Hi All,

Questions being considered:

Is it valuable to add a WorldCat/OCLC record for digital copies of maps?

Is it valuable to create separate, unique WorldCat/OCLC records for
these digital copies or is it more valuable to add url information to
existing records indicating - as LC does - that the item is also
available via the internet?

What are the implications of adding url / 856 fields to WorldCat/OCLC
records created by an institution other than your own and that support
multiple holdings?

What if 20 institutions hold the same hard copy map, all 20 institutions
scan the same map and then all add their unique url for the digital
version of that map to that one existing WorldCat/OCLC record?

What if all 20 institutions create separate WorldCat/OCLC records for
their individual digital version of the exact same map?

I've seen records out there handled multiple ways. Rumsey catalogs the
digital version. LC, Princeton and a few others catalog the hardcopy and
add information in the same record about the digital version. USGS
handles things both ways.

I ask you - the map professionals, the library professionals, the
decision makers of the now and beyond - what are we do do??


-Angie

Angie Cope, Senior Academic Librarian
American Geographical Society Library
UW Milwaukee Libraries
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