www.esri.com/news/releases/00_1qtr/arceurope.html.

2.3 Internet Resources

2.3.1 GeoTools Listservs

To keep interest people informed of new updates of the GeoTools package, the author has set up two listservs.

The first listserv, geotools-announce, is used to announce new releases. The second is geotools-discussion. This list provides an arena for discussing features, problems, bugs and asking questions.

To subscribe send an email to Majordomo@geog.leeds.ac.uk with subscribe in the body, or fill in the form at www.ccg.leeds.ac.uk/geotools/underConstruction/

3. Meetings and Other Educational Opportunities

3.1 Upcoming International Conferences, Seminars, Talks, Etc.

Maps and Society (Warburg Institute, London) Ninth Series Programme for 1999-2000

• January 20. Dr Yolande Hodson, F.S.A. Maps and Society in Twentieth-Century Britain.
• February 17. Professor Charles Withers (Department of Geography, University of Edinburgh). The Social Nature of Map-Making in the Enlightenment.
• March 30. Ian Mumford (Department of Typography and Graphic Communication, University of Reading). Lithographed Maps - Art or Artefact? A Round-Table Discussion.
• May 4. Sarah Tyacke (Keeper, Public Record Office). Charting the East Indies before Amboyna (1621).
• May 18. Dr Jim Egan (Department of English, Brown University, Providence). 'From India's Savage Plain': Maps from Eighteenth-Century Georgia and the Colonial American South.

Meetings are held at the University of London, Warburg Institute, Woburn Square, London WC1H OAB at 5.00 pm on a THURSDAY.

GIS'2000, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Ontario, 13 - 16 March 2000. For more information, visit www.gis2000.com/

American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (ACSM), Little Rock, Arkansas, 18 - 22 March 2000. Details may be found at the ACSM website www.survmap.org

Association of American Geographers, Pittsburgh, PA, 4 - 8 April 2000. There will be several sessions related to Historical GIS at the annual conference. The initial proposal is for four sessions, entitled as follows:

• Historical GIS I : The City
• Historical GIS II : New Approaches to the Analysis of Change
• Historical GIS III : Poster Session
• Visualising History : Paper and Electronic Atlases

Second Iinternational Symposium on Telegeoprocessing, Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, France, 10 - 12 May, 2000

Scope of the conference: This conference aims at bringing together all people carrying out research in novel systems in telegeoprocessing, cross-fertilization between Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Telecommunications. Telegeoprocessing can be defined as a new discipline based on real time spatial databases updated regularly by means of telecommunications systems in order to support online decision-making. Overall attention will be given to systems based on Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and all other technologies for sending data from sensors to GIS systems by means of wireless communications. For more information, see www.insa-lyon.fr/Labos/LISI/telegeo/

Historical GIS Workshop: Mapping Europe's Boundaries and Borders, Florence, Italy, June 2000. For more information, see the site www.esf.org/hp/call99.htm

IASSIST 2000 Data in the Digital Library: social, spatial, and government data services, Evanston, Illinois at Northwestern University, 7 - 10 June 2000.

IASSIST conferences bring together data professionals, data producers, and data analysts from around the world who are engaged in the creation, acquisition, processing, maintenance, distribution, preservation, and use of numeric social science data for research and instruction.

National Conference on GIS in Education, California State University, San Bernardino, 15 - 19 July 2000.

To meet the needs of educators and administrators, the California State University, San Bernardino Colleges of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Education, and Extended Learning are pleased to collaborate with Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) to offer this conference. The conference promises to be the premier GIS/education event in the nation, and is the first of its kind.

UDMS 2000: 22nd Urban and Regional Data Management Symposium, Congress Centre, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands, 11 - 15 September 2000. For more information, visit www.geo.tudelft.nl/GISt/UDMS2000/UDMS2000.htm or www.udms.net

40th Annual Conference of the Western History Association, San Antonio, TX, 11 - 14 October 2000.

3.2 Workshops

Discovering GIS 1999-2000. Introductory ArcView Workshop for Educators K-12. Presented by the Center for Image Processing in Education, P.O. Box 13750, Tucson, AZ 85732-3750. Telephone: 800-322-9884 Fax: 520/327-0175. The Center will have workshops throughout the country in 2000. Please check their site www.cipe.com for more information.

4. Contributors

Lucinda M. Hall hallx030@tc.umn.edu
Ken Rockwell krockwel@library.utah.edu
Dale Steele dasteel@dlapr.lib.az.us
Kathryn Womble kwomble@u.washington.edu

5. The Western Association of Map Libraries (WAML)

WAML News and Notes is a moderated bulletin of the Western Association of Map Libraries. The Western Association of Map Libraries (WAML) is an independent association established to encourage high standards in every phase of the organization and administration of map libraries. Membership in WAML is open to any individual, institution, or business interested in furthering the purposes of the organization. For further information, contact the WAML Secretary.

WAML Officers as of July 1, 1999

President
Greg Armento
University Library
California State University, Long Beach
Long Beach, CA 90840
(562) 985-4367
garmento@csulb.edu

Vice President/President Elect
David Decklebaum
University of California, Los Angeles
Maps and Government Information
4510 Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
(310) 825-3135
ddeckelb@library.ucla.edu

Treasurer
Muriel Strickland
2465 Baja Cerro Circle
San Diego, CA 92019
103251.1605@CompuServe.COM

Secretary
Jenny Stone
University of Washington
Map Collection & Cartographic
Information Services
Basement, Suzzallo Library
Box 352900
Seattle, WA 98195-2900
(206) 543-9392
jnstone@u.washington.edu

Past President
Linda Zellmer
Arizona State University Libraries
Map Collection
P.O. Box 871006
Tempe, AZ 85287-1006
(602) 965-5973
Linda.Zellmer@asu.edu

Business Manager
Richard E. Soares
WAML Book & Fiche Sales Manager
Brigham Young University
P.O. Box 1667
Provo, UT 84603-1667
(801) 378-6179
Richard_Soares@byu.edu

To submit items for release in News and Notes, contact the Information Bulletin editor, Kathryn Womble (phone 206/543 - 9392; kwomble@u.washington.edu) or the E-News & Notes editor, Lucinda M. Hall (phone: 612/624-5757; hallx030@tc.umn.edu)

Lucinda M. Hall
Borchert Map Library
(612) 624 - 5757
hallx030@tc.umn.edu

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