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Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 12:01:12 -0700
From: Hillery Oberle <[log in to unmask]>
Reply-To: Hillery Oberle <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: RE: MAPS-L: Outsourcing retrospective cataloging
To: "Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum" <[log in to unmask]>
Paige and all,
Of those who've had the pleasure of experiencing a retrospective
cataloging project, has anyone handled a unique database to opac
conversion?
Thanks much!
Hillery Oberle
Maps Archivist/Geography and Geology Subject Specialist
Government Documents & Maps Dept.,
Noble Science & Engineering Library
Arizona State University
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480-965-5973
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Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 8:39 AM
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Subject: MAPS-L: Outsourcing retrospective cataloging
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Subject: Re: MAPS-L: Outsourcing retrospective cataloging
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005
From: Paige Andrew <[log in to unmask]>
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Rebecca,
This topic has been raised in the past on MAPS-L, so perhaps one thing
you can do is get into the index to see what has been shared in the past
on outsourcing of retrospective map cataloging. In addition, I have
personal experience using OCLC's Retrocon unit to do a couple of small
projects for us here at PSU (and set things up so that something similar
was done at the Univ. of Georgia shortly after I left there a few years
back). Basically, unless one is able to locate somebody locally who can
do such work on their own, OCLC is about the only outfit that can tackle
doing retrospective cataloging of maps, and they do a good job too!
There was, for several years, a person in either Maryland or Virginia
who had a company that she ran out of her home but I understand she gave
that up some time ago.
A good article to read on this topic, though not the only one out there,
is "Retrospective Conversion and Cataloging of a Major Academic Map
Collection: The University of Washington Story" by Kathryn Womble,
published in Vol. 27, No. 3/4 of Cataloging & Classification Quarterly
and republished in the companion monograph titled "Maps and Related
Cartographic Materials: Cataloging, Classification, and Bibliographic
Control." Ms. Womble added a good Reference citation list at the end so
you can pursue older related articles from there.
Good luck, and do share your findings!
Sincerely,
Paige Andrew
Faculty Maps Cataloger
Pennsylvania State University
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> Subject: Outsourcing retrospective cataloging
> Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005
> From: Rebecca Lowery <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
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> I am pulling together information about outsourcing the retrospective
> cataloging of some items from the map collection at Northwestern
> University.
> I would appreciate any guidance that list members can provide about:
1)
> companies to be used (or avoided) in doing the cataloging; 2)
approximate
> costs that have been incurred in doing this; and 3) guidance that you
can
> provide for going about this process (either in the form of personal
> experience or previously reported materials such as articles or
archived
> materials from lists).
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Becky Lowery
> Grad student in MLIS
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> Rebecca Lowery, Ph.D.
> Senior Statistical Consultant
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