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From: Philip Hoehn    [log in to unmask]
 
In cartographic materials cataloging the 052 takes the
place of the much less precise (and generally
unsatisfactory) 043 codes.  No cataloger should waste
even a second adding an 043 field to a record for
cartographic materials.
 
 
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> Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 23:59:36
> From: John Buelow <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Cataloging: 043 Geo codes?
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> [this message is being cross-posted on AUTOCAT]
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> Am I correct in understanding from recent discussion that the 043
> Geographic Area Code is normally completed only when geographical terms
> occur in a 650 topical heading, and that an 043 is never used to explicate
> 651s?  Is it anyway redundant if the 052 is completed, as when cataloging
> in the Map format?  Can anyone confirm that even RLIN members do not
> typically complete the 043 when cataloging maps?
>
> John Buelow
> New York Historical Society
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>Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1998 10:53:41 -0700
>From: Mary Larsgaard <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: Cataloging: 043 Geo codes? (fwd)
 
 
It's my long-ago and possibly flawed understanding
that for cartographic materials, while one MAY use
both 043 and 052, generally 052 is the preferred
field; it's more specific - and for many map catalogers,
only 052 is used. This is of course a local-option matter;
if your library uses 043 for all formats, then you would
use that.
Mary Larsgaard