UCB Libraries

Map Library

The Map Library collection consists of an estimated 200,000 maps, over 500 atlases and geographic reference books, and a growing collection of digital spatial data. Our collection provides well-rounded, world-wide coverage. We collect general and thematic maps and atlases at small and large scales, mostly from the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries, and related reference materials such as gazetteers. The Map Library is a full Federal Depository Library and the majority of our maps are acquired through the Federal Depository Library Program.

We have put together an extensive list of links to online maps, GIS data, and maps reference resources. Please see our Web Resources section.

 

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New/Of Note

 

This is the fourth in a series of exhibits on the topic of landscape/geography in literature. It features maps, poetry, and prose about the Arctic and Antarctic, and writings inspired by the regions' extremes of climate. Inuit authors are represented in a variety of styles, from song to narrative. The influence of polar explorers' reports on Romantic literature is also highlighted.

 

Maps in the exhibit range from a 16th century depiction of the North Pole and surrounds, to satellite imagery of Antarctic ice fields. Texts include Inuit descriptions of encounters with white explorers, nature writing, and early 19th century poetry by Eleanor Anne Porden Franklin, first wife of polar explorer John Franklin.

Part II of the Polar Regions exhibit is on display in the Math/Physics Library, with some creepy prose by Edgar Allan Poe and selections of contemporary poetry, including a poem by Pablo Neruda.

This exhibit was created in honor of the International Polar Year (March 2007-March 2009) and will be on display through Spring 2009. If you have any questions about finding maps of the polar regions (or any other areas in the world!) please don't hesitate to contact the Map Library.
Location

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   We are located at approximately 40° 0' 29" N, 105° 15' 55" W, T1N, R70W, Section 31, SE 1/4 in the Benson Earth Sciences building. Enter the Earth Sciences Library on the first floor on the southwest side. Take the elevator or stairs to the lower level.

Take a look at a USGS Urban Area Series aerial photograph of the CU campus. You can see Benson Earth Sciences across the street from the stadium.

Mailing Address:
Jerry Crail Johnson Earth Sciences & Map Library
University Libraries, University of Colorado
184 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309

Physical Address:
Jerry Crail Johnson Earth Sciences & Map Library
Benson Earth Sciences
2200 Colorado Avenue
Boulder, CO 80309