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Subject:        FW: Carto-Bibliography of Maps published online in KU
ScholarWorks
Date:   Thu, 5 Nov 2009 08:36:58 -0600
From:   McEathron, Scott R <[log in to unmask]>
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Colleagues,
Below is information on a new work by Barbara McCorkle published on-line in the University of Kansas digital repository.
Best wishes,
Scott

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CARTOBIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE MAPS IN 18TH CENTURY BRITISH AND AMERICAN
GEOGRAPHY BOOKS

By Barbara McCorkle

On 11/2/2009 Barbara McCorkle’s "Cartobibliography of the Maps in 18th
Century British and American Geography Books" was published on-line in
the University of Kansas digital repository, known as KU Scholarworks,
at URL http://hdl.handle.net/1808/5564.

This cartobibliography contains descriptions of approximately 6700
maps found in 470 books.  Entries are arranged alphabetically by
author/title, and each entry lists every map included in the book with
the full title, dimensions, name(s) of any publisher, engraver or
cartographer appearing on the map, and the page location within the
work cited.  There are three indexes: cartographer/engraver,
geographic, and publisher.  The ESTC [English Short Title Catalogue]
number is also given with each entry, enabling a researcher to locate
copies and even call-numbers at participating libraries.  The ESTC
catalogue is freely accessible on-line at the British Library website
at URL: http://www.bl.uk/.  This cartobibliography will enable
scholars to locate hitherto unrecognized work of the leading
cartographers/engravers of the period and, as each entry contains the
entire list of publishers/booksellers, will be an aid to researchers
in the field of early publishing history.

Those having access to a library which subscribes to the Thomson Gale
digital database, Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO), will
have full-text access there to many of these books, including
illustrations and maps.

The McCorkle cartobibliography project files are held in the
Department of Special Collections, Spencer Research Library,
University of Kansas.  The files include a xerox-quality paper copy of
99% of the maps in the cartobibliography.  These will be most useful
to researchers within visiting distance of Lawrence, Kansas.  If you
are trying to identify a map and are unable to visit, you are welcome
to send an image of your map to the Special Collections Librarian, who
will be glad to check the files as time allows.  Spencer Research
Library does offer copy services, and it would be possible to request
copies of maps, but only of those in books held in Spencer Research
Library. The contact person at Spencer Research Library is Dr. Karen
S. Cook, Interim Special Collections Librarian, Spencer Research
Library, University of Kansas, 1450 Poplar Lane, Lawrence, KS
66045-7616, USA; e-mail: [log in to unmask]: telephone (785) 864-3357.

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Brian Rosenblum
Scholarly Digital Initiatives Librarian
University of Kansas
Anschutz Library, Room 320A
1301 Hoch Auditoria Drive
Lawrence, KS 66045-7537
Ph. (785) 864-8883
Fax (785) 864-5705
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