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Alice,
Here is the URL for the cartographic homepage at University of Waterloo.
It was created some months ago and is badly dated but it may still be of
interest to you.
  http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/discipline/general/cm.html
 
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Richard Hugh Pinnell
Head, University Map and Design Library, University of Waterloo,
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada  N2L 3G1
Phone: 519/888-4567, extension 3412
Fax:   519/746-8476
Email: [log in to unmask]
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On Fri, 3 Feb 1995 [log in to unmask] wrote:
 
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> NYPL Map Div hopes to scan and have up on the WWW by June, in a learning
> project for us, some 40 maps of towns and forts taken from a little atlas in
> our antiquarian collections.
>
> In our homepage we would like to point to other library map collections which
> are on the net, with their addresses. Is there an easy way to find this out,
> or can you guys just respond to this message and tell me?  A sentence or two
> of description would be nice, so that we can direct folks accurately.
>
> As a rank beginner here, I am wondering if others who are years ahead of us on
> this, have created databases which we might learn from, steal from, whatever.
> In other words, for each image, what fields did you create? Did you follow the
> AACR2 format? Something new? Is someone out there trying to create a standard
> format for map collections on the net? The next time out we might want to scan
> a slew of modern maps, so designing a database/searching tool that is flexible
> is of the first order here. This time it's antiquarian,next time might be
> modern stuff, followed by aerial photographs, or who knows what. HELP!
>
> Apologies, I know dumb questions from peagreen beginners drive everyone crazy,
> but your new very best friend Alice, will appreciate any insights you all have
> to offer...
>
> You may answer to me directly at the addresses below. Or on the net if that is
> easier and helpful to others. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR ALL THE GOOD STUFF YOU
> ARE GOING TO SEND ME!
>
> Alice Hudson
> Chief, Map Division, NYPL
> The Research Libraries
> 5th Avenue & 42d Street
> New York, NY 10018
>
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