World Directory of Map Collections

Compiled on behalf of IFLA’s Section of Geography and Map Libraries, from questionnaires printed in six languages, which were sent out in 1998, with reminders in 1999, this fourth edition of the World Directory lists 714 collections housed in national libraries and archives, in university and public libraries, in geographical, geological, and hydrographic institutes, and in museums, in 121 countries, an increase of 192 collections from the previous edition. Collections holding fewer than 1,000 maps are generally excluded unless they form part of the national library or national archives or, perhaps represent the only organised map collection in a given...