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Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 16:40:03 +0100
From: Tony Campbell <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: BL Maps CD-ROM
Sender: Tony Campbell <[log in to unmask]>



     [sent to carta, carto-soc, lismaps, maphist, maps-l (with apologies for
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              The British Library Map Catalogue on CD-ROM
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     As many of you will know, 'The British Library Map Catalogue on
     CD-ROM' was published last year.  It represents a *conversion* of 19
     volumes of printed catalogues (including those for manuscript maps)
     combined with the 1975- automated map file.  The CD contains almost
     200,000 records.

     To enable full benefit to be obtained from the CD's extensive (and,
     in some cases, original) functionality, it is accompanied by a
     61-page 'Searching' pamphlet. For some time, users of the CD in the
     Maps Reading Room in the British Library have been encouraged to take
     away copies of a four-page 'brief and selective guide' to using the
     CD.  This has now been mounted on the web, from which it can be
     freely downloaded:

         http://ihr.sas.ac.uk/maps/cdhelp.html

     Reviews of the CD have so far appeared in the International Map
     Collectors' Society Journal, Mercator's World
     <http://www.mercatormag.com/502britlib.html> and the Portolan.

     For information about purchasing the CD, contact Primary Source Media
     <http://www.psmedia.com>.

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     Those attending the IMCoS Fair in London this Sunday (4 June) will be able
     to see the CD being demonstrated
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     Tony Campbell, Map Librarian
     British Library Map Library
     96 Euston Road
     London NW1 2DB       ## NB. You must now use the NEW style phone/fax ##

     Phone: 020 7412 7525   International:  +44 20 7412 7525
     Fax:   020 7412 7780   International:  +44 20 7412 7780
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     Please see, bookmark and PROVIDE LINKS to:-

     1. The British Library Map Library homepage:
             http://www.bl.uk/collections/maps

     2. Map History / History of Cartography: THE Gateway to the Subject:
             http://ihr.sas.ac.uk/maps/
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