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Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 09:03:00 -0700
From: Mary Larsgaard <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Retrospective-cataloging project completed
Sender: Mary Larsgaard <[log in to unmask]>



Contact:
Map & Imagery Laboratory
Davidson Library
University of California
Santa Barbara CA 93016
Contact: Mary L. Larsgaard 805/893-4049; [log in to unmask]

ACCESS TO THE WORLD: PRE-1900 MAPS OF THE WORLD AND MAPS OF CALIFORNIA

Santa Barbara, CA, October 16, 2000 -- The Map and Imagery Laboratory
(MIL), Davidson Library, UCSB, has successfully completed a one-year
retrospective cataloging project for ca. 650 pre-1900 maps of various areas
of the Earth and ca. 12,000 mainly 20th-century maps of California.  The
project was funded by LSTA, Federal monies administered by the California
State Library.  Previously these pre-1900 maps (held by the Special
Collections Department of the Davidson Library) and the maps of California
(held by MIL) were not in the Library's online catalog (PEGASUS); users had
no way of finding out about the maps except by asking staff of the two
departments.  These records now appear not only on PEGASUS but also on
MELVYL - the online catalog of the libraries of the University of
California - and on OCLC, a source for catalog records and information as
to what libraries hold what items.

To search for these maps via the Web:
a.      Go the Website for the California Digital Library
(http://www.cdlib.org) and select MELVYL Catalog.
b.      Or go to the Website for the Davidson Library
(www.library.ucsb.edu) and select PEGASUS; this will require a TN3270
application.

For more information on the project, contact Mary Larsgaard, who was
project director.



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Mary Lynette Larsgaard
Assistant Head, Map and Imagery Laboratory
Davidson Library
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara CA 93106
telephone: 805/893-4049
fax: 805/893-8799
email: [log in to unmask]
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