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Subject:        Re: Cataloging policy and practice for maps extracted from
atlases
Date:   Fri, 16 May 2008 09:21:27 -0700
From:   Julie Sweetkind-Singer <[log in to unmask]>
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Hi Harry,

I think that the practice of breaking up atlases by dealers and
collectors is not that common anymore and is now frowned upon.  From
talking to the map dealers and collectors I know, that policy was
stopped many years ago partly because the atlas itself was seen as
having "integrity" and because the atlases could command a good price in
and of themselves.

I agree with other comments that an institution certainly would not want
to condone this practice.  I also agree with Nancy that to catalog them
is a good thing.  The deed is done and so why not provide bibliographic
access to those faculty, students, and scholars that can now benefit
from you having the map in the collection.  I don't personally think
that cataloging these single maps condones this process.

Julie

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> Subject:        Re: Cataloging policy and practice for maps extracted
> from
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> Date:   Fri, 16 May 2008 11:59:48 -0400
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> We do publicly-shared cataloging for such maps.  An up-side of maps being
> taken out of books is that they are more likely to get separate
> cataloging
> that way, and therefore better intellectual access is provided to them.
> Not that I advocate dismantling atlases or extracting maps from books;
> the
> ideal would be to catalog the maps separately, with in-analytics records,
> while keeping them in the books in which they have been published.
> But in
> this imperfect, bottom-line world, cataloging these extracted maps
> seems to
> be a way to make the best of this situation.
>
> Nancy A. Kandoian
> Map Cataloger
> The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
> The New York Public Library
> 5th Ave. & 42nd St.
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> Subject:        FW: Cataloging policy and practice for maps extracted
> from
> atlases
> Date:   Fri, 16 May 2008 10:05:16 -0500
> From:   Harry Davis <[log in to unmask]>
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> Advice needed!
>
> We have a number of map sheets that exist as items removed (not by us)
> from atlases, most especially pre-20^th -century atlases. Some of these
> maps are gifts, while some are past purchases.
>
> Cataloging administration at this library has expressed strong
> reluctance to provide any publicly-shared cataloging (via OCLC) for maps
> that have been extracted from historical atlases. The position is
> principled in the belief that “breaking” integral books (atlases in this
> case) is ethically and professionally unacceptable and that our
> institution should not condone such practice by agreeing to catalog
> extracted maps.
>
> What policy do other libraries observe for such situations?
>
> We have noted the prevalence of maps separated (historically) from
> atlases and the value of a record for individual maps once this is the
> fact of the situation –that is, that we are not doing the breaking and
> that an extracted map retains intellectual value even if tainted by the
> removal. We are also mindful, of course, of the map theft for sale
> issues.
>
> I suppose a corollary question is one of whether gifts of extracted maps
> should be declined (and purchases not undertaken).
>
> What can others contribute to this discussion?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Harry Davis
>
> Map Librarian
>
> Liaison Librarian for Civil and Environmental Engineering,
>
> Geography and Environmental Resources, Geology,
>
> Maps, and Mining and Mineral Resources Engineering
>
> Morris Library
>
> Southern Illinois University Carbondale
>
> Carbondale, IL 62901-6632
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> Phone: 618~453~2372
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Julie Sweetkind-Singer
Head Librarian, GIS & Map Librarian
Branner Earth Sciences Library & Map Collections
397 Panama Mall; MC/2211
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305
650-725-1102 (phone)
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