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The University of California / Stanford Map Libraries Group: Collaboration in Practice

The University of California / Stanford Map Libraries Group: Collaboration in Practice. Julie Sweetkind-Singer Head Librarian / GIS & Map Librarian Branner Earth Sciences Library & Map Collections Stanford University. How it all began. 1974 UC Library Policy Task Force

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The University of California / Stanford Map Libraries Group: Collaboration in Practice

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  1. The University of California / Stanford Map Libraries Group: Collaboration in Practice Julie Sweetkind-Singer Head Librarian / GIS & Map Librarian Branner Earth Sciences Library & Map Collections Stanford University

  2. How it all began. • 1974 UC Library Policy Task Force • Meeting on June 25, 1975 • Meeting on October 23, 1975 • Stanford’s participation • 1983 – formalization • Renamed: UC/Stanford Map Librarians Group (later changed to “Libraries”)

  3. Purpose of the group • Coordination of library activities • Exchange of information and resources • Collection development • Shared purchases • Development/maintenance of an online catalog • Annual meetings required

  4. Interlibrary lending • Internal union catalogs created • 13 groups now participate • Direct requests via email and mailing • Impact of small and large format scanners

  5. Shared purchases • Shared Purchase Program (UC-wide) • Created the need for a unified collection development plan. • Formal collaborative collection agreement: “Collaborative cartographic materials collection development agreement among the libraries at Stanford University and the University of California”

  6. G4410-4763 Mexico • B (4 - esp. Baja Cfa. Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, D.F., Jalisco, Mexico (State), Nayarit, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa, Tabasco & Yucatan) • LA (4 topo, naut) • SB (4; 3-4 naut) • SD (4 topo) • SIO (4 naut) • SU (4 geosci - esp. ore depos., petroleum, earthquakes, volcanoes) • G4810-4884 Guatemala - Panama • B (4) • LA (4 topo, naut) • SB (4 topo) • SD (4 topo) • SIO (4 naut) • SU (4 geosci) COLLECTING LEVELS: 3 Study (noted exceptionally; assumed that most collecting at this level or higher) 4 Research 5 Comprehensive

  7. Purchases over the years • Total amount spent so far: $327,023 • First purchase: 1977/78 • Sanborn maps, Northern California cities, 1884-1906 (microform): UCB UCD UCSC $416

  8. Aerial photography and DOQQs, California • 1979/80: $25,847 (USGS) • 1984/85: $13,000 (EROS Data Center: Microindexes to aerial photography, 1950-1984) • 1985/86: $43,764 (W.A.C. Corp.) • 1987-1990: $142,000 (USGS NAP program) • 1998-2001: $32,188 (USGS DOQQs)

  9. Collective cataloging • Maps go into Melvyl and Socrates • Rumsey MARC records added to Socrates and Melvyl • Union lists still in use

  10. Collective scanning projects • Pre-1923 Sanborn maps of California • USGS topographic maps for California • http://www.sdc.ucsb.edu/holdings/caltopo.html

  11. http://library.ucsc.edu/maps/ucsmg/

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