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/