-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Re: Library of Congress Authority Records and Map Collecting Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:27:22 -0500 (CDT) From: AliceH <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] No thanks! I plan to work on the NYC pre-1900 map trade and its members [all stripes]. That will keep me busy for awhile. Alice [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> Oct 12, 2009 10:16:06 AM, [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> wrote: -------- Original Message -------- Subject: RE: Library of Congress Authority Records and Map Collecting Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:10:28 -0500 From: Youngblood, Dawn <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> To: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> References: <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Joel brings up an excellent point -- and if someone on the list -- perhaps recently retired voices of experience, such as Alice Hudson or David Cobb, feel inspired to write a book on the topic, I am sure there will be a section on ethics -- and rightly so! Dawn Youngblood Southern Methodist University Curator of Maps ________________________________________ From: Maps, Air Photo & GIS Forum [[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>] On Behalf Of Maps-L Moderator [[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>] Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 7:27 AM To: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> Subject: Library of Congress Authority Records and Map Collecting -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Library of Congress Authority Records and Map Collecting Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2009 13:57:05 -0400 From: Joel Kovarsky <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> CC: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> For a number of reasons, I was recently searching the University of Virginia for items related to "map collecting." While I never expected the list to be close to those linked to the subject of "book collecting," I was a little surprised when the number for the former was "0", and the number for the latter exceeded 600. Then I went to the LC Authority Records, now suspicious of what I would find, and again, nothing for "map collecting," while there were nearly 300 subheadings on variations of "book collecting." While I understand how this has happened over the years, it strikes me as something that could use some form of correction. Maybe a few topical authority records for "map collecting"? Since a number of people on this list are involved with such things, I thought it worth mentioning. I also posted this to the Maps-L list. Joel Kovarsky