• Map Curators' Group (MCG; UK): Publishes 'Cartographiti', the newsletter for UK map curators, librarians and archivists, and organises the annual Map Curators' Workshop
• BRICMICS: The British and Irish Committee for Map Information and Cataloguing Systems
• Society of Cartographers (SoC ; UK)
• Archives and Records Association (ARA ; UK): Came into existence on 1 June 2010 as the result of a merger of the National Council on Archives and the Association of Chief Archivists in Local Government with the Society of Archivists
• The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP ; UK)
• LIBER GdC (Ligue des Bibliothèques Européennes de Recherche) Groupe des Cartothécaires: Includes a 'Who is Who' in European Map Librarianship, useful literature and much other useful information
• MAGIRT (Map and Geospatial Information Round Table) (US)
• Western Association of Map Librarians (WAML ; US): This includes the Map Librarians' Toolbox which was the inspiration for this site
• Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives (Canada)
• Australian and New Zealand Map Society (ANZMapS) 
• IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions) Geography and Map Libraries Section discontinued July 2010
• Canadian Cartographic Association

Web gateways, including discussion groups

• lis-maps
  Hosted by the Map Curators' Group in the UK and maintained by Clare Gordon and Tinho da Cruz. To join send the message: "join lis-maps FirstName SecondName" to: jiscmail@jiscmail.ac.uk
• Maps-L
  An international discussion forum for Librarians dealing with cartographic information, cartographers, remote sensors, geographers, and cartomaniacs of all types.
• MapHist Forum 
  Concerned with any aspect of the making and using of non-current maps. It is the continuation of the MapHist listserv (1994-2012) the web pages of which include information on Dragons and other monsters on maps.
• Carta
  Hosted by the Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives (ACMLA) for anyone interested in Canadian cartography, geospatial data and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) issues as they pertain to libraries and archives
• Carto-Soc
  Hosted by the Society of Cartographers in the UK. This list is primarily aimed at practising cartographers.
• ANZMapS
  Australian and New Zealand Map Society e-list
• Ordnancemaps
  For anyone with an interest in Ordnance Survey Maps to ask questions, assist in research, and pass on information on any aspect of Ordnance Survey maps. This group was started by members of "The Charles Close Society for the Study of Ordnance Survey Maps" but is not a part of that organisation.
• GIS4LIB
  An email list for discussion of issues relating to geographic information systems and libraries.

Websites:

• History of Cartography
  Maintained by Tony Campbell
• John W. Docktor's Calendar of Cartography Events and Exhibitions

The "Big 10" UK map collections
and links to other important map collections

• The British Library Map Library - Lots of useful images at their Online Gallery pages
• The National Library of Scotland - Very useful image collection with emphasis on Scotland
• The National Library of Wales

The Legal Deposit Libraries:
These libraries receive one copy each of all British publications by law. They include the National Libraries, above, plus:

• The Bodleian Library, Oxford - Very useful web pages
  Also home to Selden Map of China (Bodleian Library, MS.Selden supra 105)
• Cambridge University Library - See their Information Sheets and extensive links page
• Trinity College Dublin 

Other important map collections:

• The National Archives (formed from the merger of the Public Record Office and the Historical Manuscripts Commission)
• Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
• Royal Geographical Society
• A Directory of UK Map Collections
  Maintained by the Map Curators' Group of the BCS. Colleagues are requested to help keep this information current by e-mailing notification of any changes to: BCS Webmaster

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.

Page last updated: 1/3/13