Subject: Re: Library of Congress Authority Records and Map Collecting
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:32:52 -0500
I believe the question is how does one go about making requests or
suggestions for LC subject headings.
Just a few examples:
Existing subject headings - Book collecting, Book selection, Antiquarian
booksellers, Bibliomania
Corresponding subject headings currently absent from the LC Authorities - Map collecting, Map selection, Antiquarian
map sellers, Cartomania
I'm sure there is more to add to this list.
Angie
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Subject: Re: Re: Library of Congress Authority Records and Map Collecting
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:27:22 -0500 (CDT)
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No thanks! I plan to work on the NYC pre-1900 map trade and its members
[all stripes]. That will keep me busy for awhile.
Alice
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Subject: RE: Library of Congress Authority Records and Map Collecting
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:10:28 -0500
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Joel brings up an excellent point -- and if someone on the list --
perhaps recently retired voices of experience, such as Alice Hudson
or David Cobb, feel inspired to write a book on the topic, I am sure
there will be a section on ethics -- and rightly so!
Dawn Youngblood
Southern Methodist University
Curator of Maps
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Subject: Library of Congress Authority Records and Map Collecting
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Subject: Library of Congress Authority Records and Map Collecting
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2009 13:57:05 -0400
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For a number of reasons, I was recently searching the University of
Virginia for items related to "map collecting." While I never expected
the list to be close to those linked to the subject of "book
collecting," I was a little surprised when the number for the former was
"0", and the number for the latter exceeded 600. Then I went to the LC
Authority Records, now suspicious of what I would find, and again,
nothing for "map collecting," while there were nearly 300 subheadings on
variations of "book collecting."
While I understand how this has happened over the years, it strikes me
as something that could use some form of correction. Maybe a few topical
authority records for "map collecting"? Since a number of people on this
list are involved with such things, I thought it worth mentioning. I
also posted this to the Maps-L list.
Joel Kovarsky
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