[WEB4LIB] UNLV Libraries launches "Southern Nevada and Las Vegas: History in Maps" website

[Karen Coyle]

I have to comment on the notice that I see that accompanies these
images:

"Not to be reproduced without permission. To purchase copies of images
and/or for copyright information, contact University of Nevada, Las
Vegas Libraries, Special Collections."

Yet some of them appear to be potentially in the public domain (i.e. the
Bancroft map from 1873). Is the archive assuming copyright over the
digital images, even though the underlying materials are in the public
domain?

kc

On Tue, 2004-10-26 at 15:03, beden at ccmail.nevada.edu wrote:
> Please forgive duplicate postings
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> UNLV Libraries launches "Southern Nevada and Las Vegas:  History in Maps"
> website
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> The UNLV Libraries is proud to announce the launching of "Southern Nevada
> and Las Vegas:  History in Maps," a digital project featuring over 80
> historical maps from the UNLV Libraries Special Collections Department,
> documenting the cartographic history and context of southern Nevada,
> telescoping in scale from the Western Hemisphere to the streets of Las
> Vegas. Maps were selected to highlight the collection, both in terms of
> individually important maps and in the breadth and variety of the
> collection.  These maps provide not only a history of the region through
> its changing political boundaries, but also a history of map-making and the
> development of the cartographic knowledge of this area. The website is
> available at http://www.library.unlv.edu/maps/index.html.

> These maps were digitized in the Web and Digitization Services Department
> of the UNLV Libraries.  Other current web, digitization, and digital
> projects can be viewed at http://www.library.unlv.edu/wds/.
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