Portland State University Library
Map Collection

Telephone: 503.725.4126 / 503.725.4128
Fax: 503.725.4524



THE COLLECTION

 

The Map Collection of Portland State University is located in the southeast corner of the 4th floor of the Branford Price Millar Library. It is a working collection consisting of atlases, topographic maps, aeronautical and nautical charts, geological maps, thematic maps, and travel maps of the World and the United States.

FEDERAL DEPOSITORY PROGRAM

As a federal depository library, Portland State maintains a complete collection of current maps produced by the U. S. Geological Survey, the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (formerly the Defense Mapping Agency), and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Also housed in the map room are lesser collections produced by or for the Bureau of Land Management, Forest Service, Central Intelligence Agency, among others.


COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY

The federal depository collection is supplemented by gifts and purchases. Geographical priorities for acquisition/collection development are:

  1. Portland and adjacent counties
    All scales and subjects, including atlases, gazetteers, and ephemeral travel materials, pre-1900 maps and facsimiles.
  2. Oregon
    All scales and subjects, including atlases, gazetteers, and ephemeral travel materials, pre-1900 maps and facsimiles.
  3. Pacific Northwest, including Idaho
    All subjects and selected scales, including atlases, gazetteers, and ephemeral travel materials.
  4. United States
    Thematic maps of the United States as a whole; sectional maps; atlases and gazetteers; regional and state-wide maps, with priority given to the western states and areas of special interest.
  5. Canada and Mexico
    Thematic maps; atlases and gazetteers; regional maps of scale 1:250,000. Maps of province-wide scope. Larger scales as budget allows.
  6. World, with emphasis on Pacific Rim countries
    Thematic maps, atlases and gazetteers of the world and of major ocean basins. Also continents and individual countries as a whole, including regions of special significance.
 

 

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