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Subject:        Re: nautical chart practices
Date:   Mon, 11 May 2009 12:03:58 -0800
From:   John Kawula <[log in to unmask]>
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Good question. We still haven't resolved it yet. Our situation is that
we want to retain Alaska nauticals, file them as a state thematic
series and not have to mess much with descriptions. My experience is
that patrons know the sheet number they want or rely on the visual
index. Descriptive cataloging for the individual sheets is not
productive.

I e-mailed GPO a while back suggesting they create a catalog record
for each of the nine regions. Then the catalog records would correlate
with the shipments they send via the FDLP program. People could simply
upload the record(s) for the GPO item number(s) they select.
Well---they never answered the e-mail. My guess is this is a NIH (Not
Invented Here) matter and they don't want someone outside their domain
making suggestions no matter how logical or practical the suggestions
might be.

Then I suggested to our state library that they create a single
catalog record for Alaska nauticals as they have a lot of nauticals
themselves. They refused saying they want the descriptions for each
sheet.

So I had our cataloging unit (that only gets around to maps every now
and then) create a very simple record and my clerical staff will bar
code and list the sheet numbers and dates under a single searchable
contents note. Hopefully my staff and student assistant will get to
this project this summer.


John Kawula
Government Documents and Maps Librarian
University of Alaska Fairbanks
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On 5/11/09, Maps-L Moderator <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> -------- Original Message --------
> 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]
>
>
>
> 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?
>
> __________________________________________
> Jon R. Jablonski                          541-346-3051
> Associate Professor
> David & Nancy Petrone MAP/GIS Librarian
> University of Oregon Libraries
>