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Guide to U.S. Map Resources
Christopher J.J. Map & Geography Round Table Of The American Library Association. Ed(S): Thiry
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Description for Guide to U.S. Map Resources
paperback. Editor(s): Thiry, Christopher J.J. Num Pages: 520 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GLH; WTRM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 177 x 28. Weight in Grams: 889.
More than fourteen years have passed since the second edition of the Map and Geography Round Table's Guide to U.S. Map Resources appeared in 1990. The third edition offers users a detailed snapshot of and guide to hundreds of map collections and cartographic resources in libraries and repositories throughout the nation. Substantial changes have occurred within library map collections over the past decade and a half, and not surprisingly, the computer has been at the core of most of these innovations. Geographic information systems (GIS), the World Wide Web, email, Portable Document Format, data sets, the Internet and digitization ... Read more
More than fourteen years have passed since the second edition of the Map and Geography Round Table's Guide to U.S. Map Resources appeared in 1990. The third edition offers users a detailed snapshot of and guide to hundreds of map collections and cartographic resources in libraries and repositories throughout the nation. Substantial changes have occurred within library map collections over the past decade and a half, and not surprisingly, the computer has been at the core of most of these innovations. Geographic information systems (GIS), the World Wide Web, email, Portable Document Format, data sets, the Internet and digitization ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
520
Condition
New
Number of Pages
520
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810852686
SKU
V9780810852686
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99-15
About Christopher J.J. Map & Geography Round Table Of The American Library Association. Ed(S): Thiry
Christopher J.J. Thiry is the Map Librarian at Arthur Lakes Library at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado.
Reviews for Guide to U.S. Map Resources
...a fine job of providing directory information that is still useful in the twenty-first century. Recommended for medium-sized to large public and academic libraries.
Booklist, 4/1/2006
...the best way to discover the principle map collections in a particular area, and is therefore recommended for all academic, larger public, and genealogy libraries.
American Reference Books Annual
This ... Read more
Booklist, 4/1/2006
...the best way to discover the principle map collections in a particular area, and is therefore recommended for all academic, larger public, and genealogy libraries.
American Reference Books Annual
This ... Read more