INFORMATION BULLETIN (WESTERN ASSOCIATION OF MAP LIBRARIES)
ISSN: 0049-7287
NEWS & NOTES
Electronic Version
Part 11, December 1995. To be included in a future print version of the
"Information Bulletin."
Contents:
1. News
1.1 Canadian policies and definitions for electronic publications
1.2 Typo alert
1.3 Name Change in India
1.4 Map Exhibit in Annapolis
1.5 Other Map Societies
2. New books, maps, etc.
2.1 New Mapping of Western North America, compiled by Ken Rockwell
2.2 Other new materials
2.2.1 Campus maps available
2.2.2 CD Atlases and Travel Planners
2.2.3 Volume 5 of the "World Ocean Atlas 1994"
2.2.4 Globe Christmas ornament--Ross Togashi suggests
2.2.5 'The L.A. Loop - A Self-Guided Driving Tour of Los Angeles'
2.2.6 The 'Bike Map of Phoenix,'
2.3 Articles of interest
3. Internet resources: Geography/Maps Listing,compiled by Liz W. Tompkins
4. Meetings
4.1 Applied Geologic Remote Sensing, Las Vegas, Nevada, 27-29 February
1996
4.2 10th Annual Conference on Geographic Information Systems, Vancouver,
B.C., 18-21 March, 1996
4.3 Scientific Instrument Commission of the IUHPS, National Museum of
Science and Technology, Ottawa, Canada, 9-13 September, 1996
5. Contributors to this issue
6. The Western Association of Map Libraries
1. News
1.1 Canadian policies and definitions for electronic publications
(from: diglib@INFOSERV.NLC-BNC.CA)
"At the National Library of Canada we are working on and planning for
the management of electronic publications, and we are doing so in a number
of ways. It is important that we establish a realistic and workable
definition of electronic publications. We would greatly appreciate
feedback and suggestions. We have a very basic definition which may be
useful as a starting point:
An electronic publication results from an act of publishing in which
information is encoded, accessed, and made intelligible through the use of
a computer. It is characterized by being released for public access
whether it is made available for or distribued for free or for sale.
Electronic publications reside on host computers or servers and are
accessible over a communications network. Data contained in the
electronic publication can be static or dynamic, that is to say subject to
potential or actual continuous change.
We could not use the term "publicly available" because of legal
implications. Though this definition may appear overly wordy, it does
address a number of issues relating to electronic publications.
Comments are welcome and suggestions will be considered.
Michael Williamson, Information Technology Services, National Library
of Canada
Michael.Williamson@nlc-bnc.ca
1.2 Typo alert: There's a typo in WAML Occasional Paper 14, "Topographic
mapping of Africa, Antarctica, and Eurasia." On page 59, the statement,
...the first landing was made in 1921
should be corrected to read:
...the first landing was made in 1821
1.3 Name Change in India:
After decades of trying, Bombay's Hindu nationalist leaders have
cleared the final hurdle to rename India's bustling financial capital
after a Hindu goddess: Mumbai. (From the Phoenix Gazette 11/22/95, p.
A21)
1.4 Map Exhibit in Annapolis:
The Mitchell Gallery at St. John's College, Annapolis, Maryland, will
have a map exhibit this spring. The exhibition, "Space and Place--Ways of
World Mapping" will feature Chinese and western scrolls, maps, and atlases
that reflect the traditions and history of cartography. The maps are on
loan from the Library of Congress and from a private collector. The
exhibit will run from April 12, 1996 through June 16, 1996. It is free
and open to the public.
1.5 Other Map Societies:
Here are addresses to contact other map societies:
Australian Map Circle
c/o Department of Geography
University of Melbourne
Parville, Victoria 3052
Australia
North East Map Organization
c/o Eric Riback
824 Roosevelt Trail, #135
Windham, ME 04062-4000
207/893-0425
fax: 207/892-7079
e-mail: eriback@maine.com
2. New books, maps, etc.
2.1 New Mapping of Western North America, compiled by Ken Rockwell
ALASKA
Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys. Color
shadow total field magnetics of the Nome Mining District. Scale
1:63,360. Alaska DGGS Report of investigations 94-11. Published
1994. OCLC #33366640
Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys. Total field
magnetics of the Nome Mining District. Scale 1:63,360. Alaska
DGGS Report of investigations 94-10. Pub. 1994. OCLC #33366639
Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys. 7200 Hz
coplanar resistivity of the Nome Mining District. Scale 1:63,360.
Alaska DGGS Report of investigations 94-12. Pub. 1994. OCLC
#33366636
Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys. 900 Hz
coplanar resistivity of the Nome Mining District. Scale 1:63,360.
Alaska DGGS Report of investigations 94-13. Pub. 1994. OCLC
#33366693
Alaska. Governor's Advisory Reapportionment Board. State of Alaska
election district map : plan name, proclamation : final
reapportionment plan. 1 map and 8 insets on 3 sheets, scales vary.
Pub. 1994. OCLC #33366708
Marcus, Melvin G., and Maynard M. Miller. Lemon Creek Glacier,
Alaska. Scale 1:10,000. Pub. by the Foundation for Glacier and
Environmental Research, as a supplement to Physical geography,
v.16, no.2, Mar-Apr. 1994. OCLC #33398021
ARIZONA
Wide World of Maps, Inc. Arizona. Scale ca. 1:2,900,000.
Published 1995. OCLC #33439733
CALIFORNIA
U.S. Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region. Desolation
Wilderness, Eldorado National Forest and Lake Tahoe Basin
Management Unit, California. Scale 1:31,680. Rev. and pub. 1994.
OCLC #33510887
COLORADO
Smith, Steven M. Geochemical maps of copper, lead, and zinc, upper
Arkansas River drainage basin, Colorado. 6 maps, scale
1:1,000,000. USGS Open-File report 94-408. Pub. 1994. OCLC
#33629435
U.S. Bureau of Land Management. Beaver Creek Wilderness study
area. Scale 1:50,000. Pub. 1995. OCLC #33804249
U.S. Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region. Management areas,
draft environmental impact statement : Rio Grande National Forest
land and resource management plan. 6 maps on 3 sheets, scale ca.
1:200,000. Pub. 1995. OCLC #33384292.
U.S. Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region. Oil and gas leasing,
draft environmental impact statement : Rio Grande National Forest
land and resource management plan. 7 maps on 4 sheets, scale ca.
1:180,000. Pub. 1995. OCLC #33384297
MONTANA
Ruppel, Edward T. Preliminary geologic map of the Tepee Mountain
7.5-minute quadrangle, Beaverhead County, Montana, and Lemhi
County, Idaho. Scale 1:24,000. Montana Bureau of Mines & Geology
open-file report ; 317. Pub. 1994. OCLC #33449778
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Charles M. Russell National
Wildlife Refuge, Montana : guide map & information. Scale ca.
1:180,000. Rev. 1995. OCLC #33400146
U.S. Geological Survey. Geologic map of the Big Sheep Mountain
quadrangle, Prairie County, Montana. Scale 1:24,000. USGS
Open-file report 93-529. Pub. 1994. OCLC #33811265
U.S. Geological Survey. Geologic map of the Circle quadrangle,
McCone County, Montana. Scale 1:24,000. USGS Open-file report
88-630. Pub. 1994. OCLC #33822914
Wilde, Edith M. and Karen W. Porter. Preliminary geologic map of
the Winifred 30x60-minute quadrangle. Scale 1:100,000. MBMG
open-file report 318. Pub. 1994. OCLC #33449775
NEVADA
McKee, Edwin H. et al. Cenozoic volcanic rocks and Cenozoic
mineral deposits of Nevada. Scale 1:1,000,000. USGS Open-file
report 95-248. Pub. 1995. OCLC #33430649
Scott, Robert B. et al. Preliminary geologic map of the Wheatgrass
Spring quadrangle, Lincoln County, Nevada. Scale 1:24,000. USGS
Open-File report 94-175. Pub. 1994. OCLC #33630227
OREGON
Geo-Graphics. Three Sisters Wilderness map, and Three Sisters
recreation map. Scales [1:84,480] and 1:26,966. Beaverton, Or. :
Geo-Graphics, 1994. OCLC #33384388
Wang, Yumei and George R. Priest. Relative earthquake hazard maps
of the Siletz Bay area, coastal Lincoln County, Oregon. 4 maps
on 3 sheets, scales 1:24,000 and 1:12,000. Oregon Dept. of
Geology and Mineral Industries GMS-93. Pub. 1995. OCLC #33810065
UTAH
Sable, Edward G. Geologic map of the Hildale quadrangle,
Washington and Kane Counties, Utah and Mohave County, Arizona.
Scale 1:24,000. Utah Geological Survey map 167. Pub. 1995
OCLC #33499997
WASHINGTON
Fox, Kenneth F. and George E. Becraft. Geologic map of the Twin
Lakes 15 quadrangle, Ferry County, Washington. Scale 1:50,000.
USGS Open-File report 93-715. Pub. 1994. OCLC #33629525
Todd, Victoria R. Geologic map of part of the Mazama quadrangle,
Okanogan County, Washington. Scale 1:62,500. USGS Open-file
report 95-523. Pub. 1995. OCLC #33467831
WESTERN U.S.
Brown, David E. Biotic communities of the Southwest. Scale
1:1,000,000. Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, 1994.
Accompanies the authors' Biotic communities : southwestern United
States and northwestern Mexico. OCLC #33663047
WYOMING
U.S. Soil Conservation Service. Cropland area, by 4-digit
hydrologic unit [Wyoming-Nebraska]. Scale 1:6,916,327. U.S. SCS
map 6-48. Pub. 1994. OCLC #33481103
Ver Ploeg, Alan J. Geologic map of the Cheyenne 30x60 quadrangle,
southeastern Wyoming, western Nebraska and northern Colorado.
Scale 1:100,000. Wyoming State Geological Survey MS-46. Pub.
1995. OCLC #33813025
2.2 Other new materials
2.2.1 Campus maps available
A series of maps of selected university campuses and their
surrounding communities are now available from Hedberg Maps. These
"Professor Pathfinder" maps are available for:
* University of California: Berkely campus and environs
* University of Chicago and Hyde Park
* Harvard University campus and community
* University of Michigan and central Ann Arbor
* Princeton University and surrounding community
* Stanford University, Palo Alto and Menlo Park
* University of Wisconsin and central Madison
* Yale University and New Haven, including SCSU and UNH
The maps sell for $3.95 folded or $9.95 laminated, each. To order contact:
Hedberg Maps
4811 Excelsior Blvd
St. Louis Park, MN 55416
phone: 800-933-6277
fax: 612/927-9163
2.2.2 CD Atlases and Travel Planners
-- The Hammond Atlas of the World on CD-ROM is due out April, 1996.
--Rand McNally has a travel planner available, for about $60
--DeLorme has a travel planner available, for about $60
--DeLorme has a more exhaustive reference available, their Street
Atlas USA, for about $79
--DeLorme has their Global Explorer, for about $59, and an
international street atlas for some cities, MapExpert, for $295
-- Compton's Complete Street Guide, CD for IBM, $45 discounted, gives
maps of the U.S., and can be zoomed to 9 levels of magnification
2.2.3 Volume 5 of the "World Ocean Atlas 1994"
The National Oceanographic Data Center's (NODC) Ocean Climate
Laboratory has released the 5th volume in its "World Ocean Atlas 1994"
series, subtitled "Inter-annual variability of upper ocean thermal
structure." The new atlas extends an earlier work , "Climatological atlas
of the world ocean," (Levitus, 1982).
This volume contains maps of yearly "in situ" upper ocean temperature
anomaly fields at selected standard levels of the world ocean, computed on
a one-degree latitude-longitude grid, for the 1960-1990 period.
For more information, contact:
NODC
202/606-4549
fax: 202/606-4586
e-mail: services@nodc.noaa.gov
2.2.4 Globe Christmas ornament--Ross Togashi suggests:
Not in the Christmas spirit yet? Well, head on down (up) to your
local U.S. Government Document Collection and check out "Surface of the
Earth Icosahedron Globe", by the National Geophysical Data Center.
(Suptdoc #: C 55.2:Ea 7/24). It's a cutout of that wonderful
computer-generated image showing color shaded relief by Peter W. Sloss.
After you make a color-copy (no defacing of GovDocs material) of the
cutout, fold it up and make a neat little globe (about 3") and hang it up
as holiday (or ANYday ) decoration.
Aloha and Mele Kalikimaka,
2.2.5 'The L.A. Loop - A Self-Guided Driving Tour of Los Angeles' is a
funky, colorful map that includes sightseeing locations and recommended
restaurants. Cost is $6.45. Write: Fun Publications, P.O. Box 142,
Canoga Park, CA 91305.
2.2.6 The 'Bike Map of Phoenix,' from the Phoenix Mapping Service, the
Coalition of Arizona Bicyclists and local bike shops is now available. It
shows color-coded bikeways - unpaved paths, bike routes, bike lanes and
popular undesignated routes. It sells for $3.95 and is available at
various map stores, bookstores, and bike shops in the Phoenix, Arizona
area.
2.3 Articles of interest:
Mullins, J. L., 1994, The global positioning system surveying, aerial
photography, and mapping program of the United States in Antarctica:
Antarctic journal of the United States, v. 29, no. 5, p. 44.
32d Annual UIUC Clinic Highlights Spatial and Cartographic Information
Technology: Library hi tech news, no. 126, Oct. 1, 1995, p. 1.
3. Internet resources: Geography/Maps LISTING, compiled by Liz W.
Tompkins
Antont: Earth Page
http://www.netppl.fi/~antont/earth/
Geographical Facts & Figures, Dictionaries, Encyclopedias
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/Web/references.html
Perry-Castaneda Library map collection
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/Map_collection.html
Department of Geography
http://www.ssc.msu.edu/~geo
Geography
http://www.csc.fi/earth_science/Geography.html
The Great Globe Gallery on the World Wide Web
http://hum.amu.edu.pl/~zbzw/glob/glob1.htm
Earth Science Data Directory
gopher://scilibx.ucsc.edu/
UVIC GEOGRAPHY
http://geography.geog.uvic.ca/dept/homepage.html
Xerox PARC World Map Viewer
http://pubweb.parc.xerox.com/map
Earth Sciences Resources
gopher://gopher.fsl.orst.edu/
Western Geographic Series
http://geography.geog.uvic.ca/dept/wgs/wgs.html
Access Liz's Lists At
NBNSOFT: http://www.tricky.com/liz.html
Newshare: http://www.newshare.com/Newshare/Syndicate/Topics/
Software.net: http://software.net/prodmenu.htm (Under NBNSOFT)
4. Meetings
4.1 Applied Geologic Remote Sensing, Las Vegas, Nevada, 27-29 February 1996
Preregistration deadline is 31 January 1996. The conference will
feature sessions on remote sensing as applied to mineral exploration;
regional geology and tectonics; petroleum exploration; environment and
hydrology; geologic hazards. Full registra tion is received by 31 January
is $335; after that, $385.
For more information, contact:
ERIM/Thematic Conferences
P.O. Box 134001
Ann Arbor, MI 48113-4001
phone: 313/994-1200, ext. 3234
fax: 313/994-5123
e-mail: wallman@erim.org
WWW URL: http://www.erim.org/CONF/conf.html
4.2 10th Annual Conference on Geographic Information Systems, Vancouver,
B.C., 18-21 March, 1996
The conference focuses on GIS applications for the environment,
forestry, and natural resources. The 1996 program will focus on: Accuracy,
error and ramifications in spatial modeling; Advanced applications in
resource management; Analyzing needs and developing applications; Coping
with and manipulating large databases; Data management; Dealing with
government regulation; Leveraging client/server architectures; Modeling
for environmental applications; New and emerging data collection
techniques; Open systems in practice; Remote sensing and image processing.
For more information, contact:
GIS World, INc.
155 E. Boardwalk Drive, Suite 250
Fort Collins, CO 80525
phone: 970/223-4848 or 800/447-9753
fax: 970/223-5700
e-mail: event-info@gisworld.com
www: http://www.gisworld.com
4.3 Scientific Instrument Commission of the IUHPS, National Museum of
Science and Technology, Ottawa, Canada, 9-13 September, 1996
The Scientific Instrument Commission of the International Union for
the History & Philosophy of Science will meet Sept. 9- 13, 1996. The host
institution will be the National Museum of Science and Technology, Ottawa,
Canada. It is anticipated that some sessions will also be held in
Montreal. Participation of persons who are not members of the Commission
is welcome and encouraged.
The conference will provide an opportunity to discuss any aspect of
the history of scientific apparatus from antiquity to the present.
However, contributions which explore apparatus as evidence of the material
history of science, that utilize surviving instruments and which
investigate problems related to preservation of scientific apparatus are
particularly welcome. Planned sessions and poster papers include those
that investigate and present:
-- the role of instruments in exploration with, but not restricted to,
topics of a Canadian interest and perspective;
-- the results of technical analysis of surviving instruments;
-- topics related to the conservation and preservation of scientific
apparatus including special requirements and techniques;
-- little science/big science--the 20th century transition from
essentially single user apparatus to multiple user facilities; and,
-- collecting 20th century scientific apparatus--problems of and
strategies for preserving of "black box" technologies.
The deadline for submission of abstracts is 30 April 1996.
Acceptance of papers for either oral or poster presentation will be based
on the submitted abstracts.
The language of the conference is English though papers in French
will be welcome.
Additional information may be obtained from and abstracts may be
submitted to:
Dr. Randall Brooks
Curator, Physical Sciences and Space
National Museum of Science and Technology
PO Box 9724, Term. T
Ottawa K1G 5A3, CANADA
or via:
Fax 613-990-3636
Phone 613-990-2804
Internet Brooks@FOX.NSTN.CA.
5. Contributors to this issue:
Mary Larsgaard
Ken Rockwell
Dale Steele
Ross Togashi
Liz W. Tompkins
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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