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Subject: Classifying a small map collection using LC?
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 16:52:04 -0500
From: Carolyn Bowen <[log in to unmask]>
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CC: Carolyn Bowen <[log in to unmask]>
All,
We have a small map collection (~20,000 maps) that is hidden away on a
lower level; the only entrance is through a stairway door just outside a
reference librarian's office. The collection is, for the most part,
uncataloged and underused. Maps are arranged by a locally devised scheme
based primarily on collating items alphabetically by geographic area.
Due to the absorption of a significant collection, historically housed
elsewhere on campus, space is being reallocated. We are considering moving
the map collection to a section of the reference area on the first floor.
What would be the pros and cons of adopting LC-classification for the
maps? We are starting to catalog the maps and are trying to decide whether
classifying them using LC would be helpful to potential users.
Carolyn Bowen
Multi-formats Cataloger
Jackson Library
University of North Carolina, Greensboro
P.O. Box 26170
Greensboro, NC 27402-6170
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
telephone: 336-334-5781
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