[CALMAP:105] Re: Calmap June meeting

From: Linda P Newman (lnewman@unr.edu)
Date: Mon Feb 26 2007 - 08:54:28 PST

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    Sorry I will not make the meeting.
    We have a subscription to the online Sanborn maps for Nevada as well as
    copies of the microfilm; better than nothing but the color is so very
    important and I've never been very impressed with the online
    presentation.

    We should begin scanning our pre-1923 NV Sanborns within a couple of
    weeks.

    Linda Newman
    University of Nevada Reno

    -----Original Message-----
    From: owner-calmap@ucdavis.edu [mailto:owner-calmap@ucdavis.edu] On
    Behalf Of Cynthia Jahns
    Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 5:36 PM
    To: Michael Smith; calmap@ucdavis.edu
    Subject: [CALMAP:103] Re: Calmap June meeting

    Hi Mike,

    Yes, I've got June 15th marked off on my calendar.
    You are right, a CDL purchase of the Sanborn maps was put off because
    of 2 things: it's not a great product (scratchy black and white
    images), and the possibility of getting LC to do the scanning. Julie
    may chime in with more details, but the current situation is that we
    are trying to find a legal way to "gift" money to LC to support the
    project.

    See you in June - Cynthia

    At 5:12 PM -0800 2/23/07, Michael Smith wrote:
    >Hello all,
    >
    >Megan and I just want to confirm the day of Fri. June 15th for the
    >next Calmap meeting, to be held again at UCSD. We should be making
    >the arrangements fairly soon.
    >
    >Also, can someone provide me with some background on a possible CDL
    >purchase of the Sanborn maps of California from ProQuest? I do have
    >a price quote from May 2006. Was this not pursued because of the
    >cost and the possible scanning project with the Library of Congress?
    >What is the current status of that project?
    >
    >Thanks and see you in June,
    >
    >Mike
    >
    >--------------------------------------------------------
    >Michael L. Smith
    >Map Librarian
    >Social Sciences & Humanities Library
    >University of California, San Diego
    >9500 Gilman Drive, 0175R
    >La Jolla, CA 92093-0175
    >
    >email: mls003@ucsd.edu
    >phone: 858-534-1248
    >fax: 858-534-7548



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