-------- Original Message -------- Subject: article of interest on geographic search Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 18:34:38 -0400 From: [log in to unmask] To: [log in to unmask] The latest issue of College & Research Libraries (Sept. 2007, p. 376-387) has an article by Michael Buckland et al. (6 authors, mostly from UC Berkeley) entitled "Geographic Search: Catalogs, Gazetteers, and Maps" that may be of interest to map people, though it also pertains to geographic searching for non-map resources. It looks at the kinds of geographic data that catalog records contain but that are underused for searching purposes, discusses extending search capabilities, georeferencing place name authority records, and using maps as catalog interfaces. (FYI, full text is available online for ACRL members only via http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/crljournal/backissues2007a/crlsept07/September_07.cfm) Nancy A. Kandoian Map Cataloger The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division The New York Public Library 5th Ave. & 42nd St. New York, NY 10018-2788 [log in to unmask] phone 212-930-0586; fax 212-930-0027