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Barry, and all, I'm interested to know more about this as well and can publicize what you know on the Maps-L and WAML email lists in order to get librarians looking at their collections more closely. FYI for the group, the Western Association of Map Librarians have taken control of the maps stolen by James Brubaker from libraries in (mainly) Pacific Northwest. Boxes of maps were delivered to Jon Jablonski, now Head of the Map and Imagery Library at UC Santa Barbara and previously the map librarian at the University of Oregon, from the FBI. Jon and a group of WAML librarians have agreed to take on the task of returning the stolen maps to their rightful owners in as many instances as possible. Best, Julie Julie Sweetkind-Singer Assistant Director of Geospatial, Cartographic and Scientific Data & Services Acting Head Librarian Branner Earth Sciences Library & Map Collections Stanford University 397 Panama Mall; MC 2211 Stanford, CA 94305 (650)725-1102 *** Message: 3 Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2010 11:10:59 -0700 (PDT) From: "Barry L. Ruderman" <[email protected]> Subject: [MapHist] Map Thefts In US Libraries To: maphist discussion grou <[email protected]> Message-ID: <11227778.431621270404659222.javamail.r...@squirtle> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Is there anyone actively working on trying to stop an active US map thief who is selling on ebay? I've reported my suspicions with respect to this person on two different occasions, with no follow ups. I note that he has become much bolder and is now going after non-government serials and turning up with increasing early and rare material. Its fairly clear that he's stolen over 10,000 maps from American institutional collections. Is there anyone interested in his activities? Barry Ruderman Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc. 7463 Girard Avenue La Jolla, CA 92037 (USA) [email protected] www.RareMaps.com (858) 551-8500 Member: Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America International League of Antiquarian Booksellers Gallery Hours: Monday to Friday 9am to 4pm Weekends & Evenings By Appointment _______________________________________________ MapHist: E-mail discussion group on the history of cartography hosted by the Faculty of Geosciences, University of Utrecht. The statements and opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the University of Utrecht. The University of Utrecht does not take any responsibility for the views of the author. List Information: http://www.maphist.nl Maphist mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.geo.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/maphist
