November 10, 2009

In time-honored library tradition, the UNH Library is offering a scavenger hunt in recognition of Geography Awareness Week. If you like maps and also like scavenger hunts, then you’ll love what we’re calling the UNH Library Geography Awareness Map Scavenger Hunt. There are prizes!

The list of scavenger hunt questions are available in the Map Room (Room 347 on Level 3, Dimond Library), the UNH Museum (Level 1, Dimond Library), and the Dimond Library Circulation Desk. All questions can be answered by visiting these places and using the Library Catalog and the Library’s online collection of maps.

Entries are due by Friday, November 13. Winners will be announced Tuesday, November 17.

September 17, 2009

Maps of the United States from the late 1700s and early 1800s will be on exhibit in the University Museum starting September 21, 2009. The exhibit runs through December 4.

“Mapping the Republic, 1790-1900″ features reproductions from the Osher Map Library at the University of Southern Maine. There is surveying equipment, local maps from various eras, and atlas maps included in the exhibit. The compass belonging to Ben Thompson, the university’s benefactor, and a map of his 253 acre farm from 1891 is on display as well.

More information about the exhibit can be found in the Campus Journal.

The UNH Museum is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. during the semester. The museum is located on Level 1 in Dimond Library. For more information visit the University Museum website or call 2-1081.

March 19, 2009

Seismic-hazard map for the coterminous United States

Maps of historic earthquakes and current seismic hazards are currently on display in the Map Room in Dimond Library. They will be on display until Friday, April 10.

Map Room hours are Monday through Friday, 8am to 4pm. The Map Room is located on Level 3 in Dimond Library, adjacent to the IT Support Center.

For more information, contact the Government Information & Maps Librarian.

June 23, 2008

The Government Information Department has created a display of maps related to the Iowa floods. Some are government publications and some are maps derived in part from these sources.

The maps are on display in the Map Room in Dimond Library and in the map display area near the IT Support Center desk. The Map Room and IT Support Center are both located on Level 3, Main Level.

May 8, 2008

Due to staffing and scheduling issues, the Map Room will close at 3:30pm instead of 4pm today, May 8th. Also, Government Information will be closing at 3:30pm.

Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.