Introduction and Contents

An online source of information and help for map curators, librarians and archivists, sponsored by the Map Curators' Group of the British Cartographic Society.

The Map Curators' Group is not responsible for the contents of any external webpages.

• Page 1 - Useful links to organisations, websites and collections
• Organisations related to maps and map collections in the UK, Europe and the World
• Web gateways, including list discussion groups
• Websites
• The "Big 10" UK map collections and links to other important map collections
• Page 2 - Online catalogues and Advice on scale, cataloguing and conservation
• Map collection catalogues online
• Map scale
• Cataloguing of maps
• Conservation of maps
• Page 3 - Map librarianship Bibliographies and Periodicals
• Bibliographies on map librarianship
• Periodicals about map librarianship
• Page 4 - History of Cartography and Map dealers
• History of Cartography
• Map dealers (modern)
• Page 5 - Government Agencies, OS and Reference Sources
• Government Agencies including OS and UKHO
• Reference sources including gazetteers
• Page 6 - Equipment and supplies
• Equipment and supplies
• Page 7 - Mapping and Imagery
• Military mapping
• Nautical Mapping
• Air photos and satellite imagery
• Digital resources
• Geodetic Tools
• Page 8 - Other Resources and Miscellaneous
• Higher Education resources
• Dating a map
• Security issues
• Co-operative ventures
• Miscellaneous but interesting!

These pages have been compiled by: April Carlucci (British Library Map Library); Tinho da Cruz (Department of Geography, University of Liverpool), and; Anne Taylor (Cambridge University Library). Please Contact Us with any suggestions for inclusion, and details of links that don't work.

The organisers wish to thank the Western Association of Map Libraries, whose original Map Librarians' Toolbox was the inspiration for our UK version.