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Subject:        RE: nautical chart practices
Date:   Tue, 12 May 2009 11:17:54 -0400
From:   Robar, Terri J. <[log in to unmask]>
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We were also looking for a way to streamline our records here at UM. Individual bib records for each edition of each chart was just crazy. So, I've been downloading the serial records from OCLC which has cut the number of bibs to a fraction of what we were getting from MARCIVE.

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Terri J. Robar
Maps & Special Formats Librarian
Education and Outreach
Otto G. Richter Library
P.O. Box 248214
1300 Memorial Drive
University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL  33124-0320

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On 5/11/09, Maps-L Moderator <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Subject:        nautical chart practices
> Date:   Fri, 08 May 2009 09:54:10 -0700
> From:   Jon Jablonski <[log in to unmask]>
> Organization:   University of Oregon
> To:     [log in to unmask]
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> We collect current nautical charts as part of the FDLP, but have decided
> to go our own way without individual MARCIVE bib records.  We have
> always stored the charts as a set, with a G32301 class number.
>
> We would like to break the collection down by region (1-9)
> geographically, just so we don't have 1 bib record with 5000 items
> attached.  We're making sheet lists and index maps
> (http://libweb.uoregon.edu/map/naut/nautical_curr.htm), but we do want
> barcodes and item records for inventory control.
>
> Has anyone done anything like this?  What's your method (short of
> individual bibs and sudoc #s) for wrangling this large set?
>
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> Jon R. Jablonski                          541-346-3051
> Associate Professor
> David & Nancy Petrone MAP/GIS Librarian
> University of Oregon Libraries
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