WAML
NEWS & NOTES

Lucinda M. Hall, Editor
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Electronic Version Part 03, March, 1999. To be included in a future print version of the Information Bulletin.

1. News
      1.1 WAML Spring Meeting
      1.2 Round Table representation to ALA Council
      1.3 Helen Wallis Fellowship available
      1.4 SLA Meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota
      1.5 1999 Walter W. Ristow Prize in the History of Cartography and Map Librarianship
      1.6 Restored Mercator globes at Harvard
      1.7 Course offerings at the University of California, Riverside
      1.8 NASA Grant helps map Yellowstone ecosystem
      1.9 Wendy Romney Hassibe dies in Salt Lake City
      1.10 Codes for Nunavut, the new territory in Canada
      1.11 MAGERT Schedule for New Orleans on the Web
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 Geologic and geophysical mapping of Washington, 1984 through 1999
      2.3 Articles of Interest
        2.3.1 Computers & Graphics
        2.3.2 GEO World
        2.3.3 IEEE Computer graphics and applications
        2.3.4 International journal of remote sensing
      2.4 Internet resources
        2.4.1 NSGIC -- National States Geogoraphic Information Council Listserv
        2.4.2 Aerial photography for Arizona cities
3. Meetings and other educational opportunities
      3.1 Upcoming International Conferences, Seminars, Talks, etc.
4. Contributors to this issue
5. The Western Association of Map Libraries

1. News

1.1 WAML Spring Meeting

The Western Association of Map Libraries Spring Meeting will be held at Cal State Long Beach in the University Library on April 29-30, 1999. There will be a Thursday night banquet at a nearby restaurant. Meetings will run 1:30-5:00 p.m. on April 29 and from 8:30-5:00 p.m. on April 30. WAML will offer an optional Saturday field trip (May 1), carpooling to West Los Angeles for a guided architectural tour of the Getty Center. Registration for the conference is $25. Thursday night banquet is $25. Field trip is free.

Registration packets are being mailed out to WAML members. If you are interested in attending, please see our website at gort.ucsd.edu/mw/waml/waml.html

1.2 Round Table representation to ALA Council

If you are a member of the American Library Association, keep an eye out for a new addition to the ALA ballot. For the first time, round tables, including the Map and Geography Round Table, have an opportunity to elect representatives to ALA Council. Large round tables (such as the Government Documents Round Table) each have one representative on Council. The five smaller round tables, including MAGERT, will be voting as a group to elect one person to represent them all.

The MAGERT nominee for this position is Patrick McGlamery. Pat is head of the Map and Geographic Information Center at the University of Connecticut, and is known to many of you for his pioneering work with GIS, and for his role as an educator in the area of computer mapping. I am sure he would make an outstanding representative not only for MAGERT, but also for the other small roundtables.

1.3 Helen Wallis Fellowship available

An annual fellowship was recently established at the British Library to honour the memory of Helen Wallis and confer recognition by the Library on scholars whose work will promote the extended and complementary use of the British Library's book and cartographic collections. Dr Helen Wallis OBE was Map Librarian at the British Museum and then British Library (1967-86).

Preference will be given to proposals which both relate to the Library's collections and have an international dimension. Applicants will be expected to refer to the classes of material they intend to consult and to demonstrate how their research might be disseminated. The fellowship may be held as a full or part-time appointment, but would normally be for 6-12 months. For more information about applying, see ihr.sas.ac.uk/maps/wallis.html

1.4 SLA Meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota

The annual conference will be in Minneapolis, Minnesota from June 6th to June 10th, 1999. More information about the conference is available at www.sla.org/conf/99conf/ac99fly.html

1.5 1999 Walter W. Ristow Prize in the History of Cartography and Map Librarianship

The Walter W. Ristow Prize seeks to recognize achievement in cartographic history and map librarianship and is awarded annually by the Washington Map Society. The competition is open to all full or part-time upper-level undergraduate, graduate and first-year postdoctoral students attending accredited colleges or universities.

For more information about the criteria, please see the site www.cyberia.com/pages/jdocktor/ristow.htm

1.6 Restored Mercator globes at Harvard

For those interested in information on the restoration of Mercator globes at Harvard, you may check the following WEB address www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/1999/03.11/globes.html

1.7 Course offerings at the University of California, Riverside

UCR will be offering various courses in cartographic design, GIS, ArcView, Photogrammetry, AutoCAD Map, Avenue and other related topics. Contact the University of California Riverside, UCR Extension, Natural Sciences Dept at 909-787-5804 (voice) 909-787-7374 (fax), email: sciences@ucx.ucr.edu or the website www.unex.ucr.edu The courses are available April 5 through June 21, 1999.

1.8 NASA Grant helps map Yellowstone ecosystem

Yellowstone Ecosystem Studies (YES) was awarded a $600,000 grant last fall, and is conducting a two-year project mapping two drainages in the park. The project will use hyperspectral imaging, a technology that senses a wide spectrum of light waves reflected by organic and inorganic objects on the earth. The data are collected by an aerial remote sensing device and then analyzed by computer, which identifies the characteristic light signatures of different materials.

Previous technologies collected data from space, but an Idaho company called Earth Search Sciences has developed a smaller, lighter device that can record light signatures on the earth from an airplane. The partnership with YES was coordinated by MSU Techlink, a NASA-sponsored center at Montana State University. Ecological applications of the new technology include mapping wildlife habitat, endangered plant species, and exotic weed outbreaks.

1.9 Wendy Romney Hassibe dies in Salt Lake City

Wendy Romney Hassibe died March 11, 1999 in Salt Lake City. WAML members will remember her as the host of the Fall 1993 meeting in Salt Lake City. Wendy spent her professional life with the U.S. Geological Survey. She ran what would become the Earth Sciences Information Center in Salt Lake City and later oversaw all ESIC offices from USGS headquarters in Reston. A particular focus of her efforts in the 1990s was the re-engineering of USGS services as part of Vice President Gore's National Performace Review and Reinventing Initiative. She retired from USGS Denver in the fall of 1998 and had returned to Salt Lake City. We will remember her positive attitude, organizational abilities, and knowledge of the Survey.

1.10 Codes for Nunavut, the new territory in Canada

The new codes for Nunavut are:

nuc (Country code)
n-cn-nu (Geographic area code)

1.11 MAGERT Schedule for New Orleans on the Web

The schedule and hotel information are posted under "Meetings and Conferences" on the MAGERT web site at www.sunysb.edu/libmap/magert1.htm

2. New Maps, Books, Etc.

2.1 New Mapping of Western North America by Ken Rockwell

ALASKA

Haeussler, Peter J.Surficial geologic map along the Castle Mountain fault between Houston and Hatcher Pass Road, Alaska.Scale 1:25,000.USGS Open-file report 98-480, pub. 1998. OCLC #40807427

ARIZONA

Hereford, Richard.Map showing Quaternary geology and geomorphology of the Nankoweap Rapids Area, Marble Canyon, Arizona.Scale 1:2,000.USGS Geologic investigations series I-2608, pub. 1998. OCLC #40813614

Urban atlas, Phoenix Metropolitan Area.1 atlas (44 p.) Phoenix : Maricopa Association of Governments, 1998. See article about it at: www.mag.maricopa.gov/--reported by Kathryn Womble, U-WA

CALIFORNIA

Jaffe, Bruce.Sedimentation and bathymetric change in San Pablo Bay, 1856-1983.11 maps on 1 sheet, scale ca. 1:325,000. USGS Open-file report98-759, pub. 1998. OCLC #40821644

Jayko, A. S. Scenic drive landslide of January-March 1998, La Honda, San Mateo County, California. 4 maps on 1 sheet, scales differ. USGS Open-file report 98-229, pub. 1998. OCLC #40809748

San Francisco Estuary Institute.Various historical and modern views of sections of San Francisco Bay, available from the institute, Richmond, Calif. Available on the Internet at: www.sfei.org/ecoatlas/maps/outline.html

Smith, J. LaRue. Selected hydrologic features of Lake Tahoe Basin and surrounding area, California and Nevada, 1998. Scale ca. 1:127,500.USGS Open-file report 98-649, pub. 1999. OCLC #40832966

Youngs, Leslie G. Map of California historic gold mines. Sesquicentennial (1998-2000) ed.Scale 1:1,500,000. Sacramento: California Dept. of Conservation, Division of Mines and Geology, 1998.OCLC #40861301

COLORADO

Madole, Richard F., et al. Pleistocene glaciation in the upper Platte River drainage basin, Colorado.Scale ca. 1:500,000.USGS Geologic investigations seriesI-2644, pub. 1998.OCLC #40814829

IDAHO

Bonnichsen, Bill.Geologic map of the Walters Butte quadrangle, Ada, Canyon, and Owyhee counties, Idaho. Scale 1:24,000. .Moscow, Idaho : Idaho Geological Survey, University of Idaho, Geologic map no. 21, pub. 1998. OCLC #40810870

Breckenridge, Roy M. Surficial geologic map of the Post Falls quadrangle and part of the Liberty Lake quadrangle, Kootenai County, Idaho.Scale 1:24,000. Moscow, Idaho : Idaho Geological Survey, University of Idaho, Surficial geology map no. 5, pub. 1998. OCLC #40810868

Breckenridge, Roy M. Surficial geologic map of the Rathdrum quadrangle and part of the Newman Lake quadrangle, Kootenai County, Idaho.Scale 1:24,000. Moscow, Idaho : Idaho Geological Survey, University of Idaho, Surficial geology map no. 6, pub. 1998. OCLC #40810865

Bush, John H. Bedrock geologic map of the Moscow West quadrangle, Latah County, Idaho. Scale 1:24,000. .Moscow, Idaho: Idaho Geological Survey, University of Idaho, Geologic map no. 22, pub. 1998. OCLC #40810856

Bush, John H. Bedrock geologic map of the Robinson Lake quadrangle, Latah County, Idaho. Scale 1:24,000. .Moscow, Idaho: Idaho Geological Survey, University of Idaho, Geologic map no. 24, pub. 1998. OCLC #40810857

Bush, John H. Bedrock geologic map of the Viola quadrangle, Latah County, Idaho, and Whitman County, Washington. Scale 1:24,000. .Moscow, Idaho : Idaho Geological Survey, University of Idaho, Geologic map no. 25, pub. 1998. OCLC #40810861

Platt, Lucian B. Geologic map of the Scout Mountain quadrangle, Bannock County, Idaho.Scale 1:24,000.Moscow, Idaho : Idaho Geological Survey, University of Idaho, Geologic map no. 22, pub. 1998. OCLC #40810872

NEVADA

DePolo, Diane M. Earthquakes in Nevada, 1852-1996.Scale 1:1,000,000. Reno, Nev. : Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Map no. 111, pub. 1998. OCLC #40815842

Henry, Christopher D., et al. Geologic map of the Toe Jam Mountain Quadrangle, Nevada.Scale 1:24,000. Reno, Nev. : Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Map no. 117, pub. 1999.--reported by Linda Newman, UNR

Henry, Christopher D., et al. Geologic map of the Tuscarora Quadrangle, Nevada.Scale 1:24,000. Reno, Nev. : Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Map no. 116, pub. 1999.--reported by Linda Newman, UNR

Page, William R. Geologic map of the Blue Diamond area, Clark County, Nevada. Scale 1:24,000.Boulder, Colo. : Geological Society of America , Map and chart series no. 83, pub. 1998. OCLC #40732408

NEW MEXICO

Maldonado, Florian, and Atencio, Arthur. Preliminary geologic map of the Dalies Northwest quadrangle, Bernalillo County, New Mexico.Scale 1:24,000. USGS Open-file report 97-741, pub. 1998. OCLC #40806014

Maldonado, Florian, and Atencio, Arthur. Preliminary geologic map of the Wind Mesa quadrangle, Bernalillo County, New Mexico.Scale 1:24,000. USGS Open-file report 97-740, pub. 1998. OCLC #40803615

Seager, William R., and Mack, Greg H.Geology of McLeod Tank quadrangle, Sierra and Dona Ana Counties, New Mexico. Scale 1:24,000.New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources, Geologic map no. 77, pub. 1998. OCLC #40816004

OREGON

Ferns, M. L. Geologic map of the Fly Valley quadrangle, Union County, Oregon. Scale 1:24,000. Oregon Dept. of Geology and Mineral Industries, Geological map series no. 113, pub. 1998.OCLC #40732332

Harvey, Andrew F. Water-induced landslide hazards, western portion of the Salem Hills, Marion County, Oregon. Scale 1:24,000. Oregon Dept. of Geology and Mineral Industries, Interpretive map series no. 6, pub. 1998.OCLC #40732337

UTAH

Bicycle Tooele County : Mountain biking and road cycling gude, volume 1. 17 maps on 1 sheet, not drawn to scale. Tooele, Utah :Tooele County Chamber of Commerce and Tourism, pub. 1998. OCLC #40732433

Tabet, David E. Coal resources of the Henry Mountains coalfield.6 maps, scale 1:100,000. Utah Geological Survey Open-file report no. 362, pub. 1999. OCLC #40732339

WASHINGTON

Quaternary stratigraphy and cross sections, Nooksack, Columbia, and Saar Creek Valleys,Kendall and Deming 7.5-minute quadrangles, Western Whatcom County, Washington.8 plates (photocopy), scale 1:24,000.Washington State Division of Geology and Earth Resources, Open-file report97-4, pub. 1997.OCLC #40886742

WYOMING

Wyoming Dept. of Transportation . Wyoming county maps : complete set.1 atlas (94 leaves), scale ca. 1:24,000.Cheyenne, Wyo. : The Dept., 1998.OCLC #40801621

2.2 Other New Materials

2.2.1 Geologic and geophysical mapping of Washington, 1984 through 1999 ...

"Geologic and geophysical mapping of Washington, 1984 through 1999, and theses on the geology of Washington 1986 through 1998, Washington," Dept. of Natural Resources Open file report 99-1, compiled by C.J. Manson. 55 pages, 9 plates. Listed are 264 geologic or geophysical maps and 508 theses. This report supersedes (by updating) Open file report 98-1.

2.3 Articles of Interest

2.3.1 Computers & Graphics 1998, v. 22, no. 6 2.3.2 GEO World, March 1, 1999, v.12, no. 3 2.3.3 IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, March 1, 1999, v. 19, no. 2 2.3.4 International Journal of Remote Sensing, January 20, 1999, v. 20, no. 2

2.4 Internet Resources

2.4.1 NSGIC -- National States Geogoraphic Information Council Listserv

The purpose of the NSGIC is to encourage effective and efficient government through the coordinated development of geographic information and technologies to ensure that information may be integrated at all levels of government. This is accomplished through education, research, and the development of policies, standards and guidelines. NSGIC fosters increased understanding and interest in the development, operation and maintenance of geographic information and geographic information systems.

To subscribe to the NSGIC List Server, send email message to MAILSERV@acad.drake.edu Leave the subject line blank. The body of the message should contain only the following line: SUBSCRIBE NSGIC-L "YOURFIRSTNAME" "YOURLASTNAME" (substitute your real first and last name).

2.4.2 Aerial photography for Arizona Cities - Looking for aerial photographs of various Arizona cities? Check the site www.asu.edu/lib/hayden/govdocs/maps/azphoto.htm

3. Meetings and Other Educational Opportunities

3.1 Upcoming International Conferences, Seminars, Talks, Etc.

3.1 Upcoming International Conferences, Seminars, Talks, Etc.

3rd IEEE Meta-Data Conference, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, US, 6 - 7 April 1999. For more information, see www.llnl.gov/liv_comp/metadata/md99/md99.html.

21st Urban Data Management Symposium, Venice, Italy, 21 - 23 April, 1999. For details regarding the program and registration, please have a look to http://www.geo.tudelft.nl/UDMS/program/.

International Seminar on Atlantic History, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 24 - 25 April 1999. Workshop on The Uses of Cartography in Atlantic History.

A workshop on the spatial dimensions of the Atlantic world in the thought of contemporaries, 1500-1800, and in the efforts of later scholars to grasp the spatial history of that era. The aim is to analyze work in several fields - literature, art, politics, and diplomacy as well as cartography and geography - that helps explain the meaning of space in early modern Atlantic history.

For a registration form and additional information, please contact Pat Denault, Atlantic History Seminar, 408 Emerson Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138; Phone: 617-496-3066; FAX: 617-496-8869; atlantic@fas.harvard.edu

Western Association of Map Libraries Spring Meeting, California State University, Long Beach, 29 - 30 April 1999. For more information, see gort.ucsd.edu/mw/waml/waml.html

APSRS: The Imaging and Geospatial Information Society, 1999 Annual Conference "From Image to Information." Portland, Oregon, 17 - 21 May 1999. For more information see www.asprs-portland99.com

12th Annual North East Map Organization Meeting (NEMO), Wellesley College, near Boston, Massachusetts, 3 - 4 June 1999.

1999 National GeoData Forum, Washington, DC, 7 - 9 June 1999. Help shape public policy and the future direction of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure. For more information, see the National GeoData Forum web site at www.fgdc.gov/99Forum.

Maps and Nations: Discovering and Debating the Interaction Between Society and Cartography -- a summer seminar for graduate students at The Newberry Library, Chicago, June 21-August 13, 1999.

Graduate students from any field who will benefit from in-depth study of the political and ethical dimensions of the relationship between mapping and community definition are encouraged to apply for admission to the seminar.

Participation will be limited to 12 students. Complete applications for admission must be received by the Smith Center by April 16, 1999.

18th International Conference on the History of Cartography, Athens, Greece, 11 - 16 July 1999. The Society for Hellenic Cartography and the National Hellenic Research Foundation in collaboration with Imago Mundi, Ltd organise the conference. The Conference theme is "The Cartography of the Mediterranean World" and any other aspect of the history of cartography.

International Symposium on Spatial Data Quality, Hong Kong, 18 - 20 July 1999. For more information see, www.lsgi.polyu.edu.hk/ISSDQ/.

International Cartographic Association Conference, Ottawa, Canada, 14 - 21 August 1999. This is a joint meeting including the Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives (ACMLA). For more information, please visit www.uottawa.ca/library/map/acmlaica.html. On behalf of the Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives (ACMLA) and the Congress of Cartographic Information Specialists Associations (CCISA) we would like to invite you to attend the International Cartographic Association Conference which will be held in Ottawa, August 14-21, 1999.

The 65th Council and General Conference of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), Bangkok, Thailand, 22 - 28 August 1999.

Consortium for Geographic Information Conference. "Driven By Data." Los Angeles, California, November 1999. See www.gita.org for more information.

1999 Meeting of the Social Science History Association, Fort Worth, Texas, 11 - 14 November 1999. The meeting will include several sessions on Historical GIS.

Pecora 14 Land Satellite Information III: Demonstrating the value of satellite imagery Doubletree Hotel, Denver, Colorado, 6 - 10 December 1999. The imaging and geospatial society, ASPRS is the organizer. For more imformation, see www.asprs.org

The Oxford Seminars in Cartography, Programme for 1998-99

***NOTE THE NEW VENUE***. All seminars commence at 5pm in the School of Geography, Mansfield Road, Oxford. Sponsored by Sanders of Oxford (Prints and Maps), Lovell Johns Ltd, and The Friends of The Oxford Seminars in Cartography. For further information, please contact: Nick Millea, Map Curator, Bodleian Library, Broad Street, Oxford, OX1 3BG, Telephone : 01865 277013 Fax : 01865 277139 nam@bodley.ox.ac.uk or check the site homepage www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/guides/maps/

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, 1998

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

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

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

Secretary
Sue Haffner
Henry Madden Library
California State University Fresno
Fresno, CA 93740-0034
(209) 278-2405
sue_haffner@csufresno.edu

Past President
Robert Sathrum
University Library
Humboldt State University
Arcata, CA 95521
(707) 826-4930
rls2@axe.humboldt.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

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

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