The Earth Sciences Information Centre holds Canada's largest collection of books, serials and maps in the earth sciences, and is world-wide in scope.

Located in Room 350, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa, Ontario.

Earth Sciences Information Centre (ESIC) holds Canada's largest collection of books, serials and maps in the earth sciences. Dating from the early nineteenth century to the present, the holdings include more than 100 000 monographs, and over 14 000 geoscientific journal titles. The subject matter includes geochemistry, geochronology, geomorphology, geodynamics, geomagnetism, mineral resources, mineralogy, paleontology, petrology, planetology, seismology, solid earth geophysics and tectonics. As well as traditional print format, the collection includes microforms, videos and digital resources.

Located in Room 121, 615 Booth Street, Ottawa, Ontario.

The Geomatics collection includes works pertaining to Canadian geography, cartography, geodetic and legal surveying, geographic information systems, Global Positioning System, photogrammetry, and remote sensing. Holdings comprise more than 14 000 monographs, 425 journal titles and more than 500 general, geological and geophysical atlases and related thematic atlases make up the atlas collection.

Located in Room 121, 615 Booth Street, Ottawa, Ontario.

The Book and Map Archives contain several important collections.

The Sir William Logan Collection consists of more than 80 books, maps, pamphlets and manuscripts which belonged to Sir William Logan, the founding director of the Geological Survey of Canada.

The Early Exploration Collection includes more than 600 accounts of early travel and exploration. Dating as far back as the seventeenth century, this rare collection contains some of the earliest observations of the geology of Canada.

The Science of Geology Collection includes more than 200 early monographs and journal issues relating to geology, mineralogy, paleontology and the theory of the earth.

The Map Archival Collection consists of one copy of available maps from the Geological Survey of Canada Multicoloured maps series and the Geological Survey of Canada "A" series maps. It also includes approximately 50 rare non-series maps.

Located in Room 121, 615 Booth Street, Ottawa, Ontario.

The Map Collection of the Earth Sciences Information Centre consists of more than 260 000 sheet maps with world-wide coverage in the field of earth sciences. The collection includes: the Geological Survey of Canada geological and geophysical map series; the Canadian topographic map series; various provincial geological map series; various map series published by the U. S. Geological Survey and U.S. state map series; the 1:1 000 000 International Map of the World series; and selected foreign material.

Digital maps and CD-ROMs make up an increasingly important part of the Map Collection. These are available for viewing at the digital map centre.

The Geological Survey of Canada Open File Collection and the Earth Physics Branch Open File Collection (now discontinued) are also housed with the Map Collection.

Located in Room 121, 615 Booth Street, Ottawa, Ontario.

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The Earth Sciences Sector (ESS) Photo Collection includes over 500 000 negatives and prints dating from the mid-1800s to the present day. These are photos taken by geologists while in the field. Subjects covered include: geology, ethnology, anthropology, history and biology. The collection is available to the public for research and/or reproduction.

This collection contains no aerial photos. For more information on aerial photos, please contact the National Air Photo Library. For more information on Satellite Imagery, please contact the Canada Centre for Remote Sensing.