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Subject: RE: map cataloging question re: date of publication vs. date of
situation
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2012 16:01:27 +0000
From: Skarich, Bojana <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship <[log in to unmask]>

Thanks for your feedback on this, Chris and Joel. Map cataloging is new
to me, and there's still quite a bit of a learning curve for me. Do you
know how I can access the S Table for Historic Geography? I'm not able
to access it via the link you sent. (Could it be because of LC's
downtime for this week?)

Thank you,
Bojana

Bojana Skarich
Non-Print Catalog Librarian
Michigan State University Libraries
366 W. Circle Drive
East Lansing, MI 48824
517-353-9034
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From: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Angie Cope, American
Geographical Society Library, UW Milwaukee
Sent: Friday, November 09, 2012 4:39 PM
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Subject: Re: map cataloging question re: date of publication vs. date of
situation

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Subject:        Re: map cataloging question re: date of publication vs. date
of situation
Date:   Fri, 09 Nov 2012 16:37:09 -0500
From:   Joel Kovarsky <[log in to unmask]>
To:     Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
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On 11/9/2012 4:20 PM, Angie Cope, American Geographical Society Library,
UW Milwaukee wrote:
> Not sure I completely agree.

Here is a bit of online discussion, last updated 2009, mostly siding
with the "date of situation," but allowing for both:
http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~dbertuca/maps/cat/schedule_g.html and
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/class_g.pdf . From that latter link (LC):

      "          The date in a map call number is always the date of the
      situation, except when a history (S+) cutter has been used, in which
      case the date in the call number is the date of publication."
      (footnote 1).

                      Joel Kovarsky