--- Begin Forwarded Message --- Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 10:53:11 -0400 (AST) From: James Boxall <[log in to unmask]> Subject: cataloging query/recon Sender: James Boxall <[log in to unmask]> Happy "...insert favourite holiday here...." I've seen the Penn State Map Cataloging web pages (useful!), and i've made some preliminary calls to friends in the know......but i am in need of some advice and/or opinions.......(you can choose if you want to post to the list or to me directly) i'll be real brief: should map cataloging be done in or by the map library/collection? (yes...i've seen/read/re-read the cat&class quaterly issue from 1999 edited by Larsgaard and Andrew which has survey results) you can twist the question/answers any way you like (for example, include in the definition of "map" digital geographic information.....or you could even raise issue like "how much about maps does a person have to know to do original cat?" assuming copy cat requires less map knowledge?....or, add in how much consultation should be done between cat dept and map lib?) :-) (told ya i'd be brief...which is a first for me) cheers james ps...also, any and all advice or stories/experiences about recon would be great to get.......don't ya just love the easy questions :-) James Boxall Curator/Head Map and Geospatial Information Collection Killam Library Dalhousie University Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada B3H 4H8 902-494-3757 (tel) 902-494-2062 (fax) [log in to unmask] magic.library.dal.ca Immediate Past-President, Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives (ACMLA) www.acmla.org --- End Forwarded Message ---