----- Forwarded Message ----- From: "Edward Sullivan" <[log in to unmask]> To: "Air Photo & GIS Forum Maps" <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 7:14:13 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: RE: Re: Library of Congress Authority Records and Map Collecting With regard to LCSH changes, these may help: LC SUBJECT HEADING CHANGE GUIDELINES: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/saco/sacochghelp.html LCSH Subject Change Proposal Form: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/saco/chngform.html Subject Authority Cooperative Program (SACO) home page: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/saco/saco.html Library Of Congress Subject Headings : Principles And Application - Lois Mai Chan - Paperback: http://www.keenzo.com/showproduct.asp?ID=2548865 Edward A. 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Recipient assumes all risks in the changing or modification of data and revisions or updating of hard copy documents. -----Original Message----- From: Maps, Air Photo & GIS Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Angie Cope Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 11:50 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Library of Congress Authority Records and Map Collecting Subject: Re: Library of Congress Authority Records and Map Collecting Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:32:52 -0500 I believe the question is how does one go about making requests or suggestions for LC subject headings. Just a few examples: Existing subject headings - Book collecting, Book selection, Antiquarian booksellers, Bibliomania Corresponding subject headings currently absent from the LC Authorities - Map collecting, Map selection, Antiquarian map sellers, Cartomania I'm sure there is more to add to this list. Angie -------- 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]> 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