Electronic Version - Volume 1, Part 11, November, 1997. To be included in a future print version of the "Information Bulletin."

1. News
        1.1 New GIS Librarian at the University of Washington Libraries
        1.2 Schedule and hotel information for MAGERT for MidWinter in New Orleans
        1.3 Public review of FGDC Utilities Data Content Standard
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 Electronic atlas of Quebec
        2.2.2 AniMap County Boundary Historical Atlas - CD-ROM version
2.3 Articles of Interest
        2.3.1 Cartographic Journal
        2.3.2 Journal of Geography
        2.3.3 Meridian
2.4 Internet Resources
        2.4.1 Long Island Maps and Their Makers
        2.4.2 Map collection at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies available online
        2.4.3 Dictionary of Abbreviations and Acronyms in Geographic Information Systems, Cartography, and
        Remote Sensing, 3rd edition
        2.4.4 Russian Nature Reserves
        2.4.5 Current Geographical Publications
        2.4.6 Digital Atlas of New York City
3. Meetings and other Educational Opportunities
        3.1 5th ACM Workshop on Geogrpahic Information Systems, Las Vegas, NV, 13 - 14 November 1997
        3.2 Land Satellite Information in the Next Decade II: Sources and Applications,
        Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, DC, 2 - 5 December 1997
        3.3 Upcoming International Conferences, Seminars, Talks, etc.
4. Contributors to this Issue
5. The Western Association of Map Libraries

1. News

Kathryn Womble is pleased to announce the addition of Jenny Stone, GIS Librarian, to the staff of the University of Washington Libraries. (That's Geographic Information Systems Librarian in case you don't know the acronym!)

Jenny received her Master of Science in Information and Library Services in May 1997 from the University of Michigan's School of Information. During her coursework she utilized GIS in community networking projects and for analysis of library services in the Navajo Nation.

1.2 Schedule and hotel information for MAGERT for MidWinter in New Orleans

The schedule and hotel information for the ALA Map and Geography Round Table (MAGERT) at the ALA Midwinter meeting in New Orleans is available at the Web site "http://www.sunysb.edu/libmap/magert1.htm."

1.3 Public review of FGDC Utilities Data Content Standard

The FGDC Utilities Data Content Standard is now open for public review ( http://www.fgdc.gov/Standards/PR_Announcements/Standards/PRstandards.html). It is the intent of this standard to define the set of common utility system information for the community of users that capture and use geospatial information about utility systems. The standard specifies the semantic geospatial information for utility systems, including names, definitions and domains for utility system components that can be geospatially depicted as feature types and their non-graphical attributes.

Comments are encouraged about the content, completeness, and usability of the proposed standard. Comments are requested specifically on the following topics:

• Additional required data content for utility systems (i.e., features,attributes, domains);
• Existing defacto or ad hoc utilities standard(s) (e.g., internal organization schema, published documents, etc.);
• Issues on implementation

2. New maps, books, etc.

ALASKA

Brew, David A. Reconnaissance geologic map of the Bradfield Canal B-6 quadrangle, southeastern Alaska. Scale 1:63,360. USGS Open-file report 97-156-N, pub. 1997. OCLC #37786765

Brew, David A. Reconnaissance geologic map of the Petersburg B-1 quadrangle, southeastern Alaska. Scale 1:63,360. USGS Open-file report 97-156-C, pub. 1997. OCLC #37831104

Brew, David A. Reconnaissance geologic map of the Petersburg B-3 quadrangle, southeastern Alaska. Scale 1:63,360. USGS Open-file report 97-156-E, pub. 1997. OCLC #37831545

Brew, David A. Reconnaissance geologic map of the Petersburg B-4 quadrangle, southeastern Alaska. Scale 1:63,360. USGS Open-file report 97-156-F, pub. 1997. OCLC #37835815

Brew, David A. Reconnaissance geologic map of the Petersburg B-5 quadrangle, southeastern Alaska. Scale 1:63,360. USGS Open-file report 97-156-G, pub. 1997. OCLC #37853387

Brew, David A. Reconnaissance geologic map of the Petersburg C-1 quadrangle, southeastern Alaska. Scale 1:63,360. USGS Open-file report 97-156-H, pub. 1997. OCLC #37743600

Brew, David A. Reconnaissance geologic map of the Petersburg C-3 quadrangle, southeastern Alaska. Scale 1:63,360. USGS Open-file report 97-156-I, pub. 1997. OCLC #37744551

Brew, David A. Reconnaissance geologic map of the Petersburg C-4 quadrangle, southeastern Alaska. Scale 1:63,360. USGS Open-file report 97-156-J, pub. 1997. OCLC #37745878

Brew, David A. Reconnaissance geologic map of the Petersburg C-5 quadrangle, southeastern Alaska. Scale 1:63,360. USGS Open-file report 97-156-K, pub. 1997. OCLC #37838490

Brew, David A. Reconnaissance geologic map of the Petersburg D-4 quadrangle, southeastern Alaska. Scale 1:63,360. USGS Open-file report 97-156-L, pub. 1997. OCLC #37752500

Brew, David A. Reconnaissance geologic map of the Petersburg D-5 quadrangle, southeastern Alaska. Scale 1:63,360. USGS Open-file report 97-156-M, pub. 1997. OCLC #37785300

NOAA Coastal Service Center. C-CAP, Coastal Change Analysis Program changes in land cover in the Yakutat Bay, Alaska Region, 1986-1993. 1 computer optical disc. Charleston, S.C. : NOAA, 1997. OCLC #37661167. (For further information see Web page at http://www.csc.noaa.gov)

ARIZONA

Hereford, Richard. Topographic map of the Ninemile Draw area, Colorado River, Glen Canyon National Recreation area, Arizona. Scale 1:1,000. USGS Open-file report 97-253, pub. 1997. OCLC #37710088

U.S. Geological Survey. Topographic map showing drainage basins associated with pre-dam terraces in the Granite Park area, Grand Canyon, Arizona. Scale 1:2,000. USGS Open-file report 96-298, pub. 1997. OCLC #37790488

Wide World of Maps, Inc. State of Arizona. 2 maps, scale [ca. 1:1,500,000]. PLACE: [Phoenix, Ariz.]: Phoenix Mapping Service, 1997. OCLC #37836843

CALIFORNIA

Columbia FunMap Corp. Columbia fun maps, mapping the gay and lesbian world: Los Angeles, including Laguna Beach. 4 maps on 1 sheet, scales not given. New York : Columbia FunMap Inc., 1997. OCLC #37846706

Columbia FunMap Inc. Columbia fun maps, mapping the gay and lesbian world: San Diego, including Laguna Beach. 4 maps on 1sheet, scales not given. New York : Columbia FunMap Inc., 1997. OCLC #37846712

Langenheim, Victoria E., and Jachens, Robert C. Aeromagnetic map of the Los Angeles 1:100,000-scale quadrangle, California. Scale 1:100,000. USGS Open-file report 97-162, pub. 1997. OCLC #37742897

Mapeasy, Inc. MapEasy's guidemap to California Highway One: a location map and guidebook in one, the unique, easy-to-use guide to Highway One. Scale ca. 1:158,400. Amagansett, N.Y. : MapEasy, Inc., 1997. OCLC #37726527

Thomas Bros. Maps. Alameda/Contra Costa counties street guide and directory. 1 atlas, scales differ. Census tract ed. Irvine, CA : Thomas Bros. Maps, 1996. OCLC #37836193

Thomas Bros. Maps. Golden Gate street guide and directory : including Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara counties. 1 atlas, scales differ. Census tract ed. Irvine, CA : Thomas Bros. Maps, 1996. OCLC #37836198

U.S. Geological Survey. Aeromagnetic map of Santa Rosa and vicinity on parts of the Santa Rosa and San Francisco 1-degree x 2-degrees quadrangles, California. Scale 1:250,000. USGS Open-file report 97-468, pub. 1997. OCLC #37722760

Water Education Foundation. California water map. Scale 1:1,647,360. Sacramento, CA : The Foundation, 1997. OCLC #37747943

COLORADO

Colorado. Division of Wildlife. Maps of state trust lands open to wildlife-related recreation. 1 atlas (unpaged, looseleaf) 1997 ed. Denver, Colo. : Division of Wildlife, 1997. OCLC #37751770

Crone, Anthony J. Late Quaternary surface faulting on the Cheraw Fault, southeastern Colorado. 6 maps, scales not given. USGS Geologic investigations map I-2591, pub. 1997. OCLC #37745733

DeLorme Mapping Company. Colorado atlas & gazetteer. 1 atlas (104 p.), scales 1:160,000 and 1:320,000. 3rd ed. Freeport, Me.: DeLorme Mapping, 1997. OCLC #37818733

Hardie, John K., and Zook, Jonathan M. Geologic map and coal measures of the Axial quadrangle, Moffat and Rio Blanco counties, Colorado. Scale 1:24,000. 1 map + 2 sheets of test hole data. Colorado Geological Survey Open-file map 97-5, pub. 1997. OCLC #37743438

IDAHO

Boise Front basins potential flood hazards. Scale 1:9,600. Boise, Idaho : Ada Planning Association, 1996. OCLC #37729986

Kiilsgaard, Thor H. Map showing location of mining properties in Idaho that were involved in the DMA, DMEA, or OME mineral exploration programs. Scale 1:1,000,000. USGS Open-file report 97-439, pub. 1997. OCLC #37723550

Northern Ada County floodplains. Scale 1:31,680. Boise, Idaho : Ada Planning Association, 1997. OCLC #37728186

MONTANA

Fox, James E., et al. Structure-contour maps of the Powder River basin, Montana and Wyoming. 6 maps on 1 sheet, scale ca. 1:630,000. USGS Oil and gas investigations chart OC-147-A, pub. 1997. OCLC #37719595

NEVADA

Covay, Kenneth J. Data on ground-water quality, Reno-Sparks area, Nevada, 1994 and 1995. Scale 1:35,000. USGS Open-file report 97-222, pub. 1997. OCLC #37719625

OREGON

Jayko, A. S. Reconnaissance geologic map of the Lane Mountain 7.5-minute quadrangle, southwest Oregon. Scale 1:24,000. USGS Open-file report 95-20, pub. 1996. OCLC #37785630

Jayko, A. S. Reconnaissance geologic map of the White Rock 7.5-minute quadrangle, southwest Oregon. Scale 1:24,000. USGS Open-file report 95-18, pub. 1996. OCLC #37785581

Roberts, Carter W., et al. Preliminary merged aeromagnetic map of Oregon. 1 map on 2 sheets, scale 1:500,000. USGS Open-file report 97-440, pub. 1997. OCLC #37737449

Thomas Bros. Maps. Portland metro area street guide and directory. 1 atlas, scales 1:28,800 and 1:316,800. 1 atlas, 1998 zip code ed. Irvine, CA : Thomas Bros. Maps, 1997. OCLC #37836213

UTAH

Bon, Roger L. Large mine permits and plants in Utah. Scale ca. 1:750,000. Utah Geological Survey Public information series no.33, pub. 1996. OCLC #37836640

Carr, Stephen L. Map of Utah railroads : past and present. Scale 1:823,680. Layton, Utah : G. Smith, 1996. OCLC #37836378

Morgan, Craig D. Bridgeland and south Myton bench oil fields, T.4 S., R.2 and 3 W., UBM Duchesne County, Utah. Utah Geological Survey, Oil and gas field study no.17, pub. 1997. OCLC #37795447

Morgan, Craig D. Humpback secondary-recovery (water-flood) unit T.8 S., R. 17 E., Salt Lake Base Line Uintah County, Utah. Utah Geological Survey, Oil and gas field study no.18, pub. 1997. OCLC #37795553

Zion Natural History Association. Zion National Park, Utah: up-to-date full park map... Scale 1:37,700. Springdale, Utah : Zion Natural History Association, rev. 1996. OCLC #37756976

WASHINGTON

Dragovich, Joe D. Geologic map of the Gilbert 7.5-minute quadrangle, Chelan and Okanogan counties, Washington. Scale 1:62,500. Washington Division of Geology and Earth Resources, Geologic map GM-46, pub. 1997. OCLC #37830229

Howell International Enterprises. Precious metal, base metal, and coal mines in the western USA, May 1997. Scale 1:2,500,000. Englewood, Colo. : Howell International, 1997. OCLC #37779388

Sperry, Brian, et al. Mt. Rainier climbing guide : profiling 2 routes, Emmons-Winthrop Glacier route, Liberty Ridge route. Scale 1:24,000. Mercer Island, Wash. : Stanley Maps, a division of Mid-State Equipment Corp., 1997. OCLC #37846727

Sperry, Brian, et al. Mt. Rainier climbing guide : profiling 3 routes, Ingraham Glacier-Disappointment Cleaver route, Fuhrer Finger route, Kautz Glacier route. Scale 1:24,000. Mercer Island, Wash. : Stanley Maps, a division of Mid-State Equipment Corp., 1997. OCLC #37846721

Thomas Bros. Maps. King/Pierce/Snohomish counties street guide and directory. 1 atlas, scales differ. 1998 ed. Irvine : Thomas Bros. Maps, 1997. OCLC #37837761

Thomas Bros. Maps. King/Pierce/Snohomish counties street guide and directory. 1 atlas, scales differ. 1998 Zip code ed. Irvine, CA : Thomas Bros. Maps, 1997. OCLC #37837764

WYOMING

Trails Illustrated. Yellowstone Lake trail map : southeast Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming... Scale ca. 1:83,333. Evergreen, Colo. : Trails Illustrated, rev. 1997. OCLC #37767481

[See also a set of laserdiscs from USGS EROS Data Center, each covering a 1:100,000-scale topographic sheet in Washington State and corresponding 1:24,000-scale and 1:250,000-scale quads. For example see Cape Flattery disc at OCLC #37760898]

2.2 Other New Materials

2.2.1 Electronic atlas of Quebec

Le Quebec, a dos de souris, Atlas electronique / Quebec by mouse, electronic Atlas. Published by Carto Vision, 1st edition, 1997. Introductary prices (may change) : Standard version $ 39.95 or Professional version $ 69.95. System requirements: 486 or higher, Windows 95, CD-ROM 2x drive or higher, 16 Mb RAM, Monitor & video capable of 65536 colors (16 bits) with 640 x460 pixels

2.2.2 AniMap County Boundary Historical Atlas - CD-ROM version

The Gold Bug Company is pleased to announce the release of the new CD ROM version of the AniMap County Boundary Historical Atlas combined with the SiteFinder U.S. Place Name Database and the SiteFinder U.S. Cemetery Database. The Atlas includes maps for 48 states (no Alaska or Hawaii) showing all boundary changes from 1617 to the present. The databases make it easy to plot any of more than 350,000 locations on the maps. More information is available at "http://www.goldbug.com" including a downloadable demo version.

2.3 Articles of Interest

2.3.1 Cartographic Journal June 1997, v. 34, no. 1 - Several articles about maps on the Internet.

2.3.2 Journal of Geography September 1, 1997, v. 96, no. 5

Gersmehl, Philip J. Putting Information in Perspective: A Mapping Activity to Help Students Understand the California Dilemma, p. 235.

2.3.3 Meridian 1997, no. 12

Allen, David. The Digital Imaging of Historical Maps and Aerial Photographs: An Overview, p. 5.

2.4 Internet Resources

2.4.1 Long Island Maps and Their Makers

If you are interested in maps of Long Island, look at the site for "Long Island Maps and Their Makers." The page contains a number of low resolution images of Long Island maps from colonial times to the present. The page is designed as a supplement for a forthcoming book with the same title. The URL is "http://www.sunysb.edu/libmap/contents.htm."

2.4.2 Map collection at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies available online

Thanks to the allocation of a Non-Formula Funding (Follett) grant, a notable map collection at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of London (SSEES), has now been catalogued. The collection comprises maps published in Russia and Western Europe. The maps cover Russia and the countries of Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe. They date from the sixteenth to the twentieth century and the eighteenth century is particularly well represented. Among the 219 bibliographical items (representing 238 sheets) are maps published by the Imperial Academy of Sciences in St Petersburg showing the Baltic and the Crimea and an exceptionally fine range of maps of Hungary and Transylvania.

Many of the Russian maps were probably purchased by the School in 1958 as part of the stock of V. V. Baratchevsky's Russian Bookshop (located first in Hanway Street and later in Tottenham Street, London W1). The portfolio of maps of Hungary was donated some thirty years ago by Mr E. J. Groom who had learned Hungarian at the School. The source of other maps is unknown. However, the entire collection was professionally conserved between 1973 and 1975 and all sheets are now in excellent condition.

Probably one third of the SSEES collection is not held by the British Library Map Library. The maps are included in the Library's on-line catalogue "http://consull.ull.ac.uk." or via the School's Web Page "http://www.ssees.ac.uk/."

2.4.3 Dictionary of Abbreviations and Acronyms in Geographic Information Systems, Cartography, and Remote Sensing, 3rd edition.

Hoehn, Philip and Mary Larsgaard. Dictionary of Abbreviations and Acronyms in Geographic Information Systems, Cartography, and Remote Sensing. 3rd ed. October 1997. This new version contains some 3,200 abbreviations or acronyms and incorporates nearly 600 changes from the previous edition. Available at http://library.berkeley.edu/EART/abbrev.html.

2.4.4 Russian Nature Reserves

This is a site which locates Russian Nature Reserves. This site also has an extensive database relating to statistics on wildlife. http://syseco.pgu.serpukhov.su/nreserve/allnr.html.

The November 1997 issue of Current Geographical Publications is now available at the Web site http://leardo.lib.uwm.edu/cgp.

2.4.6 Digital Atlas of New York City

The new Digital Atlas of New York City contains almost 150 color maps of the city's five counties. They display 1990 census data related to population, race, ancestry, income, poverty, commuters, adult educational achievement, and household types. Data are mapped by census tracts. The Digital Atlas of New York City may be found on the Web at http://130.166.124.2/NYpage1.html.

3. Meetings and other Educational Opportunities

3.1 5th ACM Workshop on Geogrpahic Information Systems, Las Vegas, NV, 13 -14 November 1997. Look at the Workshop site for more information. http://www.insa-lyon.fr/Labos/LISI/GIS.html.

3.2 Land Satellite Information in the Next Decade II: Sources and Applications, Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, DC, 2 - 5 December 1997. For a copy of the Preliminary Program and Registration Information, contact ASPRS at ASPRS, 5410 Grosvenor Lane, #210, Bethesda, MD 20814.

3.3 Upcoming International Conferences, Seminars, Talks, etc.

• International Conference and Workshop on Interoperating Geographic Information Systems, Santa Barbara, CA, 3 - 6 December 1997. For more information check their Web site at www.ncgia.ucsb.edu/conf/interop97/.
• 26th Annual Conference of the Australian Map Circle, University of Wollongoon, NSW, Australia, 8 - 11 February 1998. "Mapping Today - History Tomorrow." Conference details are available at Web site http://www.lib.unimelb.edu.au/collections/maps/amc.htm.
• Maps and Society Lectures at the Warburg Institute Seventh Series - Programme for 1997-1998
  • November 20, 1997 - Dr Michael Wintle (Department of European Studies, University of Hull). Renaissance Maps and the Construction of the Idea of Europe.
  • December 11, 1997 - Professor Glyn Williams (Department of History, Queen Mary and Westfield College, London). Speculative Maps and Apocryphal Voyages in the Exploration of North America.
  • January 22, 1998 - Laurence Worms (Ash Rare Books Ltd.) Society and Maps: The London Map Trade in the 18th Century.
  • February 26, 1998 - Dr Benet Salway (Department of History, University College, London). Journeying in the Roman World and the Genesis of the Tabula Peutingeriana.
  • March 26, 1998 - Dr Christopher Board (Department of Geography, London School of Economics and Political Science). Silences, Secrecy and Falsification on maps after 1858.
  • April 30, 1998 - Geraldine Beech (Public Record Office, London) `A Wall of Glass'? Mapping Boundaries in the Balkans since 1830.
  • May 28, 1998 - Professor David Buisseret (Department of History, University of Texas-Arlington). A New Vision: Artists and Maps in Early Modern Europe.
  Meetings are held at the University of London, Warburg Institute, Woburn Square, London WC1H OAB (i.e. quite close to the British Museum) at 5.00 pm on a THURSDAY. Admission is free and each meeting is followed by refreshments. All are MOST welcome.
• The Oxford Seminars in Cartography - Programme for 1997-1998
  • Thursday, 6 November 1997 - Plats and plots: cartography and design at 16th-century Dover STEPHEN JOHSTON, Museum of the History of Science, Oxford
  • Thursday, 19 February 1998 - Sight, memory and maps in travelling since the Middle Ages CATHERINE DELANO SMITH, Institute of Historical Research, London
  • Thursday, 14 May 1998 - Edmund Spenser and the culture of Geography JOANNE WOOLWAY, Oriel College, Oxford
  All Seminars commence at 5pm in the Schola Rhetoricae et Astronomiae, Schools Quadrangle, Bodleian Library. Sponsored by Sanders of Oxford (Prints and Maps). Supported by the Historical Geography Research Group and Lovell Johns Ltd
• 1998 International Symposium for Spatial Data Handling, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada, 12 - 15 July 1998
• 11th Annual Conference of the European Map Curator's Group (Groupe des Cartothecaires de LIBER), September 1998. Preliminary information is available at site http://www.konbib.nl/kb/skd/liber/11th.htm.
• 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.

4. Contributors :

5. The Western Association of Map Libraries (WAML)

WAML Officers as of July 1, 1997

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

Linda Zellmer, Vice President/President Elect
University Libraries
Noble Science Library
P.O. Box 871006
Tempe, AZ 85287-1006
(602) 965-5973
lzellmer@imap3.asu.edu

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

Muriel Strickland, Treasurer
2465 Baja Cerro Circle
San Diego, CA 92019
(619)274-0613
103251.1605@CompuServe.COM

Yvonne Wilson, Past President
UC-Irvine
Gov. Pubs & Microforms Dept.
PO Box 19557
Irvine, CA 92713
(714) 856-7362
ymwilson@uci.edu

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