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Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 16:58:21 +0000 (/etc/localtime)
From: Ken Grabach <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: NIMA vector maps on disc <fwd>
Sender: Ken Grabach <[log in to unmask]>
 
 
 
In general the date in the classification number for a map is not the date
of publication, but rather is "date of situation", that is, the date of
the information portrayed on the map or in the digital information.  Thus,
in the G schedule for maps and atlases, the date is part of the subject
classification, which is why it appears where it does, and not where dates
for 'regular books' appear, at the end.  For clarification, refer to
either Library of Congress "Map Cataloging Manual", or in the tables for
subjects in the LC G schedule after G9999.
 
The value of this is that another map of the same area would reflect
another situation from another time period.
 
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Ken Grabach         <[log in to unmask]>
Documents and Maps Librarian
Miami University Libraries
Oxford, Ohio  45056  USA
 
On Fri, 26 Mar 1999, Johnnie Sutherland wrote:
 
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> Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 12:36:25 -0800 (PST)
> From: Linda Newman <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: NIMA vector maps on disc
> Sender: Linda Newman <[log in to unmask]>
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> Perhaps some experienced map catalogers could respond:
>
> We have received the NIMA Vector map series on disc. Can anyone tell
> me if it is the norm to catalog it with the year (1997) within the
> number and not at the end: G5960 1997 .v42
>
> I'm arguing with my catalog dept....
> Thanks!
> Linda Newman
> University of Nevada, Reno
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