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Item Open Access ALA MAGIRT Map Scanning Registry(ALA MAGIRT, 2020-07-24) Kollen, ChrisThe ALA MAGIRT Map Scanning Registry was an active database of map scanning projects from 2006-2020. A decision was made by the ALA MAGIRT Executive Board to take down the website due to outliving its usefulness and decrease in usage. The various files found here are the resulting database with supporting material. For more detail, refer to the Map Scanning Registry_2020_recommendation.pdf.Item Open Access Helpful Hints for Small Map Collections(1997) Larsgaard, Mary; Rankin, KatherineItem Open Access Electronic Maps and Geographic Information Systems(1997-06) Brill, MargaretItem Open Access Helpful Hints for the Paperless Map Librarian(2003-07-22) Allen, David, Y.Every librarian with a connection to the Internet now has access to several hundred thousand maps in digital form--more maps than can be found in all but the largest paper-based map collections. The chief limitation on providing map reference service is no longer lack of maps, but lack of knowledge. The Web sites listed below provide entry to the rich collection of cartographic resources on the Internet.Item Open Access Map Imaging Service Providers(2004-10-24) Allen, David Y.For many institutions, outsourcing is the most practical way to carry out map digitization projects. High-resolution images of large maps cannot be obtained using the equipment available in most libraries, such as desktop scanners and ordinary digital cameras. Top quality high-resolution scanning of large maps requires such expensive equipment as digital view camera backs, oversized flatbed scanners, or specialized drum scanners. Only the largest institutions have the budget and support staff to be able to employ such equipment. Except for very large libraries with thousands of maps to digitize, outsourcing is the only alternative. And, given the rapid obsolesence of scanning equipment and the need for trained technicians, even the largest research libraries have outsourced map digitization projects. Anyone working with a service provider should be prepared to ask a number of questions, and to draw up a contract specifying exactly what is expected. It is always a good idea to ask vendors for references. A few things to consider: What is the cost per item? At what resolution will the maps be scanned? What type of image files will be provided? How will the scanned images be stored? What metadata, if any, will be provided? If some of the maps are to be scanned through mylar, what will be done to minimize reflections? How important is total color fidelity in mages of maps? What equipment will be used for scanning? In particular, attention should be paid to the pros and cons of using high-end digital cameras versus flatbed and sheet-feed scanners. This page concludes with a short bibliography of articles on digital imaging issues, which should provide readers with the necessary background information for working with vendors.Item Open Access A Guide to the Cartographic Products of the Federal Depository Library Program(2005-09) Schular, Michele D.This guide was designed for use as a collection development tool by map selectors of depository libraries that participate in the FDLP. The list of cartographic products contained in this guide, were culled from the official semi-annual publication, List of Classes, produced by the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO).Item Open Access Map Collection Security Guidelines(2010-06) MAGERT Task Force on Library Security for Cartographic ResourcesAs librarians we have a responsibility to preserve the collections under our care and provide access to them in our institutional environments. Access to our collections has supported scholarship throughout the sciences, humanities, and social sciences and remains the key to intellectual freedom. We must create an environment where primary source materials are respected, handled carefully, and returned intact to the collection so that they might be studied again in the future. Institutions and librarians must reassess their collections and administrators must provide collections with an infrastructure and staffing that will allow appropriate access, preservation, and security. It is important that rare book collections, archives, and government document collections and their curators realize that thousands of valuable maps are contained in many volumes in their collections. Similarly, map collections and their curators must be more cognizant of the marketplace and the increasing prices of early maps and even early twentieth century road maps. The following guidelines will allow librarians and curators to better assess their map collections, prepare security proposals for their administrations, and provide a more secure environment for their map collections.Item Open Access The Founding of ALA's Map and Geography Round Table: Looking Back to See the Future(2011) Weimer, Katherine H.In 1979, a group of map librarians founded the American Library Association’s Map and Geography Round Table (MAGERT). An examination of the organization’s creation and early history offers a glimpse into the state of map librarianship at that time, as well as into the role of professional organizations of map librarians for their members, and how these founding concepts are still relevant today.Item Open Access Volunteered Geographic Information: Selected Web Resources(2012) Dietz, Cynthia; Suh, JoyIncreasingly Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) is being used to create and analyze spatial information through visualizations, and geospatial models. The geospatial data used, whether publicly provided or offered by volunteers, has been made available more and more through Web 2.0 technologies. Innovators are hosting more web mapping services, and users are sharing more data from GPS capable and affordable units. The best VGI products are reviewed by peers or members that perform quality control checks and updates. Already there are signs that volunteer information has been playing a critical role to deliver real-time information through crisis mapping such as for Haiti’s and Japan’s Earthquake disasters. Although best practices to assess data accuracy, lineage, reliability, and appropriate uses are still evolving in VGI, geospatial librarians need to think about making VGI information accessible through their reference desks, especially when critical and real time information is not available elsewhere. Library outreach and instruction modules could be constructed to offer patrons near real-time data for problem solving, and for improving their critical thinking and evaluative skills.Item Open Access Mapping and Geospatial Resources from the Federal Depository Library Program.(MAGIRT, 2019-01) Olson, JohnThe purpose of this publication is to assist depository libraries with finding maps, atlases, online mapping tools and geospatial data available for selection through the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). The list is derived from the United States Government Publishing Office’s (GPO) List of Classes, which can be downloaded from the FDLP’s website.