the university of california / stanford map libraries group: collaboration in practice
DESCRIPTION
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 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The University of California / Stanford Map Libraries Group:
Collaboration in Practice
Julie Sweetkind-SingerHead Librarian / GIS & Map Librarian
Branner Earth Sciences Library & Map CollectionsStanford University
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”)
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
Interlibrary lending Internal union catalogs created 13 groups now participate Direct requests via email and mailing Impact of small and large format scanners
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”
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 Research5 Comprehensive
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
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)
Collective cataloging Maps go into Melvyl and Socrates Rumsey MARC records added to Socrates and
Melvyl Union lists still in use
Collective scanning projects Pre-1923 Sanborn maps of California USGS topographic maps for California
http://www.sdc.ucsb.edu/holdings/caltopo.html
http://library.ucsc.edu/maps/ucsmg/