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Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 09:16:01 -0700
From: Mary Lynette Larsgaard <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: Announcing Geoscapes: A Journal of Geography and Geospatial
Information and Collections
Paige Andrew and I, as co-editors, take
pleasure in announcing a new journal
for us geography/geospatial-data users.
(Please note: I'll be on vacation and
not checking email from tomorrow through
late next Tuesday.)
The goal of Geoscapes is
to provide a peer-reviewed forum for papers concerning
geography, map, remote-sensing image, etc., information
and collections. The scope is worldwide, not solely North
America; and illustrations for articles are encouraged.
There will be 2 issues per year;
one issue will be a general issue edited
by co-editors Paige Andrew and myself,
and the other will be a theme
issue, with a guest editor. A premiere
issue will be published in January 2004.
The journal will be published by Haworth Press.
INTERESTED IN WRITING AN ARTICLE FOR THE JOURNAL?
Send an email to Paige at [log in to unmask]
Here's the schedule for the first issue:
Title and abstract by NOVEMBER 15, 2002
Outline and illustrations overview by FEBRUARY 15, 2003
Final paper by JUNE 1, 2003
Papers reviewed by members of the Editorial Board by JULY 15,
2003
First issue appears in JANUARY of 2004.
INTERESTED IN BEING A MEMBER OF THE EDITORIAL BOARD?
Send an email to Mary at [log in to unmask] by OCTOBER 1,
2002.
We're planning on having enough persons on the Editorial Board
so that each person on the Board is responsible for critiquing no
more than two or three papers per year.
INTERESTED IN EDITING A COLUMN?
Send an email to Paige at [log in to unmask] by NOVEMBER 1,
2002. Other ideas as to columns? Talk with Paige.
- Cataloging Pleasures and Aggravations
- The Compleat Map Collection - effective, efficient ways
to run collections, with an emphasis on collections where the map
librarian has other duties outside the map library
- Digital Data and Software Updates and Reviews
INTERESTED IN EDITING A THEME ISSUE?
Send an email to Mary at [log in to unmask] by NOVEMBER 1,
2002.
HERE ARE SOME TOPICS UPON WHICH THE EDITORS WOULD VERY MUCH
LIKE TO RECEIVE PAPERS. And of course we're sure
many of you have even better paper ideas in mind ...
just let us know.
I. Geography
Education:
- What constitutes a "typical" education for someone
wanting to be a cartographer today? Include GIS
and other types of software that an individual needs
to master to become a competent cartographer/manipulator and
presentor of geospatial data.
Use of geospatial data:
- How do users use hardcopy vs. online maps in their
studies or research?
- Geographers as map users; do they prefer online
maps for research purposes over hardcopy maps,
and if so, why? Explore this based on sub-
disciplines such as demography, economic
geography, physical geography, etc.
- What are the most "popular" cartographic topics
today in terms of mapping phenomena? How has
this changed from 25, 50, or 100 years ago and why?
II. Geospatial data and collections
Acquisitions and selection:
- "Cartofact" collections, an overview of these
- governmental mapping agencies; patterns and trends
in publication
- non-governmental geospatial-data producting
agencies; associations; commercial
Cataloging and acquisitions:
- history of map cataloging
- cataloging maps using surrogates
- linking techniques used in the bibliographic record
to indicate relationships such as: parent/child;
other edition/original edition; and original form/
other physical form of material
- explanation of various forms of reproduction of
hard-copy maps (e.g., printing; blueline; blueline print;
photographic reproduction; etc.)
- original vs. copy cataloging of sheet maps, pros
and cons relating to matters such as quality of record
produced, cost effectiveness, etc.
- cataloging of maps on microform, facsimile maps,
and maps published in photocopy form
- Will all of the world's maps and other geospatial data
ever be cataloged? Should they be?
- Compare/contrast describing hardcopy vs. digital
cartographic materials
- hardcopy shelflists - for and against
Education:
- an article on the overall scope of map librarian
and/or geography societies/associations/groups.
- educational requirements needed to administer
a research map collection, how have they changed and why?
Preservation:
- Keeping hardcopy maps when originals are scanned -
does everyone have to keep on keeping everything?
Paige Andrew
Maps/Nonbook Cataloging Librarian
University Libraries
The Pennsylvania State University
E506 Pattee Library
University Park PA 16802-1805
814/865-1755
fax 814/863-7293
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Mary Lynette Larsgaard
Assistant Head, Map and Imagery Laboratory
Fund Manager: Geography; Military Science
Co-Manager for Map and Imagery Laboratory Fund
Davidson Library
University of California
Santa Barbara CA 93106
805/893-4049
fax 805/893-8799
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