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Subject:        Re: Cataloging question, edit record, or create new record?
Date:   Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:55:32 -0600
From:   Tami Morse McGill <[log in to unmask]>
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I think you're right; you need new records.  Even if everything else in
the records match -- scale, dimensions, even ISBN -- you have different
things, since your maps don't have covers.

 If you want an authoritative source, "Differences Between, Changes
Within" says that any difference in physical details is a major change
for cartographic materials, and requires a new record.  So see, your
instincts are good!

Tami Morse McGill
Catalog Librarian
University of Wyoming Libraries
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On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Maps-L Moderator <[log in to unmask]
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    -------- Original Message --------
    Subject:        cataloging question, edit record, or create new record?
    Date:   Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:50:41 -0400
    From:   Grabach, Kenneth A. Mr. <[log in to unmask]
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    Hello, map catalogers.

    This question is one that nags me from time to time, and I'm never
    sure what is the right approach.

    Three maps I have purchased, by Gizimaps of Budapest.  Each is a
    wall map format, purchased flat, without an attached cover.  Each is
    gradient tint version, one of Tibet (2007), one of India (2007), and
    one of Silk Road countries (2008).  There are records in WorldCat
    for what is probably the same version as each of these, but
    published as folded maps inside attached covers, with cover titles
    and ISBN numbers.

    I am uncertain whether it is more appropriate (1) to create new
    records for the wall map versions, or (2) to edit the records for
    the folded map versions.  Option (1) recognizes that the physical
    format of the maps is different.  Option (2) recognizes that the
    intellectual content is the same for each title.

    The question is, To describe the work, or to describe the published
    iteration?  As I phrase it this way, I am inclined to make new
    records for these, but I wanted to see what others think, or how you
    have acted in similar situations, yourself.


    Ken Grabach                           <[log in to unmask]
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    Maps Librarian                          Phone: 513-529-1726
    Miami University Libraries
    Oxford, Ohio  45056  USA