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Subject:        cataloging question, edit record, or create new record?
Date:   Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:50:41 -0400
From:   Grabach, Kenneth A. Mr. <[log in to unmask]>
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Hello, map catalogers.

This question is one that nags me from time to time, and I'm never sure what is the right approach.

Three maps I have purchased, by Gizimaps of Budapest.  Each is a wall map format, purchased flat, without an attached cover.  Each is gradient tint version, one of Tibet (2007), one of India (2007), and one of Silk Road countries (2008).  There are records in WorldCat for what is probably the same version as each of these, but published as folded maps inside attached covers, with cover titles and ISBN numbers.

I am uncertain whether it is more appropriate (1) to create new records for the wall map versions, or (2) to edit the records for the folded map versions.  Option (1) recognizes that the physical format of the maps is different.  Option (2) recognizes that the intellectual content is the same for each title.

The question is, To describe the work, or to describe the published iteration?  As I phrase it this way, I am inclined to make new records for these, but I wanted to see what others think, or how you have acted in similar situations, yourself.


Ken Grabach                           <[log in to unmask]>
Maps Librarian                          Phone: 513-529-1726
Miami University Libraries
Oxford, Ohio  45056  USA