i-vi -- PREFACE -- FOR?WORD -- CONTENTS -- WALTER W. RISTOW -- LIST OF PUBLICATIONS -- A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS GEOGRAPHY AND MAP DIVISION, 1897-1978 -- MAP LIBRARIANSHIP COMES OF AGE -- TRAINING FOR MAP LIBRARIANSHIP -- THE AMERICAN GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY’S COLLECTION -- THE HERMON DUNLAP SMITH CENTER FOR THE HISTORY OF CARTOGRAPHY -- MAP COLLECTIONS AND MAP LIBRARIANSHIP IN CANADA - REVIEW AND PROSPECTS -- GEOGRAPHY AND MAP LIBRARIES IN DENMARK -- LES COLLECTIONS DU DÉPARTEMENT DES CARTES ET PLANS DE LA BIBLIOTHEQUE NATIONALE DE PARIS -- COLLECTION OF CARTOGRAPHIC WORKS IN THE LENIN STATE LIBRARY OF THE USSR -- DEAR MR. NORDENSKIÖLD, YOUR OFFER IS ACCEPTED! -- VIGLIUS AB AYTTA ZUICHEMUS, SAVANT, BIBLIOTHECAIRE ET COLLECTIONNEUR DE CARTES DU XVIe SIECLE -- THE DUTCH UNION MAP CATALOGUE FROM RESEARCH PROJECT TO OPERATIONAL PROJECT -- DIE THEMATISCHE KARTE: IHRE KATALOGISIERUNG UND DOKUMENTATION -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX