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Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 18:29:28 -0500 (EST)
From: mgilmore <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: call numbers and classification of maps
Sender: mgilmore <[log in to unmask]>
 
 
It struck terror in my heart when one of our catalogers told me they went
to a workshop on cataloging maps (just kidding).
The problem is they want to apply Dewey Decimal classification.
This would be applied to maps that are strictly Washington DC metropolitan
area.  And probably almost all already have full cataloging from LC with
LC classification.
Is Dewey feasible for this kind of collection?
 
Matthew Gilmore
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