Coverage: the map collection aims at world-wide coverage, although the most detailed provision is of maps of Great Britain. Special attention is given to maps of North-West England. Much of the collection is held in digital formats, but items which would see use by the public (such as Historical Ordinance Survey maps, facsimiles and geology maps) are stored in cabinets in the A floor maps area.
Borrowing: Maps and atlases are for reference use in the library only. Please return to the cabinet they were removed from, and if in possible in sequence.
Duplication: Photographic duplication is allowed of original materials only, and only items over 50 years old. Ask a Faculty Librarian if you have questions about copyright.
Print maps are listed in OneSearch under the "Books & More" tab. They can be found searching for them by map publisher and map title e.g. Speed Lancashire, British Geological Survey Lancaster, Ordnance Survey Lancaster.
Use OneSearch to find print and online resources available in the Library Collections.
Online maps: Ordnance Survey maps and data within Digimap are protected by Crown Copyright. They may be used by authorised users for educational purposes and limited administrative/external use, including teaching resources, assignments, theses, conference papers, academic and journal articles and location maps or directions for an educational establishment. The following acknowledgement should be used: © Crown Copyright and Database Right [insert current year]. Ordnance Survey (Digimap Licence)
British Geological Survey maps and data within Digimap are protected by copyright owned by the Natural Environment Research Council. They may be used for education purposes including teaching resources, assignments, theses, conference papers, academic and journal articles. The following acknowledgement should be used: Geological Map Data BGS © NERC [insert current year].
British Geological Survey maps available within the BGS Map Portal are available for reuse under the Open Government Licence, subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced BGS materials: "Contains British Geological Survey materials © UKRI [year]". However some maps contain Ordnance Survey copyright and are delivered under different terms. The terms of use for each map is displayed clearly on every page.
Printed maps: Ordnance Survey maps are protected by copyright for 50 years starting from the end of the year in which the map was published and BGS and other maps for 70 years after publication You may copy print maps which are still in copyright under fair dealing provisions in the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. These entitle you to make copies of maps for the purposes of private study or research for a non-commercial purpose, criticism, review, illustration for instruction and quotation.
More information on this aspect of copyright is available on the Library website. If you make a copy for any of these purposes you must, where possible, provide an acknowledgement, eg © Crown copyright (insert year) OS or Reproduced with the permission of the British Geological Survey ©NERC. All rights Reserved.
Where figures, sketches, illustrations, diagrams, map extracts or cross-sections are used as the basis of specifically generated illustrations, the source of the material should be cited, eg Based upon [source details], with the permission of the British Geological Survey.
Library Maps: Maps held and scanned by the library are available under a Creative Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) licence, allowing you to copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format. remix, and transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially.