Myths are narratives of primeval supernatural beings and their deeds in relation to universal themes such as creation. While some early civilizations regarded myths as sacred history, they eventually came to be accepted as allegorical and exemplary. ...
An allegory presents one subject in the guise of another, often using symbols or imaginary figures to portray abstract ideas, attributes, emotions, concepts, or parts of the universe. It is an effective metaphorical device, and numerous examples of a...
The Enggass collection comprises almost 150 sheet maps of the Iberian Peninsula and Spain, and of other Spanish territories, mostly from the period 1486 to 1850, together with some historical atlases and geographies from the nineteenth and twentieth ...
OML has occasionally hosted an intern — e.g., a graduate student in library science wishing to learn aspects of map librarianship — from an institution other than USM. ...
OML has capacity each semester for one or two interns who wish to pursue a project related to early maps as part of their undergraduate major. Student interns work with the OML curator, faculty scholar, or other staff as appropriate. Interns must reg...
OML graduate assistants undertake a variety of independent projects under the supervision of the curator, educational outreach coordinator, faculty scholar, or other staff as necessary.Graduate assistantships run through the academic year. ...
Work-study students work for ••-•• hours per week, working on a variety of tasks important to OML and its operations. In the process they develop usable, real-world skills. As students gain experience in working in a special collections’ en...
OML's multipurpose instructional space. This space is used for conducting k-12 and university classes, and also public lectures and conferences. It seats up to 75 people, auditorium style.It is open for each specific event....
The exhibition gallery ~ OML's "museum component" ~ is entered from the library arcade. It hosts a series of exhibitions of early maps and is open to the public without registration. (If the doors are locked, visitors should check in with the recepti...
The Keven Mahaney Digital Reference Room was created specifically to allow students and visitors to access the rapidly growing online image banks of early maps. One of the three, public-use computers is equipped with two very large monitors to permit...
