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Subject: Re: Flickr view of processing AGSL hidden collections
Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2012 17:04:13 -0500 (EST)
From: Paige G Andrew <[log in to unmask]>
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Thanks for sharing this with us Angie! One thought comes to mind that is
very important -- as you all go through this cataloging process of your
hidden collections I'm sure you've got plenty of pretty unique (or
totally unique) items; and so by cataloging these in OCLC you are
cooperatively sharing your work with other institutions who will or
might benefit by not having to do the same thing on their end. That's
the beauty of all of us working on cataloging online in OCLC our own
unique materials, the cost for the next instituation needing to do this
goes way down when they happen to have a copy of the same item!

Paige

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From: "Angie Cope, American Geographical Society Library, UW Milwaukee"
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Sent: Friday, March 2, 2012 11:48:16 AM
Subject: Flickr view of processing AGSL hidden collections

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Subject: Flickr view of processing AGSL hidden collections
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2012 10:46:48 -0600
From: Angie Cope, American Geographical Society Library, UW Milwaukee
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Organization: American Geographical Society Library


The AGS Library is the former research library of the American
Geographical Society of New York. The Society was founded in 1851 and
the geography and map collection, including thousands of rare books
dating from 1478, came to UW Milwaukee in 1978. The items are some of
the best cataloged materials around, but in card catalog format. In the
year 2000 a project began to get the materials cataloged in an online
environment. It wasn't until January 2010 that the rare materials room -
books and atlases dating 1899 and older - got attention in a systematic
way. The logistics of cataloging materials and moving from a geography
based classification system and arrangement to the LC classification
system has proven challenging.

Here is a glimpse at the physical handling of this LARGE task.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/agslibrary/sets/72157629495808927/with/6946509177/



Please comment at our Flickr site. It makes us feel good.

-Angie

Angie Cope
American Geographical Society Library
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