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Subject:        RE: MAPS-L: National Atlas loose sheets
Date:   Wed, 22 Mar 2006 14:12:12 -0800
From:   Diaz, Carlos <[log in to unmask]>
To:     Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>

Well, we catalog our maps monographically including our topographic maps.  If a record doesn't appear on OCLC, our cataloging librarian will create original cataloging for it.

I do agree that cataloging monographically helps the patron find the map much more easily than a serial record.  Adding the series name to the series field also helps in some instances.  You can click on that link and find other maps like it may be of interest to some patrons.

There are some maps that somehow don't make it through the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) and so never get distributed.  We refer to these missing documents as "fugitives."  Whenever I find a fugitive document, I report it to FDLP so they can add it to the program.

BTW, the call number for your title is:  G3701.D2 1985 .K8 (OCLC# 16630825).  I found it using our consortial online catalog.


Carlos A. Diaz
Government Documents/Maps
The Evergreen State College
Olympia, Washington
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Subject: MAPS-L: National Atlas loose sheets


-------- Original Message --------
Subject:        National Atlas loose sheets
Date:   Wed, 22 Mar 2006 12:12:35 -0500
From:   Weessies, Kathleen <[log in to unmask]>
To:     Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>


We have been grouping many of the loose National Atlas sheets in a specially-made box under a single call number.  I've been reassessing that organization and in my explorations see that many libraries catalog the sheets separately.  I've found a hole in this strategy, though, and would like to hear how you treat these maps.

A lot of records come up in Worldcat for the various loose sheets, but here is one that doesn't: "Potential Natural Vegetation" printed in 1985.  It has the code 38077-AH-NA--07M-00 in the bottom corner.  I only spot-checked a few sheets to see what other libraries are doing with them, so there are surely other examples of sheets in the series not appearing in Worldcat.

If it came through depository, a lot of libraries must have this sheet.  How does your library catalog this map?  As part of a larger set or serial? By itself but it hasn't received full cataloging yet?

Kathleen Weessies
Maps/GIS Librarian
Michigan State University
100 Library W308
East Lansing, MI 48824
(517)432-6123 x250
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