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> Hello, again,
>
> I want to thank Russell Guy for his informative account
> of the complexities of contemporary map publishing. It
> points up how important it can be to keep both the map
> and its cover together--in order to have all the information
> necessary to determine responsibility.
>
> However, we frequently separate the map from its hard
> cover (and sometimes, of course, they are not attached,
> at all). We circulate our flat maps by rolling them up
> in mailing tubes. The presence of the cover would make
> that difficult. (At times, we keep the map folded in the
> cover and keep it in an envelope in the vertical file,
> but not often--as I prefer that we not have to look in
> two places for a general map.)
>
> In doing retrospective cataloguing of our collection, I
> have encountered some of these 'orphan' maps, obviously
> separated from their covers at some time in the past.
> Some of these poor things lack titles and/or statements
> of responsibility, so searching them on OCLC becomes a
> real test of your detective ability.
>
> I would be interested to hear what other libraries do with
> maps in covers. Even more: maps in covers that have indexes
> or gazetteers attached to the cover. Do you keep them
> together? Separate them? Catalogue the index as a separate
> item?
>
> Sue Haffner
> Map Library
> CSU Fresno
> Fresno, Calif.
>
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