The NEMO
Newsletter is published quarterly and contains news and
activities of NEMO members, as well as useful information on resources
and events in the world of map making, map librarianship, and geography.
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NEMO Membership is $15 per year. Membership
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NEMO
Archive. NEMO records and materials are housed at the
Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center, University
of Connecticut, and managed by their archivist. There is a finding aid and other
documentation at this page.
NEMO 25th Anniversary Commemorative Map. See where we've been in 25 years.
NEMO 20th Anniversary Commemorative Map. See where we've been in 20 years.
NEMO Member Websites, Pages, and Journals
City
of Buffalo Neighborhoods Map. Created
by former member, the late, Ernie Woodson, former
Map Librarian, University at Buffalo Map Collection and by current member David
J. Bertuca, Map Librarian at University at Buffalo.
Coordinates. MAGERT e-journal. Editor: David Allen, Map Librarian, Emeritus, SUNY
at Stony Brook, and long-time NEMO member. (Indexed in the Directory of Open Access Journals).
Claire T. Carney Library (University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth). Map collection, GIS, aerial photographs, and cartographic web resources maintained by NEMO member Paige Gibbs.
First Printing: The Antique Maps and Prints Blog. Member Neil Street of Vintagemaps.com discusses the world of antique maps and prints. Includes: news, articles, comments, maps, and links to more sites.
Havard Map Collection. Website for the collection, with links to GIS, maps and mapping, and other cartographic resources. David
Cobb, former Curator of the Harvard Map Collection.
Historic
USGS Maps of New England & New York (University of New Hampshire,
Dimond Library). Digitized collection of topographic maps of New England states
and New York State from the 1890s to 1950s. Involved in production of this resource is Meredith Ricker, GovDocs Assistant. Thelma Thompson is Government Documents & Maps Librarian, in the Government Documents Department, which also houses the map collection.
Journal of Map & Geography
Libraries. Co-Editors (and NEMO members): Mary Lynette
Larsgaard and Paige G. Andrew.
MAGIC: Map and Geographic Information Center (University of Connecticut
Libraries, Storrs, CT). MAGIC, The University of Connecticut's Map
Library, collects maps, atlases, gazetteers, aerial photographs, and
digital geospatial data, as well as resources on the history and current
state of cartography. NEMO member NEMO member Bill Miller, Map Library Manager, assists patrons with reference questions and works with cataloging and digitization of aerial photographs of Connecticut.
Maine Historical Society Map Collection. Over 5,000 print and manuscript maps are housed at the Maine Historical Society Research Library. The online bibliographic database MINERVA includes the bibliographic descriptions of the Society's map collection. Contact NEMO member Frances Pollitt for more information/comments.
Map
Cataloger's Tool Box. Guide to map cataloging resources
and description of the map record format. Includes cataloging concepts, reference materials, and some of
the essential links useful for map catalogers. By member David
Bertuca.
Mapping Boston. Website for the book, tracing Boston's history through maps, with online exhibit and information. David
Cobb, former Curator of the Harvard Map Collection.
Map
Collection, State University of New York at Buffalo, University
Libraries. Maintained by member David
Bertuca, Map Librarian. Includes: Geography and Map Resources page, and Teaching
with Maps (part of a presentation "Using maps in your teaching." Materials to assist teachers, scholarly researchers, and students
in their work, in both geographic and interdisciplinary
studies.).
Map
Collection, State University of New York at Stony Brook, University
Libraries. Website created by former member David
Allen, Map Librarian Emeritus (Former Head of the Map Collection) and maintained by member Cynthia Dietz, the current Map Librarian.
Professional
Organizations and Affiliates
- Cartographic Users Advisory Council CUAC was formed to provide a unified effort to enhance the distribution and knowledge of the cartographic products of U.S. government agencies. It is composed of representatives from six national and regional library organizations dedicated to cartographic interests: the Map and Geospatial Information (MAGIRT (formerly MAGERT)) and Government Documents Round Table (GODORT) of the American Library Association; the Geoscience Information Society (GSIS); the Geography and Map Section of the Special Libraries Association (SLA); the North East Map Organization (NEMO); and the Western Association of Map Libraries (WAML). CUAC, and the various organizations it represents, work on behalf of public, academic, and special libraries as well as the commercial interests represented by the membership.
- Map & Geospatial Information Round Table (MAGIRT) American Library Association.
Offers a variety of helpful materials including: Electronic
Publications, How
to Get Help from Colleagues, Links
to Other Cartographic Resources, Program
Schedules, and other items.
- Western Association
of Map Libraries (WAML). Includes useful page, Map
Librarian's Toolbox, and a selected list of Map
Library Organizations throughout the world.
- Association
of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives (ACMLA) Home Page. Links to
collections, cataloging tools, and directories of collections, and other materials.
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