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Subject: MAPS-L: geographic code indexing
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005
From: Seldin, Daniel T. <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>


The only catalog I know of that allows searching of MARC 052 is RLIN.
They have had the capability for many years.  I do not know how it is
indexed.

Daniel T. Seldin
Map Cataloger
Technical Service Dept.
Herman B Wells Library E350
1320 E. 10th St.
Bloomington, IN  47405-3907
812-855-2059
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Subject: geographic code indexing
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005
From: Ken Grabach <[log in to unmask]>
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Hello, colleagues.

I have a question for a group of you among the map catalogers who use
the LC Classification schedule G for maps and atlases.  Specifically,
anyone whose catalog has an index for the MARC 052, Geographic
Classification.

I would welcome any information on how this index functions, what type
of index it is.  I can describe to my colleagues what this number
represents, and how it might be derived.  I can convey a sense of its
potential value for a searchable index of the catalog, as it can be more
precise and concise to convey a geographical area covered by a map, and
can distinguish between a general and a thematic map of the same major
area.
But I am at a loss to give any of the technical information about how
this would actually be indexed.

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

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