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  • ALA MAGIRT Map Scanning Registry 
    Kollen, Chris (ALA MAGIRT, 2020-07-24)
    The 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 ...
  • Helpful Hints for Small Map Collections 
    Larsgaard, Mary; Rankin, Katherine (1997)
  • Electronic Maps and Geographic Information Systems 
    Brill, Margaret (1997-06)
  • Helpful Hints for the Paperless Map Librarian 
    Allen, David, Y. (2003-07-22)
    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 ...
  • Map Imaging Service Providers 
    Allen, David Y. (2004-10-24)
    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 ...
  • A Guide to the Cartographic Products of the Federal Depository Library Program 
    Schular, Michele D. (2005-09)
    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 ...
  • Map Collection Security Guidelines 
    MAGERT Task Force on Library Security for Cartographic Resources (2010-06)
    As 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, ...
  • The Founding of ALA's Map and Geography Round Table: Looking Back to See the Future 
    Weimer, Katherine H. (2011)
    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 ...
  • Volunteered Geographic Information: Selected Web Resources 
    Dietz, Cynthia; Suh, Joy (2012)
    Increasingly 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 ...
  • Mapping and Geospatial Resources from the Federal Depository Library Program. 
    Olson, John (MAGIRT, 2019-01)
    The 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 ...