----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Dan- I have always used the map GMD, but until a couple weeks ago it was optional. N ow OCLC issued a directive (I can't remember where I read it, maybe in PRISM Ne ws) to always use the GMD, and in brackets, in the 245 but nowhere else. Arlyn Sherwood Map Librarian Illinois State Library 217/782-5823 phone 217/782-4446 fax