-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Map cataloging questions from beginning catalogers Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:32:01 -0700 From: Terry Haugen <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] References: <[log in to unmask]> Hi I would catalog this map as a single title and as a map series. The date of situation would be replaced with a notation about scale. eg. s___ in the call number. If there are two or more editions use "Various ed. " I use Paige Andrew's "Cataloging Sheet Maps" as my final word when faced with map cataloging questions. Thank you Paige. Terry Haugen, MLS UCSC Map Room map Cataloger At 10:50 AM 10/7/2009, you wrote: >-------- Original Message -------- >Subject: Map cataloging questions from beginning catalogers >Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 13:35:29 -0400 >From: Ava Iuliano <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] > > > >Hello everyone, > > I am a rookie cataloger that is currently working on cataloging maps. I >am working with another beginning cataloger and we've run across an item >that is causing us both some confusion. The map is a large UNESCO map >produced in a couple of different editions, even though the individual >sheets form one single map (50 sheets making up one single HUGE map). The >English title is 'International Geological Map of Europe and the >Mediterranean Regions 1:1500000" with parallel titles in French and German. >The date range is from 1964-2000. In creating a record for this item (our >OCLC searches have produced only bare-bones records in German that often >only describe a single sheet or Australian records for only a partial >holding), how do we delineate that it is a single item in multiple editions? >How would you create the record for this particular item? > >Thanks for any advice or input, > >Ava and Darla >University of South Florida