MONTHLY REPORT FOR THE MAP LIBRARY DIVISION JANUARY 1959

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• Publication Date: January 1, 1959
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*)NTHLY REPORT FOR THE MAP LIEI(ARY DIVISION
January 1959
to During Januarys 22,371 map sheets were forwarded to requesteara
in response to 1,135 map requests and 277 items, in response to l14
requests for atlases, gazetteers, and other publications. 684 of the
map requests were placed by CIA peraonnelo The following three groups
accounted for the bulk of the requests: offices of the DD/I (except
01M)2 271; ORR, Geographic Area, 150; and DD/P, 120. Among the requests
for maps was one from the White House Staff for city plans of all
cities in the United States with a population of 50,000 or overo
124 place name questions were answered and 216 requests for miscellaneous
information. During the month,.29 persons from the Department of State
came to the Map Library to request materia3.se
2e In addition to the above-mentioned requests, the Reference
Branch forwarded to requesters 2,817 maps to fill 109 chart and map
requests for ATW materials, and 122 text items, to fill 18 requests
for ATMP publications.
3o Processing Branch annual statistics for the years 1957 and
1958 have been summarized and the comparative totals are presented
in the following tables
CataUffing
"'
;
Wt
Itles
Map sheets
11
38,135
27,342
Collection
Loan
fps filed
6(,3O6
61,802
Requests
879
6 O
CIA
0"1aps filed
463,289
3661,008
Requests
4,550
3,336
Maps supplied
3392909
3310021
ATMP
""Z'Sarts filed
167,767
200,633
Requests
1,0696
1,210
Distribution
'
Ted
WF8
163,653
88,315
Requests
4,613
4,622
Items supplied
1:05,084
97,740
The intensive effort conducted in the Cataloging activity
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Is reflected in the increased production, A general increase is noted
in all segments of the filing and servicing functions of the map
collections A revised ordering policy is reflected in the decreased
receipts of AT11+iP charts.
Ito During January, the Cataloging and Indexing Section added to
the Loan Copy Collection 838 new map titles, comprising 2,892 sheets.
61 new SAC charts were indexed and 70 maps were processed for Vital
Storage, Policy regarding retention of old editions of Guide Books,
Timetables, and Telephone Directories was reviewed and modified,, with
concurrence by D/GL/Po This is the first step in an effort to refine
D/GL holdings of publications, The next step will be to draw up similar
guidance for atlases and "atlas-like" volumesa
5. The Chief, Map Libre? attended the Vth Consultation of the
Commission on Geography of the Pan American Institute of Geography
and History, at Quito, Ecuador, during 7l6 January 19590 In addition
to serving as a member of the U0S0 delegation, he placed want-lists
with the Embassy for acquisition of maps from many Ecuadoran organizations,
and obtained photo-copies of several Ecuadoran and Maxicare manuscript
mapsa
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6. mr, entered on temporary duty in the Map
Library and has been assigned, to the CIA Unit,
7o 7,785 foreign nxblished maps were received by the Foreign
Procurement Branch during January, Among the chief map sources were
Brazil.. Nepal, Uganda, Tanganyika, Venezuela, Switzerland, and 25X6A
the USSR.
8. Significant items received from foreign sources included
Brazilian city plans, a 1958 tourist map of Rumania at lsl,000,000,
a 1958 climatic atlas of Czechoslovakia, and plans of a number of
East German cities.
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qq
9o Mr, undertook nig L~iemant missions
25X1 A9a in January: o Portugal; and Mro in the Netherlands.
Mr, conducted procurement in German and is cted to go to
25X1A9a Austria soono Dr, d remained
at their home pos a
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10, Dr, reporting on Jordan Government attitudes toward
the mapping pro ec in East Jordan was a factor in revising the scope
of the ADS mapping project to include mapping additional, to that
originally planned.
U0 272 naps of foreign areas were received from domestic sources.
Significant items included: map of "Eastern Sahara Concessions and
Drilling Development," 1:2,004,000, December 1958, Standard oil Company
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of , Jsrsey (O FICIML USE O LY)j map $ .,rrd rag LOO tom' tr m ion
icy the USSR D3ecembe;:- 1957., S, S. Rokotyan and f c, P. I. bedew
(Ui C ? $SIFII,D); and 153 reaps of i42 countries and islands shovr.Lng
ci.ocaa;es of the Rome i:r~to1:ic Church:, Amorican Institute of MP- ge nt
(CowrL.O dTIAL 'CIA INT NAL USE ONL).
12, Fro carer t of maps of :foreign are&3 .fro nZ don tic sources
tctaie 2149h. in I.95-3t,
1.` ,, 17 mspoxrse s were recei-kred in am er to specific requirements
e', ie on domestic source;a by the L,&ap yibr?ary* Two new requirements
were aub ..tted to 00,/0 for coflection aa.ction,.. and three a?eg2iren ntr
wc-ra coygplet 5X1 A9a
5-4, , Do st .c Procurtarria :t Section visited the offices
the mp files of the 'arm am(( to obtai . related rw,.p iz zs matione A
clet.: ed list of available mac,eriais was compiled,, to b c, used as the
ba i,,i or future
pro ni ;axt;.
on 29-30 Dece-tuber to review
a) outgoing C#x:.r ii a4i.or..s for January totaled 23$ fl 176 it ems
reel t#J4:. to foreign j cux F E3nt and 39, to domestic oorreeporxdenoe,
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MAP LIDRARY DIVISION
SUMiRY OF STATISTICS - JANUARY 1959
RECEIPTS (For retention in map Librar
)
y
Series Total
Made in C"/GC
b
Sheets ~a p SSheets Map Sheets
0
o On automatic receipt and
purchases for stock
co From other domestic sources
d, From foreign sources
ea From foreign sources for stock
Trw AT.
Atlases and
th
6,481
70
1,408
596
i9 97
7*711
145
943
0
Til"M
s215
2,351
596
M767
o
er reference materials
ao On automatic rece pt and purchases for stock
b. From other domestic sources
co From foreign sources
Total olum~es
555
7
590
PROCESSINf
Map Cataj
go PL maps made in CIA/b/GC
Titles
Sheets
bo Special maps m all others
co Series indexed and cataloged
720
34-
j247
1
TOTAL
74
.Pat aloging, etco of Reference materials
174
a
ao Atlases
be Place-name volumes
o Publisheres catalogs
do Other reference volumes
TOTAL
50
6
18
87
MT
91
18
43
190
DISBURSE ENTS
URDS Requests
'I-. To CIA
Titles
R oasts
olumss
2e To Department of State
166
7
3e Foreign Service posts
1
0
1,9
4o To Department of Defense
7
188
5
2
6
9
7
a) Department of the Army 82
14
4
7
T
,779
b) Department of the Navy 24
6
70
70
5,1
5
c) Department of the Air Force orc? 46
d) Other
595
3
l s208
20
components of Defense
Oth
5
1445
1
230
e
er government agencies
6 e Miscellaneous
80
0
324
,
1, 040
TOTAL
0
0
Atlases and other reference material,
aQ To mes tic establishments
113
256
b, To foreign establish
t
277
men
s
1
3
00
TOTAL
Information
ao P =ace-name questions
124
be Other reference inquiries
216
TOTAL
OT ese were sopara e
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g!SCAL STATEMENT
25X1 Al a
06 Printing and Reoroducticn
fl7 Other Contractual Services
National Archives
0 Su -lies and ,aterial8
AM
Plastic Maps
Paper laps
NGS
USGS
Supplies
Materials
09 E ui ment
S?EmC-HEEIT
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