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Subject: RE: Map digitization and the Registry of Digital Masters
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 15:07:53 -0400
From: Jimmie Lundgren <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>
Dear Christopher,
A few years ago when I was part of the CAGER Subcommittee here
in Florida we drew up some guidelines for digital reproductions of maps
and aerial photographs. It hasn't been updated for a while, but it was
roughly compatible with the new Digital Registry guide and can still be
seen at:
http://www.fcla.edu/csul/tspc/cager/guidelines/CAGERGuidelines-Pt1MAPFL-
FLAP.html
Thanks,
Jimmie
Jimmie Lundgren
Science & Social Science Cataloging Unit
Cataloging and Metadata Dept.
George A. Smathers Libraries
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 32611
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Subject: Map digitization and the Registry of Digital Masters
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Subject: Map digitization and the Registry of Digital Masters
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 13:08:49 -0500 (CDT)
From: Christopher Winters <[log in to unmask]>
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Colleagues,
The folks responsible for digitization projects at
the University of Chicago Library have been suggesting
that it would be nice if the Map Collection's work in
this area conformed a little more with that elsewhere
in the Library. That would mean, in particular, entering
information about digitization into the Registry of
Digital Masters by altering our OCLC and local records.
(Guidelines for these can be found at
http://www.diglib.org/collections/reg/DigRegGuide200705.htm
We've produced one map record aong these lines;
see OCLC 51600377.) The models given in these
guidelines were naturally created for books and
serials. We've been particularly concerned about
what to put in the 538 field, in which one is
supposed to refer to the set of standards followed.
I have two (perhaps rather naive) questions:
[1] Can anyone refer me to a set of standards that
apply particularly to map digitization?
[2] Are there other libraries doing map digitization
work who are attempting to create records that conform
to the Registry of Digital Masters guidelines?
I could be wrong, but it looks as though most of the
libraries reporting their digitization work are
doing it in some other way, and most of the OCLC
records I see for digitized maps include 856s and
often 007s and 530s--but not the several fields (042,
506, 533, 538, 583) required by the new guidelines.
It would be nice to have a model!
I'd be grateful for your thoughts.
Chris Winters
University of Chicago Library
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