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The map library in the new millennium / edited by R.B. Parry and C.R. Perkins. - Chicago : London : American Library Association ; Library Association Pub., 2001. - xii, 267 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / The changing profile of the map user / Organizational change / The changing role of GIS in the map room / Offline digital maps / Maps and the Internet / Web resources and the map library / Metadata and standards: confusion or convergence? / Old maps in a modern world / Spatial data and intellectual property rights / Taking care of business: map libraries and the new 'mapping' industry / A map user's perspective / Perspectives on map use and map users in the digital era / The map dealer / Is there a future for the map library? / Bob Parry and Chris Perkins -- Carol Marley -- Nick Millea -- Jennifer Stone Muilenburg -- Bob Parry -- Michael P. Peterson -- Menno-Jan Kraak -- Jan Smits -- Christopher Baruth -- Robert Barr -- Pip Forer -- Alan Godfrey -- David Fairbairn -- Russell Guy -- Chris Perkins and Bob Parry.

ISBN: 0838935184 (ALA) 1856043975 (LAP)

LCCN: 2002449669

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Map collections--Technological innovations.

LC Class. No.: Z692.M3 / M35 2001

Dewey Class. No.: 026/.912