ISSN 0272-8532 base line

• newsletter of the and Geoa;raphy Rouod Table

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

4 Draft ALA Midwinter MAGERT/GODORT Schedule 7 EMAIL Directory 9 New Books 13 From the Chair 14 Canadian Lake Named for the United States IS On the Cataloging/Cataloguing Front 17 New 18 New 19 NACIS Report 20 Personals 21 Atlanta Field Trip 21 Computer Corner 23 Employment Opportunity 23 ALA MAGERT RLAG Minutes 25 And From the Editor 26 New Members 26 Want to Adopt a Map? 27 Board on Geographic Names Celebrates its Centennial 27 Neat Ideas 28 Exhibition: A World of Names 30 Miscellaneous 31 On the Lite Side 33 Great Moments in Map Librarianship 34 Submission Forms

Volume t t, Number 6

December, 1990 base line is an off icial publication of the American Library Association's Map and Round Table (MAGERT). The purpose of base line is to provide current information on cartographic materials, other publications of interest to map and geography librarians, meetings, related governmental activities, and map librarianship, It is a medium of communication for members of MAGERT and information of interest is welcome. The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent those of the American Library Association and MAGERT.

EDITOR: Nancy J. Butkovich, Reference Division, Sterling C. Evans Library, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-5000 Tel: (409) 845-5741 Bitnet k026rf@tamvml

PRODUCTION MANAGER: James A. Coombs, Southwest Missouri State University Library, Springfield, MO 65804 Tel.: (417) 836-4534 Bitnet: jac324f@Smsvma

CATALOGING EDITOR: Nancy Edstrom, Map & Geography Library, University of Illinois, Urbana. IL 6180] Tel.: (217) 333-0827 Bitnet: edstrom@uiucvmd

NEW BOOKS EDITOR (TEMPORARY): Nancy J, Butkovich, Reference Division, Sterling C. Evans Library, Texas A&M University, College Statton, TX 77843-5000 Tel, (409) 845-5741 Bitnet k026rf@tamvml

NEW MAPS EDITOR: Stephen Littrell, Reference Services Department, Map Collection, PCL 2.430, Univer- ... sity of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 787]3-7330 Tel.: (5]2) 471-5944 CONTRIBUTING EDITORS: (NLB) Nancy L. Buchanan, Texas A&M University > (RB) Rich Boardman, Free Library of Philadelphia (RaB) Rachel Butler, Oklahoma City Community College (JBC) James B. Case, Cedar City, Utah (AD) Allen Dries, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign (MF) Maureen Farrell, Cleveland Public Library (A H) Alice Hudson, New York Public Library (EH) Edward J. Hall, Kent State University (AJ) Andrew Johnson, Free Library of Philadelphia (NK) Nancy Kandoian, New York Public Library (MM) Michael McDonnell, Western Michigan University (JBP) J. B. Post, Free Library of Philadelphia (CW) Chip Woodward, GPO (MAW) Mary Ann Waltz, Syracuse University

@ American Library Association 1990 (312) 944-6780

Published by the Map and Geography Round Table

Information on new books and atlases should be submitted to the New Books Editor; new maps should be submitted to the New Maps Editor; and cataloging material to the Cataloging Editor. All other information should be submitted to the Editor. base line is published six times a year: February, April, June, August, October, and December. Single issues of base line are available from the Subscription Manager at a cost of $3.00 per issue, U.S. and Canadian orders; $4.00 per issue for all other foreign orders.

Members of MAGERT receive base line as a benefit of their membership. Nonmembers may subscribe for SI5.00, U.S. and Canada; $20.00 for all other foreign subscriptions. Checks, payable to the American Library Association, should be mailed to:

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American Library Associa tion personal and institutional members are invited to choose MAGERT membership for $10.00 (personal) or $45.00 (institutional) by so advising the American Library Association, 50 W. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611.

MAGERT OFFICERS

CHAIRPERSON: Julia Gelfand, Reference Department, University of California-Irvine, University Library, P.O. Box 19557, Irvine, CA 92717 Tel.: (714) 856-497IFAX: (714) 856-5740

VICE-CHAIRPERSON, Jim Walsh, Government Documents & Microforms Dept., O'Neill Library, Boston 'College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02167 Tel.: (617) 552-3354 FAX: (617) 552-8828 Bitnet; walshop@bcvms

SECRETARY: Jenny Marie Johnson, Map Collection and Cartographic Information Services, Uni ver- sity of Washington Libraries, FM~25, Seattle, WA 98195 Tel.: (206) 543-9392 Bitnet: [email protected]'on.edu

TREASURER, Suzanne Clark, Documents/Maps Department, Bailey/Howe Library, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405 Tel.: (802) 656-2503

MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON: Mary Larsgaard, UC-Sant3 Barbara, Map and Imagery Laboratory, University Library. Santa Barbara, CA 93106, Tel.: (805) 893-4049 Bitnet: Ib08mll@uc~bvm

,:~ Printed on Recycled Paper DRAFT MAGERT /GODORT MIDWINTER MEETING SCHEDULE

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 11-15 JANUARY 1991

Friday, 11 January 1991

9;30 a.m. - 12;30 p.m. GODOR T Steering Committee

2;00 p.m. - 4;00 p.m. GODORT Awards Committee (closed) GODORT Bylaws Committee GODOR T Legislation Committee GODORT Membership Committee

4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. GODOR T Nominating Committee GODOR T Program Committee GODORT Publications Committee ALA Legislation Committee/Subcommittee on Government Information

8;00 p.m. 10;00 p.m. ALA Legislative Assembly

8;00 p.m. 11;00 p.m. MAGERT Open House - MAGERT Suite, Talbott Hotel, 20 E. Delaware St.

Saturday, 12 January 1991

....8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. MAGERT Constitution/Bylaws Committee GODOR T /FDTF Steering Committee GODORT/IDTF Steering Committee GODORT /SLDTF Steering Committee

9:30 a.m. 11;00 a.m. MAGERT Cartographic Statistics Task Force

9:30 a.m. 12;30 p.m. GODORT /FDTF Information Update

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. MAGERT Education Committee MAGERT Research Libraries Acquisitions Group (RLAG)

2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. MAGERT Publications Committee #1 GODORT /IDTF Business Meeting GODORT Education Committee GODORT Government Information Technology Committee 4;30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. RBMS/MAGERT/GODORT Joint Committee 00 Government Publications as Rare Books GODOR T /IDTF Steering Committee [continued on next page]

base line 11(6): 4 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. [continued from previous page] GODOR T/DTTP Staff Meeting ALA Coordinating Committee on Access to Information OCLC Map Users Discussion Group

8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. NOTIS Documents Interest Group

Sunday, 13 January 1991

7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. MAGERT New Members & Board Breakfast

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. GODORT Statistical Measurement Committee

9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. MAGERT Executive Board Meeting #1 GODORT Ad Hoc Committee on WHCLIS

9:30 a.m. 12:30 p.m. GODORT/FDTF Work Groups Meeting

11:30 a.m. 12:30 p.m. MAGERT Conference Planning Committee (Atlanta) MAGERT Honors Committee (closed)

2:00 p.m. • 4:00 p.m. MAGERT Publications Committee #2 MAGERT Cataloging & Classification Committee GODORT /SLDTF Business Meeting GODaRT Cataloging Committee GODORT Legislation Committee

4:30 p.m. • 5:30 p.m. GODORT Affiliates Meeting GODORT Bylaws Meeting IFLA Section on Government Information and Official Publications

Monday, 14 January 1991

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. MAGERT Task Force on Maps in Small Collections GODORT Membership Committee

9:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. MAGERT Executive Board Meeting #2

9:30 a.m. 12;30 p.m. GODORT/FDTF Business Meeting

1J :30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. MAGERT Conference Planning Committee (San Francisco) MAGERT Map Online Users Committee

2:00 p.m. • 4:00 p.m. ALCTS/CCS/MAGER T Cataloging Discussion Group MAGERT Cartographic Users Advisory Task Force MAGERT Atlanta Preconference Planning Committee GODORT Ad Hoc Committee on WHCLIS GODORT Awards Committee (closed) GODORT Legislation Committee GODORT Nominating Committee

base line 11(6): 5 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. ALA NO CONFLICT TIME SLOT CANDIDATE'S FORUM

Tuesday, IS January 1991

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. "GODORT/FDTF Steering Committee GODORT Program Committee GODOR T Publica tions Committee

9:00 a.m. 12:30 p.m. MAGERT Executive Board Meeting #3

9:30 a.m. 12:30 p.m. GODOR T Business Meeting

12:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m. MAGERT Lunch and Debriefing ALA Coordinating Committee on Access to Information

2:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. GODQRT Steering Committee

NOTES:

1. The MAGERT Membership Committee will not meet formally at Midwinter.

2. There arc three Executive Board Meetings scheduled because of the needed review of the Organization Manual.

3. The New Members & Executive Board Breakfast is open to all MAGERT members and prospective members who want to come and learn about participating in MAGERT.

4. RLAG is the same discussion group as the Cooperative/Collaborative Collection Development Group.

5. There were some last minute changes due to the co-sponsoring of several meetings. Please read the schedule carefully. Room assignments may not be ready until mid-December. You can call Julia for specific information or request a special mailing once assignments are made by ALA.

SORRY! ROOM ASSIGNMENTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE AT THE TIME BASE LINE WENT TO PRESS. (NB)

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EMAIL DIRECTORY

As promised in earlier issues of base line. here is an updated list of EMAIL addresses of map/geoscience librarians and libraries. This list includes additions, deletions and changes reported to me through August 1990. Please continue to send me corrections to this list, and I wiJJ continue to report in base line. Thanks to all for your cooperation. (Mary Anne Waltz, Syracuse University Library).

Librarian institution EMAIL address

Allen. David SUNY. Stony Brook dyallen@Sbccmail

Allison, Brent Un iv. of Minnesota b-alli@uminnl

Bjoring, Bob Univ. of Washington bjoring@uwavl

Butkovich, Nan Texas A&M Univ. k026rf.@tamvml

Caplan. Ellen OeLC. Inc. [email protected]

Carver, Larry Univ. of California, Santa Barbara Ib08lgc@uscbvm

Clark, Suzanne Univ. of Vermont sclark@uvmvm

Cobb, David Univ. of Illinois, Urbana cobb@uiucvmd

Collier, Carol Univ of Wyoming carol@uwyo

Coombs, James Southwest Missouri State Univ. jac324f@Smsvma

Cox, Barbara Univ. of Utah bcox@utahlib

Crotts, Joe California State Univ., Chico jcss703@Calstate

Cruse, Larry Univ. of California, San Diego lcruse@ucsd

Derksen, Charlotte Stanford Univ. cn.ear@Stanford

Emerson, Tamsen Univ. of Wyoming temerson@uwyo

Gelfand, Julia M Univ. of California, Irv ine jgel [email protected]

Green, Richard S. Univ. of Iowa cadgrets@uiavms

Hall, Edward Kent State Univ. ehall@kentvrn

base line ]](6): 7 Heiser. Lois Indiana Univ. heiser@iubacs

Hiller, Steve Un iv. of Washington [email protected] Hoehn, Philip Univ. of California, Berkeley phoehn@ucblibra

Ingeman, Karen M Syracuse Univ. libkmi@Suvm

Jester. Edward C. Un iv. of California, Davis ecjestes@ucdavis

Johnson, Jenny M Univ. of Washington jmj@uwamax

Keck, Kerry A. Rice University keckker@rice

Koepp. Donna Univ. of Kansas docsmap@ukanvm

. Kolten, Chris Univ. of Arizona kollen@arizrvax

Lake, Gretchen L. Univ. of Alaska ffgll@alaska

Larsgaard, Mary L. Un iv. of California. Santa Barbara Ib08mll@ucsbvrn

Martin. Robert Louisiana State Univ. notrsm@lsuvm

McGlamery, Patrick Univ. of Connecticut libmapJ@uconnvm

McQuillan, David , Univ. of South Carolina 1100003@univscvm Newman, Linda Univ. of Nevada, Reno [email protected]

Noga, Michael Univ. of California, Los Angeles ecz5geo@uclamvs

O'Donnell, James California Institute of Technology jimodo@Citromeo

Pruett. Nancy J. Sandia National Laboratories n pru [email protected]

Rex. Heather Univ. of New Mexico hrex@unmb

Rinaldi, Julie Univ. of California, Berkeley jrinaldi@ucblibra

Seavey. Charles Univ. of Arizona docsmaps@arizrvax

Seldin, Daniel Indiana Univ. seldin@iubacs

Sheaves, Miriam L. Univ. of N. Carolina, Chapel H;II uncmls@tuCC

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Soares. Richard Brigham Young Univ, res@byuvm

Stark, Marilyn Colorado School of Mines mstark@mines

Stark, Peter Univ. of Oregon pstark@oregon

Stevens, Stanley Univ. of California, Santa Cruz sdsmaps@ucscm

Suzuki, Mabel Univ. of Hawaii mabel@uhccux

Tulis, Susan Univ. of Virginia set7c@virgini'a

UC-B Earth Sci Univ. of California, Library Berkeley eart@UcbHbra

UC-B Map Room Univ. of California, Berkeley maps@ucblibra

Yick, Nancy Unlv. of IJIinois, Urbana vick@uiucvm

Waltz, Mary Anne Syracuse Un iv. Ubmaw@Suvm

Wihbey, Frank Univ. of Maine frankw@maine

Wood, Alberta Memorial Univ. of Newfoundland awood@mun ~,

NEW BOOKS

Allin, Craig W. International Handbook of National Parks and Nature Reserves. New York: Greenwood Press, 1990. ISBN 0-313024902-4. $75.00.

Ashwood, Gregory John. The Tourist-Historic City. London; New York: Belhaven Press, 1990. ISBN 1-85293-922-5. $39.00. (MAW)

BaIl, Desmond and Ross Babbage, eds. Geographic Information Systems: Defense Applications. Rushcutters Bay, Australia: Brassey's Australia, 1989. ISBN 0-08-034444- 5. (NB)

Beaumont, Peter. Environmental Management and Development in Drylands. London; New York: Routledge, 1989. ISBN 0-415-00457-8. $69.95.

Boulter, Clive A. Four Dimensional Analysis of Geological Maps: techniques of interpretation. Chester; New York: Wiley, 1989. ISBN 0-47-]92161-0. $44.95. (NB)

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I Butler, RCM and J.D. Bell. Interpretation of Geological Maps. Harlow Essex England: Longman Scientific and Technical; New York: Wiley. 1988. ISBN 0-47~ 0208449. $39.95. (NB)

Campbell, John. Map Use and Analysis. Dubuque. IA: Wm. C Brown, 1991. ISBN O· 697-11683-2.

Cloke, Paul J. The Rural State?: limits to planning in rural society. Oxford: Clarendon Press; New York: Oxford University Press, 1990. ISBN 019823287X. $55.00.

Cracknell, A.P. and L.W.B. Hayes. latroduction to Remote Sensing. New York: Taylor & Francis, 1990. ISBN 0-85066-409-8. $50.00. (NB)

Cracknell, A.P. and L.W.B. Hayes, eds. Remote Sensing Yearbook 1990. London; Philadelphia: Taylor & Francis, 1990. ISBN 0-85066-808-5. $100.00. (NB)

Curran, P. Remote Sensing of Soils and Vegetation 10 the USSR. London: Taylor & Francis, 1990. ISBN 0-85066-402-0. $60.0.0. (NB)

DiSilvestro, Roger L. Audubon Perspectives: the fight for survival. New York: Wiley, 1990. ISBN 0-47-1508357. $34.95. (NB)

Dube, Philippe. Charlevois: two centuries a1 Murray Bay. (tr. by Tony Mar ton-Sperr y). Kingston, Ontario: McGiI1~Queen's University Press, 1990. ISBN 0-7735~0726-4. $34.95. (MAW)

Earngey, Bill. Arkansas Roadsides: a guidebook fot the state. Eureka Springs, Ark: "" East Mountain Press; Little Rock: August House, 1987. ISBN 0-9619592~0-7.

Engels, Donald W. Roman Corinth: an alternative model for the classical city. Chicago: University of Chicago, 1990. ISBN 0-226-20870-2. $34.95. (MAW)

Erdel y i, Mahaly. Surface and Subsurface Mapping 10 Hydrogeology. Burcuresti: Editura Academiei; New York: Wiley, 1989. ISBN 0·47·1909238. $91.95. (NB)

Flores, Dan L. (Dan Louie). Caprock Canyonlands: journeys into the heart of the southern plains. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1990. ISBN 0-292·71121-2. $22.95. (MAW)

Gillard, Quentin. The Travel Geography Handbook. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1990. ISBN 0-442-00158-4. $54.95. (NB)

Girouard, Mark. The English Town: a history of urban life. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1990. ISBN 0-300-04635-9. $39.95. (MAW)

Goodchild, Michael F. and Sucharita Gopal, eda. The Accuracy of Spatial Databases. London; New York: Taylor & Francis. 1989. ISBN 0·85066~847-6. $70.00. (NB)

Graf , William L. Wilderness Preservation and the Sagebrush Rebellions. Savage. MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 1990. ISBN 0847674207. $38.50.

Herzog, Lawrence A. Where North Meets South: cities, space, and politics on the U.S.:' American Border. Austin: Center for Mex ican-Amer ican Studies, University of Texas at Austin, 1990. ISBN 0-292-79049-X. $24.95. (MAW) base line 11(6}: 10 �--_...... _----~~~=---~~

Hetherington, Alastair, ed. Hfghlands and Islands: _generatlon of progress. Aberdeen: Aberdeen University Press, 1990. ISBN 0-08-037980-X, $23.00. (MAW)

Kroessler, Jeffrey A. A Guide to Historical Map Resources for Greater New York. (Occasional Paper, Number 2) Chicago: Speculum Orbis Press, 1988. ISBN 0-932757-02- 2. $11.95.

Lantis, David W.• Rodney Steiner and Arthur E. Karinen. California: The Pacific Connection. Chico, CA: Creekside Press, 1989. ISBN 0-9620015-2-X. $29.95.

Leick, Alfred. GPS Satellite Surveying. New York: Wiley, 1990. ISBN 0-47-1819905. $59.95. (NB) .

Library of Congress. Geography and Map Division. Chll War Maps: an annotated list or maps and atlases in the Library of Congress. Compiled by Richard W.Stephenson. Washington: Library of Congress, 1989. ISBN 084405981. (NLB)

Lisle. Richard J. Geological Structures and Maps: a practical guide. Oxford; New York: Pergamon Press, 1988. ISBN 0-08034-854-8. $33.00. (NB)

Luciuk, Lubomyr Y. Creating a Landscape: a geography of Ukrainians in Canada. Toronto; Buffalo: University of Toronto Press, 1989. ISBN 0-8020-5823-X. $37.50.

Mating, D. H. Ceordtnate Systems and Map Projections. Elmsford, NY: Pergamon Press, 1990. ISBN 0-08037-385-2. (NB)

Maling, D. H. Measurements from Maps: principles and methods of cartometry. Oxford. England; New York: Pergamon Press, 1989. ISBN 0-08030-290-4. $65.00. (NB)

McElroy, D. P. Fundamentals of Petroleum Maps. Houston: Gulf Publishing Co.• Book ... Division, 1986. ISBN 0-87201-494-0, $36.00.

Murray, Oswyn and Simon Price, eds. The Greek City: from Homer to Alexander. Oxford: Clarendon Press; New York: Oxford University Press, 1990. ISBN 0-19-814888- 7. $72.00. (MAW)

National Library of Australia. Australian Maps 1987. Canberra: National Library of Australia, 1988. ISSN 0045-0677. $25.00.

Noble, David Grant. Santa Fe: history of an ancient city. Santa Fe. NM School of American Research Press:: Seattle:: Distributed by University of Washington Press, 1989. ISBN 0-933-45227-6. (MAW)

Parry, R. B. and C. R. Perkins, eds. InformaHon Sources In . London, England; New York: Bowker-Saur, 1989. ISBN 0-408-02458-5. $75.00.

Peuquet, Donna J. and Duane F. Marble. Introductory Readings in Geographic Information Systems. London: Taylor & Francis, 1990. ISBN 0-85066-856-5. $70.00. (NB)

Ra benhor st, Thomas D. Applied Cartography: source materials for mapmaking. Columbus. Ohio: Merrill Publishing Co., 1989. ISBN 0·67520-533-6.

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Raper, Jonathan, ed. Three Dimensional Applications In Geographical Information Systems. London; New York: Taylor & Francis. 1989. ISBN 0-85066-776·3. $66.00. (NB)

Runte, Alfred. Yosemlte: the embattled wilderness. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press,1990. ISBN 0-8032-3894-0. S24.95. (MAW) .

Salomonson, V. Y., ed. [et. a l.] Remote Sensing of the Earth's Surface: proceedings of symposium 2, the Tropical Meeting of the CaSPAR Interdisciplinary Scientific Commission A (Meeting 3A) and Workshop I of the CaSPAR Twenty-seventh Plenary Meeting held in Espoo, Finland, 18-29 July, 1988. Oxford; New York: Published for the Committee on Space Research by Pergamon Press, 1989. ISBN 0-08037-385-2. (NB)

Shand. Peter and Miles Arnold, eds. AGI Yearbook 1989. London; New York: Taylor &. Francis; Oxford, OX: M Arnold, 1990. ISBN 0-85066-793-3. S77.00. (NB)

Shand, Peter and Miles Arnold, eds. AGI Yearbook 1990. London; New York: Taylor &. Francis; Oxford, OX: M Arnold, 1990. ISBN 0-85066-862-3. S40.00. (NB)

Slaymaker, Olav, ed. Field Experiments and Measurement Programs in Geomorphology. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 1990. ISBN 0-7748-0351-7. $55.00. (NB)

Snyder, John Parr and Philip M Vox land. An Album of Map Projections. Washington, DC: U.S. G.P.O.; Denver, CO: For sale by Books and Open-File Reports Section, U.S. Geological Survey, 1989. $14.00.

Snyder, Tom. The Route 66 Traveler's Guide. New York: St. Martin's, 1990. ISBN 0312045875. SIO.95. (CW)

Society for Industrial Archeology. Oliver Evans Chapter. Workshop of the World: a selective guide to the Industrial archeology of Philadelphia. Wallingford, PA: Oliver Evans Press, 1990. (RB)

Stevens, Joseph E. America's National Battlefield Parks: a guide. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1989. ISBN 0-8061-2268-4. $29.95. (NB)

Sublett, Michael D. Paper Countries: the Illinois experience,1825-1867. New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 1990. ISBN 082041249X. S51.95.

Wallis, Michael. Route 66: the mother road. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1990. ISBN 0312040490. S29.95. (CW)

Webb, Michael. The City Square. New York, NY: Whitney Library of Design, 1990. ISBN 0-8230-0636-0. S45.00. (MAW)

Wurman, Richard Saul. USATLAS: the smartest distance between two points. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Access Press, 1989. ISBN 0120017604. (A H)

Thanks again to my efficient assista~t, Amy Giraud, for her compiling efforts.

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Announcements:

1. Volunteers are requested to serve as liaison to the Special Libraries Association, replacing Jeremy Post. Please contact Julia Gelfand as soon as possible if you are interested. Remember that SLA meets in San Antonio in June. 1991.

2. The Congress of Cartographic Information Specialists will meet November 9- 14, 1991. in Chicago at the Newberry Library following the Nebenzahl Lectures. MAGERT would like to have a representative present. If you are interested in attending or would like additional information, please contact Julia ASAP so that names can be forwarded.

3. Final schedules for the Midwinter meeting will be posted at the Talbott on Friday, 11 January; they can also be obtained from Julia in mid-December. Everything seems to be set, and if you have agenda items for the Membership meetings, please send them to Julia ASAP.

4. I recently returned from Atlanta. where I investigated the set-up for the Annual Conference. We have our own hotel three blocks from the Convention Center, with pool, parking (at $4.00jday) and an easy walk to Underground Atlanta. It also has easy access to public transportation. The meeting is shaping up, and we are hoping for a good turnout. We have three fabulous MAGERT programs and a preconference. plus several social activities. It should be a memorable conference, and Atlanta will be lots of fun. " We hope that there is suff icient interest in having a field trip on Wednesday, 3 July. Plan ahead to extend your stay and join the map librarians for a tour of the University of Georgia Map Collections with host Johnny Sutherland. There will also be a stop at , Stone Mountain. For additional information, see "Atlanta Field Trip" elsewhere in this issue.

5. The draft of the Organization Manual will be ready for release about 8 December. it wilt be sent to the Executive Board for review so that we can discuss it at Midwinter. If you want to preview copies ahead of time and you are not on the Board, please contact Julia.

6. The Nominations Committee, chaired by Alice Hudson, is seeking interested persons who may want to run for Vice-ChairyCbair-Elect or Secre- tary of MAGERT.

That's about all for now. Hope one and all enjoys a very happy and safe holiday season, and we will see you in Chicago!

base line 1l(6): 13 CANADIAN FEATURE NAMED FOR THE UNITED STATES IN HONOR OF 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE U.S. BOARD ON GEOGRAPHIC NAMES

(press release 90·111 dated 7 Sept. from U.S. Board on Geographic Names)

"Quebec's geographical names commission (the Commission de toponymie du Que-bee) has named a lake in Quebec to commemorate the centennial of the U.s. Board on Geographic Names (BGN). "The Commission approved the name Lac U.S.A. for a 1.24-mile-long lake that resembles the outline of the United States on the northern shore of the St. Lawrence River, downstream from the city of Qu~bec.

"Lac U.S.A. is now an official Dame recognized by the Canadian Permanent Committee on. Geographic Names, and as such may appear on future Canadian maps.

itA map of the newly named Lac U.S.A. and a citation were presented to Ralph Ehrenberg, chairman of the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, by Remi Mayrand, president of the Commission de toponymie du Qulbec at the beginning of a two-day symposium celebrating the centennial of the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN) held at the Library of Congress Sept. 6~7.

"Other tributes to the U.S. Board on Geographic Names for its work during the past 100 years came from the Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names (CPCGN), Jed by its chairman Henri Dorion, and From the Permanent Committee on ) Geographical Names for British Official Use (PCGN), H.A.G. Lewis, chairman.

"The Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names devoted its July 1990 issue of CANOMA, a semi-annual publication containing news concerning Canadian toponymy (geographical names), to items of common interest to both Canada and the United States. An editorial note emphasized the spirit of cooperation that has existed between the two name standardizing agencies:

'''On the occasion of the centennial of the United States Board on Geographic Names we celebrate the past years of cooperation between our two countries in toponymic activities, and look forward to a continuing spirit of friendship in the century ahead. If toponymy can bring us all closer together and help us in understanding better the concerns and aspirations of the peoples of the world, we are indeed building a strong foundation for future generations ....'

"Helen Kerfoot, executive secretary of the CPCGN, presented the BGN with a complete bound set of CANOMA, which began publication in 1975.

"Alec McEwen, Canadian commissioner to the U.S.-Canadian International Boundary Commission, gave the BGN two ~framed maps of the international boundary bet~een Canada and the United States along the St. Lawrence River between the provlDees of Ontario, Quebec, and New York State. The first is a 1922 version of the boundary

base line 11(6): 14 area, and the second is Q new map of the same area that is the first in a new series of maps proposed by the International Boundary Commisssion.

"H.A.G. Lewis, chairman of PCGN, recognized the centennial of the U.S. Board on Geographic Names with a plaque given "in recognition of a close and valued association."

"The U.S. Board on Geographic Names, made up of representatives from the Library of Congress and eight other federal agencies, standardizes the names of places and features in the United States and throughout the world. Operating with no budget of its own, the Board makes decisions that determine the names to be used by federal agencies for maps, charts, and other purposes. The U.S. Geological Survey and the Defense Mapping Agency provide staff support to the BON for domestic and foreign areas respectively. The Board was created by President Benjamin Harrison on Sept. 4, 1890, in order to bring some order to the process of naming places and features across the country."

ON THE CATALOGING/CATALOGUING FRONT

This is my final column as Cataloging Editor. I have enjoyed the two years I have spent doing the column and hope that it has been informative and useful. I wish the new editor, Katherine Rankin, much success,

January is fast approaching and, before we know it, it will be time for the Midwinter meeting. The Cataloging and Classification Committee will meet on Sunday, January 13th from 2:00 to 4:00. I do not have an agenda for the meeting yet.

Ellen Caplan of OCLC will lead the meeting of the OCLC Map Users' Discussion Group on Saturday, January J2th from 4:30 to 5:30. The group's purpose is to address map cataloging questions and concerns, particularly those related to the DeLC Maps-Format.

Nancy Kandoian of the New York Public Library is the coordinator of the ALCTS/ CCS/MAGERT Map Cataloging Discussion Group. The discussion group will meet Monday, January 14th from 2:00 to 4:00, not on Sunday as indicated on the schedule in the last issue of base line. The topic will be the cataloging of map-related computer files. These include data files and mapping software. The discussion leaders will be Mary Larsgaard, University of California at Santa Barbara; Colleen Thorburn, cataloger at the University of Florida; and Bernard Karon, science cataloger at the University of Minnesota and chair of the ALCTS Computer Files Discussion Group.

While cataloging a map of a particular place, have you ever found that no cutter has been established for that place? LC's Geography and Map Division will establish cutters for places that do not have them. They would also appreciate notification of corrections that may be necessary to Geographic Cutters. Send your request/correction along with appropriate documentation (e.g. a Xerox showing the place name on the item) on location, spelling, and date of publication to the Technical Services Section, Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, DC 20540. For places

base lioe 11(6): 1S located in the United States, send the requests to the attention of the persons who are responsible for the names in the following assigned geographic areas:

Charles Peterson .- Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia.

Richard Fox -- Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Michigan.

Diana Chen e- Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana. Oklahoma, Texas.

Alfred Herman -- Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas.

Pam Rau -- Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, California, Alaska, Hawaii.

For places outside the United States, send the requests to the Technical Services Section or to Elizabeth Mangan, Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washing- ton, DC 20540. They will be routed to the appropriate person.

This is not related to cataloging, but the Geography and Map Division is planning a summer project for this coming summer. Preference will be given to schools which have not sent anyone in the past. For more information, contact David Carrington at the -Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, DC 20540 or at (202) 707-8534.

The Library of Congress is planning a Subject Subdivisions Conference for May 9·12, p 1991. Patterned after the December 1989 Multiple Versions Forum, LC expects this conference to provide useful recommendations to be implemented in the Library of Congress subject heading system. The Planning Committee for the conference has developed four proposals for consideration. Over the next several months, various contributors will provide position papers, automation implications, "pro" arguments, and "coo" arguments for each of the proposals. The proposals appear in unranked order on pages 60-61 of Cataloging Sen ice Bulletin No. 50 (Fall )990).

Members of the library and information profession will have a number of opportunities to provide input to the conference. One will be through the auspices of the Subject Analysis committee (SAC). The chair has arranged for LC to receive comme~ts, suggestions, and responses on the four proposals from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at SAC's seSSJon on Sunday, January 12, 1991, during the ALA Midwinter meeting. Individuals. will be limited to brief comments/suggestions in order to give as many people as possJble the opportunity to provide input. For further information (or copes of the position ~ape~s, available after November 1990) or if you wish to provide comments/suggestJons In writing contact Glen A. Zimmerman, Director for Technical Processes Research, Collection Services, LM.642, Library of Congress, Washington, DC 20540; (202) 707- 5330; FAX (202) 707-6269.

Katherine Rankin will be the new Cataloging Editor, beginning with the next jssue~ Her address is 3371 Brussels St., Apt. #1, Las Vegas, NV 89109. She can be reached a (702) 739-3206.

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NEW MAPS

ASIA

Geomorphic map of Huang-Huai-Hai Plain (north China plain). 1:1,000,000. 1990. English-Chinese bi-lingual edition. Hong Kong: Geocarto International Centre. GPO Box 4122. S55.00.

Geological map of Xiamen (Amoy), China. 1:50.000. 1990. English-Chinese bi-lingual edition. Hong Kong: Geocarto International Centre. GPO Box 4122. S30.00.

Quaternary map of Huang-Huai-Hai plain in China. 1:1,000,000. Quaternary lithofacies paleogeographic map of Huang-Huai-Hai plain in China 1:2,000,000. "A set of two maps." 1990. English-Chinese Bi-lingual edition. HODgKong: Geocarto International Centre. GPO 4122. S55.00.

EUROPE

Italy northeast. 1:400,000. No size given. 1990. Michelin Travel Publications. $5.95. ISBN 2-06-700429-8.

Italy northwest. 1:400,000. No size given. 1990. Michelin Travel Publications. $5.95. ISBN 2-06-700428-X.

Moscow, city plan. 1:38,000. 104 x 79 em. 1990. Moscow: Main Administration of Geodesy and Cartography under the Council of Ministers of the USSR. OCLe 21442250.

Spain and Portugal. 1:1,250,000. 1990. Edinburgh: John Bartholomew & Son. OCLe 21671063.

UNITED STATES

1991 producing zone map. No scale given. No size given. Available February 1991. Midland, TX: Midland Map Co. S80.00. 1-800-592-4650.

Cincinnati-Dayton & southwest Ohio zip code map. No scale given. No size given. 1990. Panorama City, CA: Western Economic Research Co., Inc. paper $25.00, laminated S35.00 plus S8.00 s&h. Tel.: 1-800-787-maps.

Experimental digital shaded-relief maps ... Six maps at various sizes and scales. 1990. Reston, VA: United States Geologic Survey. 1) Arizona, OeLC 22246712; 2) California. OCLC 22252708; 3). Nevada. OCLC 22246973; 4) Southwestern United States. OCLC 22247138; 5) Utah, OCLC 22246865; 6) Wyoming. OCLC 22252671.

Orange county, western section. 1:46,383. 1990. San Jose, CA: HM Gousha. OCLC 21668762.

base line 11(6): 17 Physiographic map of Massachuseus. J:380.160. 32" x 22". Chelsea. YT: John F. Bertblesen, HeR, Box 12A. Handdrawn raisz-like map of the state. SI5.00.

Tri state area of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. No scale given. No size given. 1990. Miami, FL: Trakker Maps. Inc. Laminated SI5.95. paper S5.95. Tel. 1- 800-327-3108. FAX: 305-232-5257.

Street map of San Fernando Valley and Los Angeles, northern section. 1:57,024. 1990. San Jose, CA: HM Gousha. OCLC 21668859.

Washington Adventure. No scale given. 16" x 24", 1990. Tracyton, WA: World Impressions. Inc. P.O. Box 460. No price given, Tel.: J-800-all-d-maps. FAX: 206/479- 8469.

WORLD

Ethnicity and political boundaries in the Soviet Union. 1:18,500,000. 44 x 56 em. Washington, DC: Department of State. Office of the Geographer. OCLC 22488966.

World of rare and exotic woods, The. No scale given. 19" x 26". Mount Vernon, WA: Parker Wood Charts. 1015 N. 15th st. "Map shows the main source of 68 rare and exotic woods." Map $15.00 plus s&h. Map and three wood charts S335 plus s&h. Tel.: 1-800- 523-9770. (MM)

NEW ATLASES

Benvenisti, Meron. The West Bank and Gaza . Jerusalem: West Bank Data Base Project: Distributed by the Jerusalem Post, 1988. ISBN 965-356-002-6. $54.50.

Carter, Harold, ed. National Atlas of Wales. (forward by His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales) Cardiff. South Glamorgan: Published by the University of Wales Press for the Social Science Committee. Board of Celtic Studies, University of Wales. 1989. ISBN 0708307752. S500.00. (MAW)

Ferguson, T. J. and E. Richard Hart. A Zuni Atlas (Vol. 172 in The Civilization of the American Indian series) .. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 0-8061- 2287-0. SI7.95. (NB)

Kerr, Donald and Der yck Holdsworth, eds. Historical Atlas of Canada, Vol. 111. Toronto; Buffalo: University of Toronto Press, 1990. ISBN 0-8020-3448-9. $95.00. (JG)

Magyar Tudomanos Akademia. National Atlas of Hungary. Budapest: Cartographia, on behalf of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, 1989. ISBN 9633515084. (MAW)

base line 11(6): 18 Mason, Robert J. and Mark T. Mattson. Atlas or United States Environmental Issues. New York: Macmillan; Toronto: Collier Macmillan; New York: Maxwell Macmillan International, 1990. ISBN 00289726J9.

Peters. Arno. Peters Atlas of the World. New York: Harper & Row, 1990. ISBN 0-06016-540-5. $50.00. (MAW)

Silvin, Nathan, ed. The Contemporary AtI., of China. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1988. ISBN 0-395-47329-2.

Stephens, Ray A. and William M Holms. Historical Atlas of Texas. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1989. ISBN Op8061-2JS8-0. $24.95. (ND)

Stone, Norman, cd. The Times Atlas of World History, 3rd Edition. Maplewood, NJ: Hammood Inc., 1989. ISBN 0-7230-0304-1. $85.00.

Young, Carolyn. Oregon Environmental Atlas. Portland: Oregon Dept. of Environ- mental Quality, Cartographic Center, Geography Dept., Portland State University; Portland, OR, 1988.

Thanks again to my efficient assistant, Amy Giraud, for her compiling efforts.

NACIS X. OCTOBER 1990 A SUMMARY REPORT

The tenth annual meeting of the North American Cartographic Information Society occurred in the midst of an encephalitis outbreak in central Florida, so attendees were advised to avoid mosquitoes by avoiding being outside at dusk. Nevertheless, our Orlando surroundings, the Florida sunshine, and hotel accommodations were pleasant; the meeting sessions went well; and after dusk, a watering-hole called Zanzi-Bar welcomed us with a map of Africa on the wall.

The conference followed the familiar pattern of speakers, . poster sessions, paper sessions, field trips, banquet, luncheon, and business meeting. But for this tenth anniversary and beginning of a new decade, there was a concentration on round table discussions where many members were encouraged to look to the future and raise new issues, trends, continuing problems, and solutions. The separate round tables focused on ethics in cartography, cartographic labs, map collections, automated cartography, and commercial mapping. As you might imagine, the discussion billed as "Maps and Their Keepers in the Nineties" touched on new technologies in map libraries, new formats of materials and how to handle them, how to deal with limited funding, conservation needs, needs of smaller collections, and dealing with administrators. Johnnie Sutherland told about a list-server he and Jim Minton are creating on Bitnet to share information of interest to map librarians.

Through poster sessions and paper presentations, we learned about some valuable and well-crafted new atlases, including Alias of Lane County, Oregon; National Atlas of base line 11(6): 19 Mexico; Historical Atlas of Canada, "01. 3j and The Climatic Atlas of Michigan. The National Atlas of Mexico (Atla, Nadona. de Mexico?) is to be published on separate sheets issued in three boxes in 1991.

Other paper topics concerned communication between cartographers and book producers; animated mapping (mapping with a time dimension); the mapping ancient burial grounds as an aid to wiser land use planning in Hawaii; the creation of a data base at Laval University, Quebec, on world topographic, hydrologic, and cadastral mapping; cartographic change at National Geographic;and patterns of cartographic materials usage at the University of Georgia and in U.s. map collections overall.

The local arrangements committee organized concurrent field trips to the new American Automobile Association headquarters in Heathrow, Florida, including its cartographic facilities; to the home of the Orange County GIS operation; and to Winter Park, a lovely resort town where we toured three lakes and their connecting canals by boat. We also had the opportunity to take advantage of a Saturday afternoon post- conference field trip to the Kennedy Space Center.

Thomas Crosby of AAA was our Thursday banquet speaker. He talked about the adoption of new technologies at the automobile association. Our Friday luncheon talk was a lively presentation about the impact of GIS on cartography, by Robert Aangeenbrug of the University of South Florida. He touched on the digital barrage of census data and the problem, metaphorically speaking, of drinking water from a fire hose. (Conaider ing the wa y this issue is beginning to come home to map and depository librarians, there was some disappointment that a demonstration of the Tiny TIGER system did not take place as planned elsewhere during the NACIS program.)

New NACIS officers, announced at the annual business meeting, are president James F. (Fred) Fryman, University of Northern Iowa; vice president Jack Dodd, Tennessee Valley Authority; treasurer Edward J. Hall, Kent State University. James R. Anderson, . Jr., Florida State University. continues as secretary. New board members are Ron Bolton, Will Fontenez, and Hull McLean. CUAC representatives are Dan Seldin and Andrew Johnson. Replacements for Ron Bolton. resigning as executive officer. and David Diffiase, leaving the editorship of Carotgraphlc Perspectives, will be selected soon. We learned that CP has received honorable mention in a forum of desktop publishing products. NACIS membership has grown to 317, thanks in part to the attraction of CP subscription. Our next annual meeting 'will take place in Milwaukee in the Astor Hotel, from Sunday, October 20 to Wednesday, October 23, 1991. Sonya Andrews and Chris Baruth are making local arrangements. Greg Chu has invited NACIS to meet in 1992 in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area.

Submitted by: Nancy Kanodian

PERSONALS

Arlyn Sherwood reports fhat her mailing address has changed. Her new address is: Arlyn .Sherwood, Illinois State Library, 300 S. Second, Springfield, IL 62701. The telephone number remains the same.

base line 11(6): 20 ATLANTA FIELD TRIP

In the best MAGERT tradition, there will be a fu ll-day field trip foHowing the ALA Annual Conference in Atlanta on Wednesday. 3 July 1991. We need to determine the degree-of interest in this program before we commit to such expenses as buses. etc. The total costs will be in the neighborhood of $45.00, depending on the number attending; dinner will be optional. Those people who want to return to Atlanta earlier can do so by taking the bus into town at approximately 5:00 p.m. for an additional dollar. According to everyone who was consulted, this should be a wonderful wind-down after a busy conference, combining great pleasure with a better introduction to contempo- rary life in the South. It will also give conference goers a chance to see something other than the Convention Center!

The proposed schedule is as follows:

8:30 a.m. Leave downtown Atlanta and travel to Athens, Georgia 10:00 a.m. Visit Map Collection and Libraries at University of Georgia 12:30 p.m. Tour around Athens to see antebellum architecture 1:30 p.m. Full lunch at Southern Inn 3:30 p.m. Arrive at Stone Mountain, where one can see the Memorial Carving of Confederate President Jeff'erson Davis and Generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson on the world's largest exposed granite mountain. Then visit an antebellum plantation, antique auto and music museum, ride a paddlewheel riverboat, skylift with views of the North Georgia countryside, hike the .. wildlife trails, and enjoy the dazzling, colorful lasers how. 10:30 p.m. Return to Atlanta.

Please let Julia Gelfand know if you are interested in participating by 1 February 1991. She may be reached at tel.: (714) 856-4971; FAX: (714) 856~5740 or Bitnet: [email protected]

COMPUTER CORNER

This item from the WAML Information Bulletin:

"Send to Microimages. Inc., 201 North 38th Street, Suite 15, Lincoln, Neb. 68508-1347 for a copy of their 90-p. Guide to MIPS, its features and applications; this excellent publication has as its raison d'etre presenting the firms Map and Image Processing system _ but in the process of doing that it does a very good job of explaining digital image processing; for example. it has a pithy (300 term) glossary of geographic analysis and image processing," (Submitted by Mary Larsgaard, Editor, WAML IB)

base Hne 11(6): 21 NEW COMPACT DISK DATABASES

The following press release was received from the compact disc group of the Atmospheric Sciences Department of the University of Washiogton. For more information on these products, contact: Department of Atmospheric Sciences, AK-40, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 (FAX: (206) 543-0308. For general information, contact Dr. Clifford F. Mass, (206) 685-0910; for technical information, contact Mr. Ernie Recker, (206) 543-0448. To order, send checks or purchase orders to the above address to the attention of C.E. Rice.

"(1) The National Meteorological Center (NMC) Grid Point Data Set: Version II.

"Contains gridded (approximately 380 km horizontal resolution) atmospheric data (e.g., height. pressure. temperature and wind) at six tropospheric levels for nearly the entire Northern Hemisphere. These data are generally available twice daily and cover the years 1946-1989 at some levels, and 1963-1989 for most of the remainder. Access and compositing software for MS-DOS and UNIX (SUN) computer systems are provided.

"(2) The GALE Experiment Disc.

"Contains the non-imagery data (e.g. surface and upper air reports) collected during GALE (Genesis of Atlantic Lows Experiment) for January through March 1986. This experiment, which was centered over the coast of the southeast U.S.• was an attempt to better understand the cyclones that develop in that region. MS-DOS access software is provided.

"(3) North American Observational Data for July-December 1987. ~ "This disc contains aviation hour lies, synoptic reports, upper air observations and marine reports for July through December 1987. It also contains time series of hourly ..observations (generally 1948-1982) for Los Angeles, North Bend (OR). and Seattle- Tacoma Airport. This disc was created as a prototype for a series that will be produced and distributed every six months. Simple MS-DOS access software is provided. Also available is software that will allow the UNIDATA Local Data Manager (LDM) to access the data on the disc.

"The above CD-ROMs are mastered to the ISO 9660 international standard, and may be accessed by any combination of CD-ROM drive and computer that supports this standard. At the Department of Atmospheric Sciences these discs have been used on SUN and VAX workstations and IBM PC and MAC microcomputers. They are available for $150 each, including accompanying software. Prepayment or purchase order (large organizations only) required."

Jim Walsh sent an advertisement for two IBM-based educational software packages: Expert Maps (generates maps of different parts of the world), $14.95; and Software Toolworks US Atlas, $59.95. No further details are available.

Georef has been reloaded on Dialog!!! Some of the new features include an illustrations and maps field. a USGS subf'ield, and a significant reworking of the geographical coordinates field. For more detail on Georef reload (Dialog File 89), see Dialog Chrouolog, vol. 90, p. 344·5, October 1990. (RaB)

bas. lin. 11(6): 22 EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

GEOLOGY LIBRARIAN UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, URBANA-CHAMPAIGN

The Geology Librarian is responsible for the administration of the library and the supervision of the library staff. The librarian provides reference and information services, online searching, original cataloging, collection development, and provides other services identified to meet the library needs of the faculty, students and allied personnel. The librarian maintains a strong working relationship with the Department of Geology. the library administration and faculty, and other related units.

OUALIFlCATlONS; REQUIRED __ML.S. from an A.L.A. accredited program. or its degree equivalent, a minimum of 3 years professional library experience in public services in an academic, research or special library (preference will be given for experience in a geoscience library); supervisory and administrative expert- ence; knowledge of, or experience with, the geosciences literature; familiarity with online bibliographic databases and online bibliographic searching; and evidence of ability to meet university standards of research, publication. and service. PREFERRED __ Experience in collection development, original cataloging, bibliographic instruction, and knowledge of geoscience mapping. SALARY & RANK: $26,000 upward for appointment as Assistant Professor and 529,000''- upward for appointment as Associate Professor, depending on qualifications and scholarly credentials. Must meet university requirements for promotion and tenure (Iibrar iansh ip, research. pu blication, university/professional servicc.} APPLICATION: Send letter of application and complete resume with the names. " addresses. and telephone numbers of five references to Allen G. Dries, Library Personnel Manager, University of lIIinois Library (V-C), 1408 West Gregory Drive. Urbana,lL 61801. Phone (217) 333-5494. DEADLINE; March 15, 1991.

THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS IS AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EOUAL OPPOR- TUNITY EMPLOYER.

ALA MAGERT RLAG MINUTES

Research Libraries Acquisitions Group Minutes for meeting of 6/25/90, 4:30 -5:30 p.m.

Mary L. Larsgaard opened the meeting; each person then gave name and institution. An agenda had previously been mailed out to those persons on the mailing list for the group; a few minutes were taken so persons who had not received a copy could read

base line t t(6}: 23 it over. We then moved to Agenda Item 1 (holdings by libraries of topographic maps of foreign countries at 1:50.000·scale); Mary handed around a list of libraries that had sent her conspectuses and a list of countries that none of the libraries seem to be collecting at 1:50,000. She also encouraged map librarians to send her conspectuses; she win send such libraries the union list already compiled (specify printout or diskette . if the latter, lend f'ormatted-DO'Sediskettc). Alice Hudson is compiling RLG conspectus information (map libraries). The University of California Map Librarians Group and some midwest map libraries have a very informal agreement whereby the la-tter will concentrate on collecting Eastern Europe and the former Pacific Rim.

In reference to Agenda Item 2 (joint-acquisitions program). Gary Bremermann (representing Naigai Trading Company) presented the idea of joint acquisitions of Japanese map sheets; Phil Hoehn (UC Berkeley) will be sending out a questionaire, possibly in August [NOTE: it was mailed in October). Basically, this would be a standing-order setup in which each library would collect 1:200.000-scale sheets, with ODe library (or only a few) holding 1:25.000 and 1:10,000 only. This would include geologic and land-use sheets. Gary is working with Map Link (Bill Hunt) to coordinate; this could serve as a Moder for collecting other countries. For further information, get in touch with Gary (1547 Loring St., San Diego, CA 92109) or Phil Hoehn.

Agenda Item 3 (format of joint collecting agreements): George Soete (Collection development officer, UC San Diego at La Jolla) has sent Mary some samples. and she has compiled basic information needed in agenda.

Agenda Item 3 [i.e. 4] (Access to materials): Until we know what each other has, it's impossible to do cooperative collecting. Cataloging is the best way to approach this. ~ David Allen (SUNY Stony Brook) gave a presentation on a proposed union listing of foreign map series (see attachment); he will be working with Phil Hoehn on this. Chris Baruth then gave a presentation. Geodex, which gives sheet-level access. using a pc and '1 non-MARC format; he also introduced Geodcx's latest enhancement. a graphic index.

Agenda Items 4.5, & 7 were information items. and are given in the agenda.

Agenda Item 6: David Allen then gave a presentation on a proposed interlibrary-loan questionaire (see attachment).

[Attachments are available from Mary Larsgaard]

Attending:

Mary L. Larsgaard, UCSB Helen Jane Armstrong, Univ. of Florida Barbara Cox. Univ. of Utah Jennie Marie Johnson, Univ. of Washington Beverly Presley, Clark University Kerry Keck, Rice University Edward J. Hall. Kent State University Chris Baruth, HGS Collection Daniel T. Selden, Indiana Univ. Chris Kellen, Univ. of Arizona Karl Longstreth, Univ. of Michigan Aaron Maizlish, Map Link, Inc.

base line 11(6): 24 Gary Bremermann, Naigai Trading Co., Ltd. Bart Austhof. Univ. of Nebraska. Lincoln Harry Davis, Southern Illinois Univ., Carbondale Mary Anne Waltz, Syracuse Univ. Richard Green. Un iv. of Iowa Rae E. Dubois, National Agriculture Library E.R. Bonebakker, Map Link David Allen, SUNY. Stony Brook Allen Poor, Univ. of Chicago (Acquisitions Dept.) Clara P. McLeod, Washington Univ., Earth & Planetary Sciences Library Kimi Lowe, Washington Univ., Engineering & Policy Library

AND FROM THE EDITOR

I'd like to start by saying that both Karen Jngeman and Nancy Edstrom are making their last appearances in base lioe as editors of "On the Cataloging/Cataloguing Front" and "New Books/New Atlases:' I would like to thank both of them for their hard work and great columns, and I've really enjoyed working with' them. 1 really appreciate the dedication and hard work they've put into making these features such great successes. I'd also like to welcome Kathy Rankin. of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, who will be taking over the cataloging cclumm, beginning with volume 12, number L If" you need to contact her, I've listed her address at the end of the cataloging column.

Speaking of editors ... I've had two excellent candidates for the small map collections column, and I hope to be able to announce a new editor in the next issue. However, v I don't have any volunteers for "New Books/Atlases" (hint, hint), and I don't have any volunteers for "Geographical Awareness". In the meantime, send contributions for "New Books/ Atlases" to me.

available from Earth Info. Also coming next issue is a surprise announcement of a new column which will be appearing irregularly. (When the person suggested it, it sounded like such a good idea that I agreed before he had a chance to change his mind!) Now, is that incentive to read the next issue or wha tl?

On pages 33 and 34 are copies of the form for submitting citations to books, maps, and other related items to the appropriate editors.

Sec you in Chicago! Grins,

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Hello!

We have some new members to welcome to MAGERT! Scott Kosiol of Allison Park, PA; Melissa Lamont of Charlottesville, VA; Harriet Lippert of Webster Grove, MO; John Stevenson of Newark. DE; and David Trace of Akron, OH, have all recently joined MAGERT. So have Elizabeth Baur of Memphis. TN; William Keller of Baltimore, MD; and Kathryn Womble of Seattle, WA.

I hope all of you can come to ALA! We're having a breakfast at 7:30 a.m. on Sunday, 13 January (sorry, no location known at this time!) for new members to meet with the Executive Board and other interested MAGERT members. It will be a good way to meet other geographically inclined folks and learn how you can become active in the round table. See you in Chicago! (MLL)

WANT TO ADOPT A MAP?

Free Library of Philadelphia

The Free Library of Philadelphia as a number of maps which will be given away to interested parties. "The maps to be given away are mostly dated between 1900-1960, cover a wide variety of themes (geology, soils, roads, counties, cities, etc.,). Each library requesting a state (on a first come, first serve basis) must take them all; if there are maps which are not wanted. we ask that they are forwarded to some other collection in the state. We will cover postage but mailing labels are appreciated. Since we are short on mailing tubes, delivery will be delayed. Several librarians have sent us letters commenting that many of the maps were unique to their collections. The states we have left are as follows: Connecticut. Florida, Idaho, Kentucky. Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire. North Carolina. North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island. South Dakota, Tennessee, Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin." If you are interested in any of these sets, please write to Andrew Johnson. Asst. Map Librarian, Map Collection, Free Library of Philadelphia, Logan Square, Philadelphia, PA 19103. (AJ)

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BOARD ON GEOGRAPHIC NAMES CELEBRATES ITS CENTENNIAL

On 6~7 September 1990, the U.S. Board on Geographic Names celebrated its IOOth anniversary with guest speakers, panel discussions, new publications, the opening of a major exhibition at the Library of Congress. and a "toponymic (names) bus tour of the Potomac River VaHey from Washington to Harpers Ferry. W. va." Speakers included Kelsie B. Harder, Donald J. Orth, Dr. Richard R. Randall and Meredith F. Burrill. Formed by executive order of President Benjamin Harrison. the Board's purpose is to insure the standardization of place names used on maps produced by the U.S. government.

Some recent publications concerning the Board include:

"The United States Board 00 Geoaraphlc Names," n.d. Washington, DC: Board on Geographic Names, 2 p.

Randall, Richard R.. compiler, 1990. The United States Board on Geographic Names, Washington, DC: Board on Geographic Names. J 1 p.

Burrill, Meredith F., 1990. 1890-1990: A Century of Service: United States Board 00 Geographic Names. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Forest Service, Miscella- neous Publication 1484. 10 p.

Orth, Donald J. and Elizabeth Unger Mangan, compilers, 1990. Geographic Names and the Federal Government: A Bibliography. Washington, DC: Library of Congress Geography and Map Division, 59 p.

If you would like copies of these publications, please write the Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, DC 20540. There is no charge.

(From a U.S. Board on Geographic Names news release and press kit from the 'Library of Congress.)

NEAT IDEAS

National Geography Awareness Week inspired a wide range of geographic celebrations. At Hunter College (City University of New York), Alice Hudson gave a slidc presentation on early European mapping in the Americas. This was one of many presentations sponsored during the fall by Hunter College's Department of Geology and Geography as part of its cartographic seminar series. (AH) base line 11(6): 27 I~II!!!!II!!!!IIIII!!!IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII------'''

Babson College. in Wellesley, MA, celebrated the 50th anniversary of its "Giant Relief Map" of the United States. When they say "Giant:' they mean GIANT; it covers nearly 3000_square feet of floor space! In fact, a recent article by Sandra Braverman in the Boston Sunday Globe (<

sate1lite imagery. Babson College's 28Mft diameter revolving globe, the world's largest, is currently undergoing renovation and restoration. (JW)

EXHIBITION CELEBRATING GEOGRAPHIC PLACE NAMES OPENS AT LIBRARY OF CONGRESS SEPTEMBER 6

(press release 90-95 dated 8 August 1990 from Library of Congress)

"From Bluebird Creek to Chargoggaggoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg Lake, the names of natural and manmade geographic features are indispensable for letting us know "where in the world" we are. "A World of Names:' a major exhibition opening .. at the Library of Congress on September 6, tells the fascinating story of how geographic place names acquire their unique names.

"The exhibition, which is comprised of almost 300 items, celebrates the 100th ~anniversary of the United States Board on Geographic Names. It will remain on view in the Madison Gallery of the Library of Congress James Madison Memorial Building through January 15, 1991. Exhibition hours are 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Monday through Friday; and 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

"Using a variety of items, including rare maps, explorers' journals, musical scores, government reports and case files, books, posters, prints, photographs, and artifacts, "A World of Names" explores four principal themes: the romance of names; the process by which names are applied to the landscape; conflicts in the adoption of names; and how names are standardized through the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.

"A special attraction of the exhibition is an interactive monitor which will allow visitors to retrieve selected names derived from the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey at Reston, Virginia, such as all the places in the United States named after George Washington.

"The naming of physical features as well as cities and towns is not always a totally serious business, as the first section of the exhibition, "The Romance of Names," demonstrates. A map of the island of Lemnos in Greece shows how the surveyors from the British hydrographic office sent their hated supervisor a message in the way they named several features of the island. Examples of artificial names (the border towns

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• of Calexico, California, and Mexicali, Mexico), exotic names, eccentric names, names for totally fictitious places, and just plain funny names (Nameless, Texas) abound.

'''Naming the Land' displays some of the Library's 17th and 18th century maps recording the names given to land features by early explorers. Included are maps of Magellan's circumnavigation of the world, John Smith's 1606 map of Virginia, and a series of maps that show the successive naming of the St. Lawrence Valley by Indians, the French. and then the British. This section also displays a map with the longest name in the United States, Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaougg (also known as Lake Webster) in Massachusetts. as well as items relating to the naming of Antarctica, undersea features, and features on the moon.

"Names are subject to change, as the third section of the exhibition, "Names in Conflict," shows. The Falkland Islands, the names of several countries in Africa, and the conflict over the naming of Cape Canaveral/Cape Kennedy in the U.S. are some of the examples included in the exhibition.

"The final section of the exhibition, "Standardizing Names," explains how the process of naming physical features and political entities works. Some of the Library's earliest maps, Ptolemy's Geographia, and Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, are exhibited to show how names were standardized in the past. And the current procedure by which names are standardized in the U.S. and around the world through the work of the U.S. Board on Geographic Names is explained with items that show how the Board does its work. Displayed are the executive order establishing the Board in 1890, work maps and decision cards, and the story of how a class of second graders in Iowa petitioned the Board to name a stream near their school Bluebird Creek.

"Since human beings first began to speak, there has been a need to name places as much as there has been a need to name objects, concepts. and people themselves. So long as people spoke the same language and lived in the same area, place names, like object names. became accepted and caused little confusion. Once exploration took place Or different people came into contact with one another, however, people applied new names to geographic features or spelled old names in their own languages. Conflicting information and confusion about place names resulted.

"In the United States, the need for standardization of place names became acute with the opening of the West. Exploration reports, mining claims, and land surveys often referred to rivers. mountains, settlements, and other features by different names. Some names were new; others were taken from oral usage or respelled from French or Spanish documents. Recognizing the need to resolve conflicts, President Benjamin Harrison created the Board on Geographic Names 00 September 4, 1890; it was the first names authority in the world.

"Today the Board on Geographic Names is composed of representatives from nine federal agencies: the Central Intelligence Agency; the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Interior. and State; the Government Printing Office; the Library of Congress; and the Postal Service. Members are appointed for two-year terms and review on a world-wide basis new names, name changes, or name conflicts submitted by public or private persons or organizations. The Board is provided with research and administrative support by the Geological Survey for domestic names, and the Defense Mapping Agency for foreign names."

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p w MISCELLANEOUS

An article in Trani and Ledure (Sept. 1990, p. 69) describes Borderline U.S.A. John Davidson (the actor), developed the card game, which is designed to help children learn geography .. (CW)

The September 1990 issue of Boat/U.S. Reports (Boat Owners Association of the United States) has an interesting article entitled UNOAA Reneges on Chart Price Cut." The article discusses NOAA's report to the U.S. Congress on the sales of nautical charts. The same issue also has an anonymous letter to the editor complaining about U.S. naval vessels receiving NOAA and DMA charts for places in which they do Dot operate and (in some cases) have DO way of reaching. (Lake Okeechobee was specifically mentioned.) (MF)

For those of you with a geologic bent, there's a couple articles in the September 1990 issue of Geology:

Channell, J.E.T., R. Brandner, A. Spieler. N.P. Smathers. "Mesozoic paleogeogra- phy of the Northern Calcareous Alps - Evidence from paleomagnetism and facies analysis." p. 828-831.

Damanti, John F. "Lithographic mixing in a modern foreland basin: Evidence from Landsat thematic mapper images." p. 835~838. (NB)

• In September the Philadelphia Print Shop held an exhibit entitled, "Prints of Philadel- phia, featuring the Wahl Collection." More than 300 maps and prints were shown. Although the exhibit has ended, an illustrated catalog was produced. For availability of this catalog, contact The Philadelphia Print Shop, Ltd., 8441 Germantown Ave.• Philadelphia, PA 19118. (JBP)

Seems like everyone's getting interested in electronic "pathfinder" highways. An article by Bennett Roth ("Video monitors may hold key to gridlock") in the 22 July 1990 Houston Chronicle (p. IA. 18A) discusses this application of electronic navigational systems to congested freeways in Los Angeles and Houston. (NB)

Jim Walsh sent two items of interest:

Grossman, John. "You can get there from here." Sports Illustrated, v. 73, #14. p.6. I October 1990. (Provides some historical background on the DeLorme Mapping Company and discusses the DeLorme Atlas and Gazetteer series.)

"Map Makers Visit White House, Supreme Court. and Congress." We tbe People, v. 6. #4, p. 1.2. July/August 1990. (National Historical/ Contest winners visited washington, DC.)

Kenneth Nebenzahl spoke at 8 recent presentation of the Mercator Society of the New York Public Library. The topic of his lecture was "Maps of Columbus and the Great Discoveries." (A H)

"Mapping the Universe." an article by Marcia Bartusiak in Discover (Aug. 1990, p. 60~ 63) describes the efforts of two astronomers to map the positions of the galaxies in the

base line 11(6): 30 universe. Michael McDonnell. who submitted the article, writes "We are all rightly impressed by the size of the Tiger System ... for mapping the United States. That system pales in scope. however. when compared with the attempt ...to map the visible universe. After five years of surveying. the map only covers .00001 of the universe!"

Cartomanla #17/18 (Spring/Summer 1990) has been published and is available from Siegfried Felter, 8 Amherst Rd., Pelham. MA 01002. Articles in this issue include "Foraging for Maps & Map memorabilia in Cambridge & London" (Siegfried Feller). "Maps, too, can 'Fly the Friendly Skies .... (Anne P. Valsing), and "North East Map

Organization Third Annual NEMO Meefing > A Report" (Larry Feldman). 1t also contained reviews of: Makower, Joel. ed. The Map C.talog. New York: Tilden Press Book, $16.95. (1990) New York on Playing Cards; London on Playing Cards. available from Y&B Associates. 33 Primrose Lane, Hempstead. NY 11550. Juan Perez on the Northwest Coast: Six Documents of his Expedition. tr. by Herbert K. Beals. Portland. OR: Oregon Historical Society Press, 1989.

If you're looking for out-of-pr-int books. check out the Hannum Company's catalog. Although most of the items relate to geology and mining, there are items that are of interest to map and geography people. Their address is The Hannum Company. P.O. Box 1505, Ardmore, OK 73402; Tel.: (405) 223-4826.

Are you interested in map t-shirts, postcards, notecards or posters of the Maine coast? If so write to Jane Crosen, Mapmaker, General Delivery. Brooklin, Maine 04616 (tel.: 207-326-4850 - mornings) for her 1990 mail order price list. In addition to coastl ine sections (such as "Casco Bay and the Calendar Islands." "Penobscot Bay to Frenchman Bay" and "Kennebunk Beach to Biddeford Pool") the list also contains some parody maps, for example: "Sea of Iniquity and Approaches" and "The Wayward Hills and Beyond." Her cartography is described as being "A+, in the Raisz mode." (AH)

Edward Hall sends a couple items: "There's an interesting article in the Exxon Travel C Club's magazine Vista USA. It's on orienteering and the U.S. Orienteering Federation. (Vista USA,Fall 1990, 26(2): 32-35).... [Also in] the Walking Magazioe (Rabin Publishing Co., 711 Boyleston Co.• Boston, MA 02116)... [there is an article entitled] "Dare to get Lost" by Kathleen M Cahill." Sorry, there isn't any bibllcgr aphic information for the latter article. (EH)

ON THE LITE SIDE

As a fundraising project for the Literacy Volunteers of New York City, Inc., Gary Trudeau has created the 1990 Doonesbury Stamp Album, which features the cast of "Doonesbury" on a US map. The map, of course, is annotated with salient comments concerning the characters. They appear to be perforated and gummed. It's Quintessential "Doonesbur y." (Penguin Books. 40 W.23rd sr., New Yor~. 10010, ISB~ 0~14-01-28093). Trudeau is contributing all of his proceeds from this work to this organization; Penguin is also making a contribution. (JBP) base line )1(6): 31 For those folks interested in non-map map stuff (cart if acts}, take a gander at the What on Earth catalog. It's got map socks, shirts, jackets. caps. yo-yo's ... and yes. it even has a map shower curtain (for the hard core collector). Write What on Earth, 25801 Richmond Rd .• Cleveland, OH 44146 for the 64-page Fall Preview catalog. (NB)

"Doonesbury" is at it again. For a geo-political commentary on the current Middle East crisis, check out the 30 September 1990 strip in the Sunday comics. Jim Walsh sent the one from the Boston Sunday Globe.

Listen up, skiers! Are you fanatical about Keystone or Squaw Valley? What about the relative merits of Vail and Steamboat? :Are you a chocoholic? If you answered "yes" to the third Question, the Topographic Chocolate Co. has a chocolate ski slope for you _complete with white chocolate for snow. Nine resorts (three in California and six in Colorado) are currently available. although the article on page 281 in the December 1990 issue of Sid suggests that there will be more to come. For more information. contact the Topographic Chocolate Co., 1616 17th St., Suite 362, Denver, CO 80202; tel: (303) 62g-5522; FAX: (303) 62g-5527. (Might make for some interesting storage and preservation problems if you tried to add them to your collections ...) (JBC)

Signals, described as "a catalog for fans & friends of public television," has a number of neat carfif'acts, map t-shirts, and other related stuff for sale. Their address is Signals Catalog, 274 Fillmore Ave. E, St. Paul, MN 55107. (JW)

.. Jim Walsh sent the following Czech riddle. which he heard on National Public Radio's Weekend Edition on Sunday. 30 September 1990: "I have cities but no people. ] have forests but no trees. J have rivers but no fish. What am I?.. Why, a map. Of course!

SEE YOU IN CHICAGO!

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