This is a general call for discussion topics for the meeting of the ALCTS-CaMMS/MAGIRT Cartographic Resources Cataloging Interest Group

at the ALA Annual Meeting –VIRTUAL

 

Date:               Monday, June 29, 2020

Time:               12:00 to 1:00 pm

Location:         Online via Zoom (details and schedule attached)

  

The Cartographic Resources Cataloging Interest Group meeting is an open discussion session for addressing topics of interest to the cartographic and geospatial resources cataloging community. This is a great forum for posing questions to and exchanging ideas with members of the cartographic resources cataloging community.

 

The interest group meeting will begin at 12:00 noon. Held separately is the MAGIRT Cataloging & Classification Committee beginning at 1:30 pm (see schedule).  All are welcome.

 

Discussion topics from previous meeting (ALA Mid-Winter, January 2020) (see attached)

 Suggested topics of discussion (topics sourced from listservs):

• Atlases: catalog as books or maps?
• The use of the 340 MARC field, Physical Medium, for cartographic descriptions
• Examples of cartographic resources in RDA  

 

All are welcome to attend. If you are unable to attend the discussion session, feel free to forward your discussion topics. Notes from the session will be posted to various resources, including the MAGIRT email list soon after the conference, as well as printed in the next issue of our newsletter, base line.

 

We look forward to your attendance and the opportunity to share comments, concerns, and resources at the ALA Annual virtual meeting on June 29^th at 12:00 pm.

 

Please send suggestions for discussion topics to [log in to unmask]   Please add to the subject line: ALCTS-CaMMS/MAGIRT

 

Thank you.

 

Best,

Maggie Long, Coordinator, Cartographic Resources Cataloging Interest Group 

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Maggie M. Long