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Subject:        Re: Natural scale rulers
Date:   Mon, 12 Mar 2012 15:29:39 -0400
From:   Allison Rich <[log in to unmask]>
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Organization:   John Carter Brown Library
To:     Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
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Hello Bob:

Thanks for your message.

Pardon my ignorance but I never work with macros in Connexion client.
I do sometimes work with text strings.

I checked out the link and would love to try it.
We have a lot of early maps, in which the bar scales are given in
measurements which are now archaic.
If I convert and discover a modern equivalent, how will this work with
the macro?

And also how do I install your macro?
It may be best to email me off list and talk me through this unless the
list will find it useful to know as well.

Many thanks,
~Allison


Thank you very much Susan.
I have forwarded that on to our financial person and she will write him
there and try to get them.

Best,
~Allison


> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: RE: Natural scale rulers
> Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:06:05 +0000
> From: Bob Thomas <[log in to unmask]>
> To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
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> Allison,
>
> If you use OCLC's Connexion client software for cataloging, Walter
> Nickeson has written the CalcScale macro that replaces the scale rulers.
> Our map catalogers use this (and love it). Just give it the measurement
> of the scale in inches or centimeters, and the length of the scale in
> miles, yards, feet, meters or kilometers, and it converts the
> information into a representative fraction. The CalcScale macro is
> available at:
> http://docushare.lib.rochester.edu/docushare/dsweb/View/Collection-2556
>
> Bob Thomas
> Integrated Systems Librarian & Head of Cataloging
> Western Washington University Libraries
> Bellingham, WA
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Natural scale rulers
> Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:55:00 -0400
> From: Allison Rich <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: [log in to unmask]
> Organization: John Carter Brown Library
> To: [log in to unmask]
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>
>
> Hi All;
>
> We have started to properly catalogue our maps and we are having a very
> difficult time getting natural scale indicator rulers.
>
> On the Western Association of Map Libraries website, it lists:
>
> *Map Scale Indicator Sources* - Clear plastic map scale indicators:
> Available for $18.00 (US or Canadian) from Dr. Cliff Wood, Professor
> (Retired), Memorial University, P.O. Box 225, Ilderton, Ontario, Canada,
> N0M 2A0.
>
> We have tried contacting him but there is no answer.
> Do we have an old address?
>
> Is there some alternative source for the rulers?
> We would be looking for 3 of them.
>
> Thanks for you help,
> ~Allison
>
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>
> Allison Rich
> Rare Books Cataloguer
> John Carter Brown Library
> Providence, Rhode Island
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"Outside of a dog, a book is probably man's best friend,
and inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. - Groucho Marx"

Allison Rich
Rare Books Cataloguer
John Carter Brown Library
Providence, Rhode Island
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