Map Collection Management Discussion Group

Jan Dixon, Coordinator

Purpose: To provide a forum for discussion of and recommendations on issues concerning the acquisition and management of cartographic materials of various formats, in collections at different types of libraries.

Membership: Coordinator and as many participants as interested.

Duties: Discusses issues, new developments, and problems in the selection, acquisition, and management of maps, geospatial data and other cartographic materials. Seeks to identify and define cooperative acquisitions and useful management practices.

Current projects: Task Force on Library Security for Cartographic Materials.

Approved by MAGERT Executive Board, June 2007