By Danny Dotson, Head - Orton Memorial Library of Geology & Gardner Family Map Room; Mathematical Sciences Librarian & Science Education Specialist at The Ohio State University Earlier this year, the University Libraries was presented with a need for maps of an Appalachian region. The goal was to find maps of parts of this region over a period of time to see how the topography changed due to mining. Information and visual representations derived from these maps were integrated into the exhibition Jonas N.T. Becker: A Hole is not a Void . This project involved identifying maps that could meet the artist’s needs. This involved first identifying items in the catalog that could potentially fit and pull these maps. Since many of the maps were USGS maps, there were quite a number of maps pulled for further review. The artist worked with staff and student workers at the Orton Memorial Library of Geology to give them specifics of their need, and some of our student worker
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