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Bruman Map Collection: Collection Development Policy
The Bruman Map Collection is part of the Collections, Research, & Instructional Services Department (CRIS). The collection provides cartographic resources to the entire community, but its primary users come from faculty, students, and staff within the Social Sciences and Humanities.
- UCLA Research and Instructional Programs and Customers Served by the Bruman Map Collection
- College of Letters and Science their faculties, students and staff, particularly those in the social sciences
- Professional Schools
- School of Public Policy and Social Research
- School of Public Health
- Anderson School of Management
- Research Centers
- Library staff
- Faculty and students from other UC Campuses
- Faculty and students from other colleges and universities
- Local professional and research institutes
- International scholars
- General public
- Scope of the Collection
- Atlases
- CRIS collects world atlases produced by the National Geographic Society, Times, and other well known cartographic publishers
- CRIS collects national atlases from all nations
- CRIS collects thematic atlases for both the world and countries for subjects primarily within the social sciences
- CRIS collects state atlases for all 50 US state
- CRIS collects thematic atlases for states primarily within the social sciences with an emphasis on states West of the Mississippi River
- CRIS collects socio-demographic, and historical atlases of major cities throughout the world from all continents.
- CRIS collects historical atlases or facsimile editions of atlases
- CRIS does not collect linguistic atlases
- CRIS does not collect atlases for administrative areas smaller than the country level or within the US smaller than the state level. The exception to this rule is California counties
- Maps
- Primary focus of the collection is the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area. CRIS collects virtually any map of the area that is available. The exception to this rule is that we cede responsibility for large scale geologic mapping and related cartographic resources to the William C. Putnam Map Collection housed within the Science and Engineering Library Map Collection.
- CRIS collects maps of the state of California on all subjects except large scale geologic mapping
- CRIS is a depository for topographic maps produced by the United States Geological Survey for all 50 states
- CRIS collects thematic maps for all 50 states with priority given to states surrounding California and West of the Mississippi River with an emphasis on the following subjects: physical relief, vegetation, population and demographics, religion, language, tourism, economics, education, administrative boundaries, public lands and land use, forests, manufacturing and processing, infrastructure and transportation, energy, commerce, and agriculture
- CRIS collects large scale maps of major US cities and cities within the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
- CRIS collects topographic map series for all areas of the globe generally at a scale no larger than 1:200,000. CRIS selectively collects topographic map series at scales larger than 1:200,000 in an attempt to complete coverage in series already held at UCLA or when specific research needs require larger scales
- CRIS collects thematic maps of foreign countries with an emphasis on the following subjects: physical relief, vegetation, population and demographics, religion, language, tourism, economics, education, administrative boundaries, public lands and land use, forests, manufacturing and processing, infrastructure and transportation, energy, commerce, and agriculture
- CRIS collects large scale maps of major cities in all nations of the world
- CRIS collects and receives nautical charts of the coastal waters of the United States as a depository of the Coast Survey, part of the National Ocean Service
- CRIS collects and receives nautical charts of the world's oceans as a depository of the National Mapping and Imagery Agency
- CRIS collects and receives aeronautical charts of the United States as a depository of the Federal Aviation Administration with the U.S. Department of Transportation
- CRIS does not expend funds on original older maps, but does purchase facsimile editions of historical maps
- Aerial Photographs
- CRIS collects aerial photographs of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area at various scales and in various formats (paper and digital)
- CRIS contributes to shared purchases of aerial photographs of the entire state of California through its involvement in the US/Stanford Map Librarians Group
- CRIS occasionally will purchase satellite images of the state of California to meet the needs of faculty and researchers
- Books and Serials
- CRIS collects books on the study of and research in cartography both historical and current including works on mathematical cartography, remote sensing, and Geographic Information Systems
- CRIS collects gazetteers at the country level, at the US state level for the states surrounding California, and for major counties and cities within the state of California
- CRIS collects cartobibliographies that contain reproductions of landmarks in the history of cartography
- CRIS selectively collects serials that cover the discipline of cartography, remote sensing, and Geographic Information Systems
- GIS (Geographic Information Systems)
- CRIS collects digital spatial geography that is compatible with ArcView and ArcGis
- CRIS collects spatial attribute data that can be used in conjunction with digital spatial geography to create maps and allow for spatial queries and spatial analyses
- CRIS selectively collects spatial and attribute data for the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area, the State of California, the United States, and generalized datasets for Europe, Africa, Asia, and South America
- CRIS collects value added products to facilitate use of United States Census data within the context of a GIS