BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY LIBRARY

: Island of Staffa. Columnar jointing in Tertiary volcanic flows. Fingal’s Cave on the right (photo number D2218 courtesy of British Geological Survey)
Description: BGS Library holds a geoscience information resource of worldwide significance. Developed over 150 years, it contains the extensive holdings of the former Geological Survey and Museum as well as those of the Overseas Geological Surveys and its predeccessors. The archives contain material of historical and national interest. There are 200,000 maps and atlases of the UK and overseas. The photographic collection which dates back into the last century includes both BGS and deposited collections.
Website: http://www.bgs.ac.uk
Keywords: Maps, cartography; Atlases, cartography; Cartography; Geology; Geophysics
Access: Material held in the Archives is subject to the provisions of the Public Records Act.
Charges: Charges usually apply to services which employ library staff in selection or advisory work. Fee-based information services available to commercial and industrial clients.

Computerised database: CD-ROM database searching. A spatial graphic display is being developed for the Survey’s own information database.
Online catalogue: http://www.geolib.bgs.ac.uk
Related website: External access via Internet.www.

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