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Subject:        Re: Map images through an online catalog
Date:   Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:00:44 -0500
From:   Tsering W Shawa ([log in to unmask]) <[log in to unmask]>
To:     [log in to unmask]
CC:     Bob Kibbee <[log in to unmask]>



Bob,

In Princeton, all the historical map that we scanned are linked in our main catalog. We use 856 field to insert URL. This will allow patrons to search map by simply typing a word "world map, 1800" or any year and search by Subject heading. Once a map is found (if it is scanned) patron can click on Electronic access link to view the map. We use ERDAS IMAGINE Image Web Server to server JP2 images online.

Thanks,
-Wangyal

Tsering Wangyal Shawa
Geographic Information Systems Librarian
Head, Digital Map and Geospatial Information Center
Peter B. Lewis Library
Fine Hall Wing, B-Level, Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544
Phone: (609) 258-6804
Fax: (609) 258-4607
www.princeton.edu/~geolib/gis

----- Original Message -----
From: Maps-L Moderator <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Friday, February 20, 2009 10:01 am
Subject: Map images through an online catalog
To: [log in to unmask]

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject:        Map images through an online catalog
> Date:   Fri, 20 Feb 2009 09:37:41 -0500
> From:   Bob Kibbee <[log in to unmask]>
> To:     [log in to unmask]
> References:     <[log in to unmask]>
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Are any map librarians linking to their own map image database
> from a
> Voyager catalog or from WorldCat Local? We do this for the David
> Rumsey maps, but I wonder if anyone is linking from a map record in
> their OPAC to the specific individual image in their own database of
> map images.
>
> Any information would be great. And in fact linking strategies from
> any of the standard OPACs would be interesting.
>
> Bob
>
>
> Bob Kibbee
> Map & GIS Librarian
> Map and Geospatial Information Collection
> B17 Olin Library, Cornell University
> Ithaca,  New York    14853-5301
> voice 607-255-9566 / fax 607-255-3609
>