-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Soil Survey Cataloging Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2002 07:50:15 -0800 From: [log in to unmask] To: [log in to unmask] ------------------ Here is a question for people who know a lot more about cataloging than I do. What is considered best practice for cataloging soil maps and soil surveys? Because of a preservation project I have a bunch of old soil maps that have been detached from their accompanying soil survey booklets. The titles of the maps and of the accompanying surveys are frequently slightly different, and the dates of publication are often not the same. Different libraries seem to have handled the cataloging of these in several ways. When the items are detached should there be separate records for the maps and the surveys? If the two are combined into a single record which should be the "main entry" (if such a concept is still considered valid)? Can anyone point to examples of supremely skillful cataloging of soil maps and their accompanying (but no longer attached) soil surveys? Thanks in advance all you map catalogers. David Allen Map Librarian Stony Brook University [log in to unmask]