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Hello As the community of UK map libraries, we might also want to consider map collections which still exist but have lost their curators/librarians/etc.In my recent travels I have seen some remarkable cartographic resources which have no experienced or specialised staff taking care of them. Collections are still there, but without someone knowledgeable at the helm, what happens? At worst, this can lead to collections being "chucked out into a skip..."; at best, the resources are still lost to users and development. A topic of discussion for the upcoming Map Curators' Group in Leeds? Frankly, it would help if more of the heads of the remaining big map collections, some of which are suffering as well, showed up for the discussion. To quote Benjamin Franklin, "We must, indeed, all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately." If you don't mind me quoting a rebel.... April April Carlucci The Itinerant Map Catalog(u)er and Consulting Map Librarian ________________________________ From: Francis Herbert <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Wednesday, 18 July 2012, 14:44 Subject: FW: British libraries under threat This forwarded posting is not specifically about *map* libraries/collections' closure, or threat thereof. But a similar [carto-]graphic exercise of such in the British Isles might be a valid GIS project and illustrate where map collections have been lost (classified by amalgamation, incorporation into a larger/general library; sale/auction; dispersal; 'chucking out into a skip without telling anyone'; etc.). And a time factor indicating what advance warning - and to whom - such losses were publicized beforehand. Maybe over the last 20 years would be a start . . . -----Original Message----- From: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Angie Cope, American Geographical Society Library, UW Milwaukee Sent: 18 July 2012 14:13 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: British libraries under threat -------- Original Message -------- Subject: british libraries under threat Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 07:53:43 -0400 From: Catherine Hodge-Bodart <[log in to unmask]> To: Interesting map of libraries that have been forced to close, are under threat of closure, and have been saved: http://libraries.fromconcentrate.net/