-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Flickr view of processing AGSL hidden collections Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2012 17:04:13 -0500 (EST) From: Paige G Andrew <[log in to unmask]> To: Air Photo Maps, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship <[log in to unmask]> Thanks for sharing this with us Angie! One thought comes to mind that is very important -- as you all go through this cataloging process of your hidden collections I'm sure you've got plenty of pretty unique (or totally unique) items; and so by cataloging these in OCLC you are cooperatively sharing your work with other institutions who will or might benefit by not having to do the same thing on their end. That's the beauty of all of us working on cataloging online in OCLC our own unique materials, the cost for the next instituation needing to do this goes way down when they happen to have a copy of the same item! Paige ----- Original Message ----- From: "Angie Cope, American Geographical Society Library, UW Milwaukee" <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Friday, March 2, 2012 11:48:16 AM Subject: Flickr view of processing AGSL hidden collections -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Flickr view of processing AGSL hidden collections Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2012 10:46:48 -0600 From: Angie Cope, American Geographical Society Library, UW Milwaukee <[log in to unmask]> Organization: American Geographical Society Library The AGS Library is the former research library of the American Geographical Society of New York. The Society was founded in 1851 and the geography and map collection, including thousands of rare books dating from 1478, came to UW Milwaukee in 1978. The items are some of the best cataloged materials around, but in card catalog format. In the year 2000 a project began to get the materials cataloged in an online environment. It wasn't until January 2010 that the rare materials room - books and atlases dating 1899 and older - got attention in a systematic way. The logistics of cataloging materials and moving from a geography based classification system and arrangement to the LC classification system has proven challenging. Here is a glimpse at the physical handling of this LARGE task. http://www.flickr.com/photos/agslibrary/sets/72157629495808927/with/6946509177/ Please comment at our Flickr site. It makes us feel good. -Angie Angie Cope American Geographical Society Library UW Milwaukee Libraries 2311 E. Hartford Avenue Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201 http://www.uwm.edu/Libraries/AGSL/index.html Hours: M-F 8:00am-4:30pm [log in to unmask] (414)229-6282 / (800)558-8993 (US TOLL FREE) / (414)229-3624 (FAX) 43°03'8"N 87°57'21"W