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Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 17:12:41 +0100
From: Tony Campbell <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Listing of web articles
Sender: Tony Campbell <[log in to unmask]>
[posted to carta, carto-soc, liber (GdC), lismaps, maphist, maps-l]
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A first attempt at a web bibliography of history of cartography texts
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A new page has been added to the 'Map History' site:-
"Web articles and commentaries on specific topics in the History of
Cartography" <http://ihr.sas.ac.uk/maps/webtexts.html>
This is the first attempt to create a bibliography of (free) web
texts for the history of cartography. Since some of the 'history'
described is quite recent, I am posting this to a range of map lists.
Please take a moment to look at the listing of over 150 links. Many
more must exist. I would be very grateful if you would let me know
(privately) when you find further links - now or at any time. Like
the 'Map History' site as a whole, the aim of this page is to provide
a single 'gateway' to the subject.
Given that is it impossible to search for *every* possible personal
or geographical name, I could do no more than enter standard terms
into various search engines - Google (much the best), Northern Light,
Copernic, All the Web, Altavista, Ixquick. Unfortunately, most
relevant web articles do not have 'history of cartography' (or
similar phrase) in their title, and most authors neglect to use Meta
Tags [view 'Page Source' to see what I have entered!]. {If you are
the author of a web article, please insert at least a few general
Meta Tags to make your work more visible. Nobody will read it if
they cannot find it}.
Ideally, web 'directories' would have gathered up this material
already. Roelof Oddens's "Bookmarks" was a great help, but he faces
the same difficulty in finding obscure sites. Yahoo added nothing new
- whether under Arts-Humanities-History-Maps or
Science-Geography-Cartography. Any clever searching suggestions you
might be able to offer (off list) would be much appreciated.
The listing - equivalent to 12 printed pages - is a single file.
Although it is broken down into subject sections you can search
across the whole page. If you yourself have a text that is (or might
be) on the web, please do not be modest. Check, and if it is not
there, let me have the URL.
Since I was not entering foreign terms, there is a real lack of
non-English titles. I very much hope that members of the LIBER
Groupe des Cartotécaires will be able to help here.
Finally, would you be interested in compiling a similar listing
for online exhibits (to complement John Docktor's online
Calendar), perhaps combined with a list of themed collections of
images?
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Tony Campbell, Map Librarian
British Library Map Library
96 Euston Road
London NW1 2DB
UK
Phone: 020 7412 7525 International: +44 20 7412 7525
Fax: 020 7412 7780 International: +44 20 7412 7780
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Please see, bookmark and PROVIDE LINKS to:-
1. The British Library Map Library homepage:
http://www.bl.uk/collections/maps
2. Map History / History of Cartography: THE Gateway to the Subject:
http://ihr.sas.ac.uk/maps/
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