-------- Original Message -------- Subject: FW: Carto-Bibliography of Maps published online in KU ScholarWorks Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2009 08:36:58 -0600 From: McEathron, Scott R <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Colleagues, Below is information on a new work by Barbara McCorkle published on-line in the University of Kansas digital repository. Best wishes, Scott ------------- CARTOBIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE MAPS IN 18TH CENTURY BRITISH AND AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY BOOKS By Barbara McCorkle On 11/2/2009 Barbara McCorkle’s "Cartobibliography of the Maps in 18th Century British and American Geography Books" was published on-line in the University of Kansas digital repository, known as KU Scholarworks, at URL http://hdl.handle.net/1808/5564. This cartobibliography contains descriptions of approximately 6700 maps found in 470 books. Entries are arranged alphabetically by author/title, and each entry lists every map included in the book with the full title, dimensions, name(s) of any publisher, engraver or cartographer appearing on the map, and the page location within the work cited. There are three indexes: cartographer/engraver, geographic, and publisher. The ESTC [English Short Title Catalogue] number is also given with each entry, enabling a researcher to locate copies and even call-numbers at participating libraries. The ESTC catalogue is freely accessible on-line at the British Library website at URL: http://www.bl.uk/. This cartobibliography will enable scholars to locate hitherto unrecognized work of the leading cartographers/engravers of the period and, as each entry contains the entire list of publishers/booksellers, will be an aid to researchers in the field of early publishing history. Those having access to a library which subscribes to the Thomson Gale digital database, Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO), will have full-text access there to many of these books, including illustrations and maps. The McCorkle cartobibliography project files are held in the Department of Special Collections, Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas. The files include a xerox-quality paper copy of 99% of the maps in the cartobibliography. These will be most useful to researchers within visiting distance of Lawrence, Kansas. If you are trying to identify a map and are unable to visit, you are welcome to send an image of your map to the Special Collections Librarian, who will be glad to check the files as time allows. Spencer Research Library does offer copy services, and it would be possible to request copies of maps, but only of those in books held in Spencer Research Library. The contact person at Spencer Research Library is Dr. Karen S. Cook, Interim Special Collections Librarian, Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas, 1450 Poplar Lane, Lawrence, KS 66045-7616, USA; e-mail: [log in to unmask]: telephone (785) 864-3357. ----------------------------- Brian Rosenblum Scholarly Digital Initiatives Librarian University of Kansas Anschutz Library, Room 320A 1301 Hoch Auditoria Drive Lawrence, KS 66045-7537 Ph. (785) 864-8883 Fax (785) 864-5705 Email: [log in to unmask] <http://kudiglib.ku.edu/epublishing.shtml> <https://journals.ku.edu/index.php>