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Meet Brendan Whyte, Map Curator and Head of the Map Collection - The University of Chicago Library News - The University of Chicago Library

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Brendan Whyte joins us today as the Map Curator and Head of the Map Collection. Brendan will develop, promote, and preserve the Map Collection and provide programs and services to support the use of cartographic materials, including digital map collections, in research and teaching across campus. Brendan holds a PhD in Geography from the University of Melbourne, and a Master of Philosophy in Development Studies / Public Health from Massey University in New Zealand. His most recent position was Acting Curator of Maps at the National Library of Australia. In addition, Brendan conducts his own research and is a contributor to the University of Chicago Press’ The History of Cartography project (see “Boundary Surveying in East and Southeast Asia” in vol. 6). What led you to become a map librarian? As a child I ensured the books on my parents' bookcase were kept in alphabetical order by author, and on family holidays I always sat in the back with the map working out distance and times to the

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