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Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 10:53:11 -0400 (AST)
From: James Boxall <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: cataloging query/recon
Sender: James Boxall <[log in to unmask]>



Happy "...insert favourite holiday here...."

I've seen the Penn State Map Cataloging web pages (useful!), and i've made
some preliminary calls to friends in the know......but i am in need of
some advice and/or opinions.......(you can choose if you want to post to
the list or to me directly)

i'll be real brief:

should map cataloging be done in or by the map library/collection?
(yes...i've seen/read/re-read the cat&class quaterly issue from 1999
edited by Larsgaard and Andrew which has survey results)

you can twist the question/answers any way you like (for example, include
in the definition of "map" digital geographic information.....or you
could even raise issue like "how much about maps does a person have to
know to do original cat?" assuming copy cat requires less map
knowledge?....or, add in how much consultation should be done between cat
dept and map lib?)

:-)
(told ya i'd be brief...which is a first for me)


cheers
james

ps...also, any and all advice or stories/experiences about recon would be
great to get.......don't ya just love the easy questions :-)




James Boxall
Curator/Head
Map and Geospatial Information Collection
Killam Library
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canada   B3H 4H8
902-494-3757 (tel)
902-494-2062 (fax)
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magic.library.dal.ca

Immediate Past-President, Association of Canadian
Map Libraries and Archives (ACMLA)     www.acmla.org
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