--- Begin Forwarded Message --- Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 16:40:03 +0100 From: Tony Campbell <[log in to unmask]> Subject: BL Maps CD-ROM Sender: Tony Campbell <[log in to unmask]> [sent to carta, carto-soc, lismaps, maphist, maps-l (with apologies for duplication - please forward to others who might be interested] The British Library Map Catalogue on CD-ROM ------------------------------------------- As many of you will know, 'The British Library Map Catalogue on CD-ROM' was published last year. It represents a *conversion* of 19 volumes of printed catalogues (including those for manuscript maps) combined with the 1975- automated map file. The CD contains almost 200,000 records. To enable full benefit to be obtained from the CD's extensive (and, in some cases, original) functionality, it is accompanied by a 61-page 'Searching' pamphlet. For some time, users of the CD in the Maps Reading Room in the British Library have been encouraged to take away copies of a four-page 'brief and selective guide' to using the CD. This has now been mounted on the web, from which it can be freely downloaded: http://ihr.sas.ac.uk/maps/cdhelp.html Reviews of the CD have so far appeared in the International Map Collectors' Society Journal, Mercator's World <http://www.mercatormag.com/502britlib.html> and the Portolan. For information about purchasing the CD, contact Primary Source Media <http://www.psmedia.com>. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Those attending the IMCoS Fair in London this Sunday (4 June) will be able to see the CD being demonstrated -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [log in to unmask] Tony Campbell, Map Librarian British Library Map Library 96 Euston Road London NW1 2DB ## NB. You must now use the NEW style phone/fax ## Phone: 020 7412 7525 International: +44 20 7412 7525 Fax: 020 7412 7780 International: +44 20 7412 7780 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ ******************************************************************** --- End Forwarded Message ---