[CALMAP:412] Historic USGS Maps held by BLM office in Bakersfield

From: Julie Sweetkind-Singer (sweetkind@stanford.edu)
Date: Mon May 19 2008 - 14:10:40 PDT

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    Hi Mary,

    I'm of the same mind as you. I'd very much like to fill in gaps in
    our collection, especially the older quads. I think our holdings are
    pretty incomplete.

    Should I contact him directly or do so through you after you've taken
    what you need?

    Julie

    Quoting Mary Larsgaard <mary@library.ucsb.edu>:

    > I had a 'phone conversation with him
    > this morning and (I hope tactfully) indicated
    > that we'd be interested in filling in
    > our holdings but not in taking on anything
    > we didn't need.
    > Seems to me what we are most likely
    > to need are the 30s and 60s, and
    > maybe some of the 152.
    > I did send him copies of the Map and Imagery Lab's inventories,
    > to save him some time.
    > He's re-inventorying the
    > entire collection (apparently did
    > an inventory in the 1990s).
    >
    > His office does have a large-format
    > scanner, and he's planning on scanning
    > the older maps before he ships them
    > off. Maybe we can get copies of
    > the scans from him?
    >
    > Any of these sheets of interest
    > to any one else? (Thought I would
    > also send list to caltopo email reflector)
    >
    > Mary
    >
    > --
    > Mary Lynette Larsgaard
    > Director, Map Library
    > Assistant Head, Map and Imagery Laboratory
    > Davidson Library
    > University of California, Santa Barbara
    > Santa Barbara CA 93106-9010
    > USA
    > mary@library.ucsb.edu
    > http://www.sdc.ucsb.edu
    > voice: 805/893-4049; 2779, reference desk
    > fax: 805/893-8799

    ***

    Julie Sweetkind-Singer
    Head Librarian, GIS & Map Librarian
    Branner Earth Sciences Library & Map Collections
    Stanford University
    650-725-1102



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