INFORMATION BULLETIN (WESTERN ASSOCIATION OF MAP LIBRARIES)
ISSN: 0049-7287
NEWS & NOTES
Electronic Version
Part 12, January 1996. To be included in a future print version of the
"Information Bulletin."
Contents:
1. News
1.1 Appointment at UC-Riverside
1.2 UCGIS Officially Organized [Press release]
2. New books, maps, etc.
2.1 New Mapping of Western North America, compiled by Ken Rockwell
2.2 Other new materials
2.3 Articles of interest
3. Information request
4. Meetings and other educational opportunities
4.1 ALA map meeting: January 22
4.2 Digital Libraries '96: 20-23 March 20-23
4.3 Cartography and History--A Summer Institute, 24 June - 27 July 1996
5. Contributors to this issue
6. The Western Association of Map Libraries
1. News
1.1 Appointment at UC-Riverside
Former map librarian Charlene Baldwin, has been appointed assistant
university librarian for the Sciences at the University of California,
Riverside. She was previously head of the Sciences Division. She will be
responsible for the building of a new science library on campus. Charlene
is a member of the Geography & Map Division, Special Libraries
Association.
1.2 UCGIS Officially Organized [Press release]
The University Consortium for Geographic Information Science
Announces Organization Meeting.
Representatives of 29 universities, research institutions, and the
Association of American Geographers (AAG), met November 17, 1995, in
Nashville Tennessee, to officially organize the University Consortium for
Geographic Information Science (UCGIS) and hold its first annual meeting.
Delegates from member institutions will assemble twice a year to review
and help set national research priorities in geographic information
science (GIS) and related specialties. UCGIS will speak with one voice in
assisting to formulate national science policy at the highest levels.
The UCGIS is a non-profit organization of universities and other research
institutions dedicated to expanding and strengthening geographic
information science education. The consortium provides an organizational
infrastructure to foster collaborative interdisciplinary research in
geographic information science, and promotes the ethical use of and access
to geographic information for the benefit of society. UCGIS member
institutions are selected by their depth and experience of research in GIS
and commitment to GIS education. The founding members are:
--Association of American Geographers
--Boston University
--Clark University
--Georgia Institute of Technology
--Hunter College, City University of New York
--Louisiana State University
--Massachusetts Institute of Technology
--Michigan State University
--Oak Ridge National Laboratory
--Ohio State University
--Oregon State University
--Pennsylvania State University
--Rutgers University
--San Diego State University
--State University of New York at Buffalo
--University of California at Santa Barbara
--University of Colorado, Boulder
--University of Georgia
--University of Hawaii
--University of Maine
--University of Maryland
--University of Minnesota
--University of Minnesota
--University of Nebraska
--University of North Carolina
--University of South Carolina
--University of Utah
--University of Washington
--University of Wisconsin
--West Virginia University
UCGIS elected William Craig of the Center for Urban & Regional
Affairs (CURA) University of Minnesota President. John Bossler, Center
for Mapping, The Ohio State University, is Past President. Jerome Dobson,
Oak Ridge National Laboratory is President-elect. Elected to the Board
of Directors were Jeff Osleeb, Hunter College CUNY, Harlan Onsrud,
University of Maine, George Hepner, University of Utah, Donna Peuquet, The
Pennsylvania State University, David Mark SUNY-Buffalo, and Karen Kemp
University of California- Santa Barbara. Harlan Onsrud was appointed to
chair the UCGIS standing committee on Policy and Legislation. Richard
Wright (San Diego State University) chairs the Education Committee, Jeff
Osleeb (Hunter College, CUNY) Membership, and David Mark the Research
Committee. Also appointed were Ron Abler (Association of American
Geographers) Treasurer, and Greg Elmes (West Virginia University)
Secretary.
A new World-Wide Web site is being built at SUNY Buffalo. The URL
address is "www.ucgis.org" and will be registered with Internet. Details
of membership, application procedures, on-going activities and upcoming
events will be posted to the site to encourage the widest possible
participation. The web site links examples and demonstrations of current
UCGIS-related activities at member institutions.
UCGIS scheduled its Research Conference for June 16 - 18, 1996 at The
Ohio State University. The conference will focus on leading edge research
in geographic information science and will produce an agenda and
strategies for pursuing collaborative research in a multi-disciplinary
environment. Members are authorized to send two delegates. Each member
institution will nominating up to 5 topics for the national agenda, to be
determined by the various disciplines at each institution, before the
conference.
A four-color brochure to explain the purpose and mission of UCGIS
will be available in early 1996. The brochure emphasizes the social and
environmental relevance of geographic information science and its
contribution to the high-tech economy. The multiple disciplines
highlight different perspectives engaged in research and education in the
field.
The consortium is open to all US academic and research organizations
that meet the established membership criteria. To foster a wide breadth of
participation UCGIS encourages membership by multi-institutional
organizations whose research and educational activities spread over a
wide number of locations. UCGIS President Will Craig, invites multi-campus
universities and colleges to contact him for further details of
membership.
For additional information about UCGIS, contact: William J. Craig at
CURA (Center for Urban & Regional Affairs), 330 HHH Center, University of
Minnesota, Minneapolis MN 55455, tel (612) 625-3321, fax (612) 626-0273.
wcraig@atlas.socsci.umn.edu
2. New books, maps, etc.
2.1 New Mapping of Western North America, compiled by Ken Rockwell
ALASKA
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Izembek National Wildlife Refuge.
Scale ca. 1:875,000. Published 1995. OCLC #33868028
ALBERTA
Alberta Environmental Protection, Land Information Division, Resource
Information Management Branch. 1995 wildlife manage ment unit map. Scale
1:1,500,000. Pub. 1995. OCLC #33862111.
ARIZONA
Billingsley, George H., and Robert Bohannan. Geologic map of Elbow Canyon
quadrangle, northern Mohave County, Arizona. Microfiche. Original scale
1:24,000. USGS Open-file report 95-5 60. Published 1995. OCLC #33935239
Billingsley, George H. Geologic map of the Littlefield quadrangle,
northern Mohave County, Arizona. Microfiche. Original scale 1:24,000.
USGS Open-file report 95-559. Published 1995. OCLC #33824841
CALIFORNIA
Graymer, Russell W., David L. Jones, and Earl E. Brabb. Geologic map of
the Hayward fault zone. Microfiche. Original scale 1:50,000. USGS
Open-file report 95-597. Pub. 1995. OCLC #33951161
Graymer, Russell W., David L. Jones, and Earl E. Brabb. Preliminar y
geologic map emphasizing bedrock formations in Contra Costa County,
California. Microfiche. Original scale 1:75,000. USGS Open-file report
94-622. Published 1994. OCLC #33951163
Hamilton, George H. Precious metal exploration map of northern Califor
nia. Scale 1:500,000. Virginia Beach, VA : George Hamilton, 1995. OCLC
#32911174
San Francisco Zoological Society. Welcome to the San Francisco Zoo.
Scale not given. San Francisco : San Francisco Zoological Society,
[1995?]. OCLC #10166994
Todd, Victoria R. Geologic map of the Mount Laguna quadrangle, San Diego
County, California. Microfiche. Original scale 1:62,500. USGS Open-file
report 95-522. Published 1995. OCLC #33935172
Piedmont Pacific Trade Corp. Santa Barbara Channel from 438 miles in
space. Scale 1:217,675. Piedmont, Calif. : Piedmont Pacific Trade Corp.,
1994. OCLC #33861767
Morton, Douglas M., and Brett F. Cox. Geologic map of the Riverside East
quadrangle, Riverside County, California. Microfiche. Original scale
1:24,000. USGS Open-file report 88-754. Pub. 1994. OCLC #33858420
Morton, Douglas M., and Brett F. Cox. Geologic map of the Riverside West
quadrangle, Riverside County, California. Microfiche. Original scale
1:24,000. USGS Open-file report 88-753. Pub. 1994.
OCLC #33827199
Jachens, Robert C., and Victoria E. Langenheim. Aeromagnetic map of the
Oceanside 1:100,000-scale quadrangle, California. Microfiche. Original
scale 1:100,000. USGS open-file report 94-599. Pub. 1994. OCLC #33826391
Jachens, Robert C. Aeromagnetic map of the Stockton 1:100,000-scale
quadrangle, California. Microfiche. Original scale 1:100,000. USGS
open-file report 94- 613. Pub. 1994. OCLC #33826335
COLORADO
Trails Illustrated. Gunnison, Pitkin, Colorado : featuring Fossil Ridge
Wilderness. Rev. 1995. OCLC #33891750
Riggle, Frederic E., and Isidore Zietz. Aeromagnetic map of parts of the
Denver, Greeley, and Pueblo 1 x 2 degree quadrangles, Colorado.
Microfiche. Original scale 1:250,000. USGS Open-file report 94-164.
Publish ed 1994. OCLC #33825434
MONTANA
Colton, Roger B., J. P. McGraw, and D. K. Bozeman. Geologic map of the
Berry School quadrangle, McCone and Prairie Counties, Montana.
Microfiche. Original scale 1:24,000. USGS Open-file report 88-632.
Published 1994 . OCLC #33825004
Colton, Roger B., J. P. McGraw, and D. K. Bozeman. Geologic map of the
Big Sheep Mountain quadrangle, Prairie County, Montana. Microfiche.
Original scale 1:24,000. USGS Open-file report 93-529. Published 1994.
OCLC #33811265
NEVADA
Johnson, Gray S., Dick Meeuwig, and Susan L. Tingley. Topographic map of
Nevada. Scale 1:1,000,000. 2nd ed. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
map 43, published 1995. OCLC #33958185
Keith, Jeffrey D., David G. Tingey, and Myron G. Best. Geologic map of
the Rice Mountain quadrangle, Nevada and Utah. Scale 1:24,000. Nevada
Bureau of Mines and Geology Field studies map 7, pub. 1994. OCLC
#33951387
Martin, Mark W., and Terry R. Naumann. Geologic map of the Reveille
quadrangle, Nevada. Scale 1:24,000. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology,
map 104. Pub. 1995.
NEW MEXICO
Garrabrant, Lynn A. Water use in New Mexico, 1990. Scale ca.
1:5,000,000.]. USGS Water-resources investigations report 93-4199.
Published 1994. OCLC #33885643
OREGON
Wiley, Thomas J., an d Paul E. Staub. Reconnaissance geologic map of the
Dora and Sitkum quadrangles, Coos County, Oregon. Scale 1:24,000. Oregon
Dept. of Geology and Mineral Industries, Geological map series GMS-98.
Published 1995. OCLC #33956071
UTAH
Brummer, Jon, and Ja mes McCalpin. Geologic map of the Richmond
quadrangle, Cache County, Utah and Franklin County, Idaho. Scale
1:24,000. Utah Geological Survey miscellaneous publication 95-3,
published 1995. OCLC #33471570.
Fong, Alan W. Geological map of the Fountain Green South quadrangle,
Sanpete and Juab Counties, Utah. Scale 1:24,000. Utah Geological Survey
miscellaneous publication 95-1. Published 1995. OCLC #33471659
Grant, S. Kerry. Geologic map of the New Harmony quadrangle, Washington
County, Utah. Scale 1:24,000. Utah Geological Survey miscellaneous
publication 95-2, pub. 1995. OCLC #33454624
WASHINGTON
Dragovich, Joe D., Patrick T. Pringle, and Stephen P. Palmer.
Liquefaction susceptibility for the Sumner quadrangle, Washington. Scale
1:24,000. Washi ngton Division of Geology and Earth Resources geologic
map GM-44. Published 1995. OCLC #33901294.
Palmer, Stephen P. Liquefaction susceptibility for the Auburn and Poverty
Bay 7.5-minute quadrangles, Washington. Scale 1:24,000. 2 maps.
Washington Div ision of Geology and Earth Resources Geologic map GM-43.
Published 1995. OCLC #33901348
2.2 Other new materials
"The Internet and Library and Information Services: A Review,
Analysis, and Annotated Bibliography," by Lewis-Guodo Liu, has been
published by the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The literature on the
Internet and library and information services has and expanded since 1990
into a rich corpus--both in quantity and Yet little effort has been made
to organize this literature. "Internet and Library and Information
Services: A Review, Analysis, and Bibliography" examines the literature and
provides an annotated bibliography containing 446 items on the Internet
library and information services. The selected items are classified
twenty-seven topical categories such as: Business Resources; Information;
Legal, Ethical, and Security Issues; Public and User's Needs and Human
Cognition. Lewis-Guodo Liu observes his accompanying essay that the
literature is predominantly descriptive argues that more analytical
research needs to be performed in the future. This bibliography focuses
on providing information on the of the literature in the hopes to
facilitate scholarly research and policy-making in this area. ISSN 0276
1769. 91 pp. $8.00 + $3.00 shipping ($1.00 for each additional copy) in
the U.S. International orders add $5.00 shipping ($1.50 for each
additional copy). Orders should be prepaid to the University of Illinois
and sent to: The Publications Office, Graduate School of Library and
Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 501 E.
Daniel Street, Champaign, IL 61820 Telephone Orders: (217) 333-1359E-mail:
puboff@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu http://edfu.lis.uiuc.edu/puboff
2.3 Articles of interest
-- Bartlett, Robert, 1996, Portraying Naval History with GIS: GIS World,
v. 9, no. 1, p. 64.
-- GIS WORLD's Best of the Net 1996: GIS World, v. 9, no. 1, p. 42.
-- Hecht, L. G., Jr., 1996, GIS Washington--USGS Plans to Develop
Collaborative Programs: GIS World, v. 9, no. 1, p. 28.
-- Plewe, Brandon, 1996, Mapping on the Web--A Primer on Creating
Geographic Services: GIS World, v. 9, no. 1, p. 56.
3. Information request
A student writes:
As part of my Masters dissertation and mapping project I am gathering
together geographical and statistical data relating to Tanzania and East
Africa. It is my aim to produce a selection of completed digital maps for an
Atlas of Tanzania and to create a set of appendices listing the
availability of geographical and statistical information for the country.
I would gladly accept any information relating to sources on the
following:
-- Indices of Published Maps - topographic
-- Thematic Mapping
-- Map Collections - general and specialist maps
-- Published Atlases
--Digital Data - raster or vector
-- Remotely Sensed Imagery - Landsat, Spot etc.
-- Statistical Data - population, health, employment etc.
-- Geographical Research Papers - human, physical, cultural etc.
Thanking you in anticipation
Mike Shand
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Mike Shand,
Tel: Direct 0141-330-4780 Senior Cartographer,
E-mail: mshand@geog.gla.ac.uk Dept. of Geography &
Topographic Science, Fax: 0141-330-4894 University of Glasgow. GLASGOW,
G12 8QQ, Honorary Secretary Scotland, U.K. SOCIETY OF CARTOGRAPHERS
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4. Meetings and other educational opportunities
4.1 ALA map meeting: ALCTS Pre-Order/Pre-Catalog Search Discussion Group,
January 22 2:00-4:00, Hyatt Rio Grande West "Mapping the Road to the
Shelf", Cartographic Materials Past, Present, and Future--A brief
discussion of cartographic materials; a look at early map acquisitions;
present and future status of map collections in todays libraries.
Presenters:-- David A. Cobb, Harvard College Library-- Elizabeth U.
Mangan, Library of Congress-- John A. Stevenson, University of Delaware
Library Moderator: Michelle Drozdowski, Waldo Library, Western Michigan
4.2 Digital Libraries '96: First ACM International Conference 20-23 March,
1996, Bethesda, Maryland
Digital libraries meld the storage and retrieval power of computing,
the communication capabilities of electronic networking, and the
structures and practices of physical libraries and archives. Much of the
excitement related to digital libraries comes as a result of the
interactions among disparate communities of scholars coming together to
address common problems of information organization, access, and use.
This meeting builds on two conferences held in Texas in 1994 and 1995 and
a series of ACM-sponsored research conferences devoted to digital library
research and development. Digital Libraries '96 is sponsored by ACM
through SIGIR and SIGLINK. Other ACM SIGs have joined in cooperation,
including SIGAda, SIGART,SIGBIO, SIGCAPH, SIGCOMM, SI GCUE, SIGDA, SIGMIS
(formerly SIGBIT), and SIGOIS. Many major libraries and information
science societies are "In-cooperation sponsors", including ASIS (American
Society for Information Science), LoC (Library of Congress). and SLA
(Special Libraries Association). Advance registration ends February 5,
1996. Featured speakers are Dr. Barry M. Leiner, Assistant Director,
Information Technology Office, Advanced Research Projects Agency, speaking
on "Interoperability Issues in Digital Libraries" and Ann S. Okerson,
Associate University Librarian, Yale University speaking on "How Will We
Know When It Is a Library?" March 20, 1996: Tutorials will be held on: --
Information Retrieval and Hypertext-- Foundations of the Organization of
Information -- Z39.50 -- Documents and Digital Libraries March 21-22,
1996: The Technical Program will include papers on various digital
libraries, on metadata standards, user needs, indexing, and other issues.
March 23, 1996: Workshops will be held on: -- Text Encoding
Initiative-- User Needs Assessment and Evaluation Further information is
available at: http://fox.cs.vt.edu/DL96/ or contact Linda Hill,
Registration Chair, email: lhill@cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov
4.3 Cartography and History: Using Maps in Teaching the Humanities, A
Summer Institute 1996, 24 June - 27 July 1996, Chicago.
Applications are invited from college and university faculty. Based
on the Newberry's renowned collections of cartographic materials, the
Institute is an intensive 5-week course designed to explore the ways in
which maps can enrich teaching in humanities fields. Twenty participants
will be selected on the basis of their records as teachers and the likely
impact the Institute will have on their courses. The deadline for
application is March 1, 1996. Successful applicants for the Institute will
receive a $1,250 stipend plus $2,500 to cover travel and lodging expenses.
For more information and application forms, write or call:The Hermon
Dunlap Smith Center for the History of Cartography, The Newberry Library,
60 West Walton St., Chicago, IL 60610 312/255-3656, 312/255-3523
5. Contributors to this issue:
Alice Hudson
Mary Larsgaard
Ken Rockwell
Kathryn Womble
6. The Western Association of Map Libraries
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, 1995
Kathryn Womble, President
Map Room
Suzzallo Library
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195
(206) 543-9392
kwomble@u.washington.edu
Yvonne Wilson, Vice President/President Elect
UC-Irvine
Gov. Pubs & Microforms Dept.
P.O. Box 19557
Irvine, CA 92713
(714) 856-7362
YMWILSON@UCI.EDU
Katherine Rankin, Past President
3189 Brazos St.
Las Vegas, NV 89109
(702) 895-3062
krankin@nevada.edu
J.K. Herro, Secretary
Branner Earth Sciences Library
Mitchell Building, MC-2210
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 99305
jkherro@aldus.stanford.edu
Dorothy McGarry, Treasurer
UCLA
P.O. Box 931119
Los Angeles, CA 90093-1119
ecz5ctt@mvs.oac.ucla.edu
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