Aerial Photograph Sleeves 

E. Gerber Products, LLC. 1720 Belmont Avenue - Suite C Baltimore, MD 21244 Toll Free: 1-800-79-Mylar Outside US: 1-410-944-4200 Fax: 1-410-944-9363

Picture Pocket Corp. 242 Bingham Drive, Ste.104 San Marcos, CA 92069 Telephone: 1.800.369.0852

Atlas Shelving Vendors

Richards-Wilcox, Inc. 600 South Lake Street Aurora, IL 60506 Telephone: (630) 897-6951 Fax: (630) 897-6994

Steel Fixture Manufacturing Co. P.O. Box 917 Topeka, KS 66601-0917 Telephone: (785) 233-8911 Fax: (785) 233-8477

Map Cabinet Vendors  

Mayline Group 619 N. Commerce P.O.Box 728 Sheboygan, WI 53082-0728 Telephone: (920) 457-5537 Fax: (920) 457-7388	Ulrich Planfiles 2120 Fourth Avenue Lakewood, NY 14750 Telephone: (800) 346-2875 Fax: (716) 763-1818
Bradford Systems Corporate Office 8700 Waukegan Rd., Suite 110 Morton Grove, IL. 60053-210 Telephone: (847) 965-5070 Fax: (847) 965-5247	Safco Products, Inc. 9300 West Research Center Road New Hope, Minnesota 55428 Telephone: (800) 328-3020

Map Cabinet Weights: Article - Catherine I. Bahn published an article giving the weight of loaded map cabinets in the SLA Geography & Map Division Bulletin, Volume 46, pages 3-17. This article was reprinted on pages 364-384 of Drazniowsky's Map Librarianship: Readings (Scarecrow Press, 1975). The Geography and Map Division has given WAML permission to post Figure 1, showing the Weight of Map Cases on this site.

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Map Preservation Supplies

Hollinger Corporation PO Box 8360 Fredericksburg, VA 22404-8360 Phone: 800-634-0491 Fax: 800-947-8814 Email: hollingercorp@earthlink.com	Gaylord Brothers PO Box 4901 Syracuse, NY 13221-4901 Phone: (800)448-6160 Fax: 800-272-3412 E-Mail Gaylord
Light Impressions PO Box 940 Rochester, NY 14603-0940 Phone: 1-800-828-6216 Fax: 1-800-828-5539 Email: info@lightimpressionsdirect.com	Metal Edge Inc. 6340 Bandini Ave Commerce, Ca 90040 Phone: 800-862-2228 Fax: 888-822-6937 Email: info@metaledgeinc.com
University Products, Inc. P.O. Box 101 517 Main Street Holyoke, MA 01041 Phone: 800-628-1912 Fax: 800-532-9281 Outside US and Canada Phone: 413-532-3372 Fax: 413-532-9281 Email: custserv@universityproducts.com

Map Scale Indicator Sources

Clear plastic map scale indicators: Available for $18.00 (US or Canadian) from Dr. Cliff Wood, Professor (Retired), Memorial University, P.O. Box 225, Ilderton, Ontario, Canada, N0M 2A0.

Map Trucks: Articles

Andrew, Paige G., 1996. A Case for Moving Maps with Care: A Review of Map Trucks. WAML Information Bulletin 28, pages 15-23.

Withers, Marianne M., 1992. Moving Maps at the Virginia State Library and Archives. SLA Geography & Map Division, Bulletin 168, pages 24-27.

Map Tube Sources

• Forestry Suppliers - Has waterproof cardboard tubes as well as a sectional plastic tube available.
• Office Depot - Has several sizes of Map Tubes available.
• Staples - Has several sizes of round map tubes and a square mailing tube available.

Stamp for Map Call Numbers / Four Line Stamp

• Gaylord sells a Rubber Stamp Kit that can be used to build a stamp for call numbers or other purposes.

Wall Map Storage: Articles

Togashi, Ross R., 1998. Wall map storage methods: a photo essay. Western Association of Map Libraries Information Bulletin v. 29, no. 2, p. 67-84.

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Administrative Notes from the FDLP Desktop

Federal Depository Library Manual

Guide to the Cartographic Products of the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) - From ALA MAGERT.

Map Shipping Lists from GPO Access.

Toolbox for Processing and Cataloging Federal Government Documents

USGS Topographic Maps Statistics: the number of USGS Topographic Maps in various series from the National Topographic Map Names Database.

Scale of Series	Number of Maps
1:24,000	53,252
1:25,000 Alaska	237
1:25,000 7.5" X 15"	192
1:63,360 Alaska	2905
1:100,000	1813
1:250,000	663
American Samoa	11
Guam	20
Micronesia	76
Mariana Islands	28
Puerto Rico	95
Virgin Islands	24

Table Showing Number of Topographic Maps per State

Current Literature on GIS in Libraries from McMaster University Libraries Lloyd Reeds Map Collection.

Metadata Primer for Map Librarians from MAGERT.

Specifications for Geographic Information System Workstations in Libraries from the FDLP Desktop.

List of Antique Map Vendors compiled from various sources by Linda Zellmer.

List of Map Publishers and Vendors originally compiled by Peter Stark, now maintained by Sarah Zaleski at the University of Oregon.

Map Ordering Sources compiled by Linda Newman, University of Nevada Reno

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Citing Maps - Online guide to citing Maps (print and electronic) by Deborah Carter Peoples at Ohio Wesleyan University.

Historic Atlas and Map Valuation and Conservation - Guide to valuing antique maps and atlases by Julie Sweetkind-Singer.

Index Maps to AMS and GSGS Maps - A collection of scanned Index maps to Army Map Service map series and GSGS (Great Britain. War Office. General Staff Geographical Section) map series from UC Berkeley.

Grant Writing - Resources developed for the Grant Writing Workshop offered October 25, 2007 at the WAML Meeting in Denver.

• Web Site
• Bibliography

INFOMINE - Maps & GIS Section. The University of California Riverside's Index to a wide variety of resources related to maps and map librarianship.

Location Guide to the General Land Office (GLO) Survey Plats - List of organizations with GLO survey plats compiled by Tom Huber of the Illinois State Library.

Place Names - Place Name Resources on the Internet from Arizona State University.