Awards, Associations and Books
For making his map collection public through his (free) website, Rumsey was given an Honors award in 2002 by Special Libraries Association. The website, developed in conjunction with Luna Imaging and TechEmpower, won the Webby Award for Technical Achievement in 2002.
As of January 2008, following are some of the institutions where Rumsey serves as a board member:
- John Carter Brown Library
- Internet Archive
- Samuel H. Kress Foundation
- Stanford University Library Advisory Board
- Yale Library Associates (as a trustee)
- The Long Now Foundation
He is the author of the following books:
- "Cartographica Extraordinaire: The Historical Map Transformed" - with Edith M. Punt - ISBN 1-58948-044-9
- "Historical Maps in GIS" - with Meredith Williams, a chapter in "Past Time, Past Place: GIS for History" - ISBN 1-58948-032-5
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