Stockholm Royal Library Map collection Recent events & concerns

• Decease of Ulla Ehrensvärd April 17

• Scandinavian maplibrarians’ meeting Oslo spring 2015

• Preparing introduction of RDA (Resource Description & Access) cataloguing rules

• Relocation of map collection from 1920 wood cabinets to steel cabinets

• Worries: Staffing (retirements)? Digitization? Large format map care? Implementation of electronic

digital deposit? Long-term preservation? Time stamping?

Ulla Ehrensvärd received Helen Wallis’ Award 2014

Ulla Ehrensvärd 2002

Ulla Ehrensvärd’s funeral May 12

Stockholm Royal (National) Library map cabinets