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      Sue Haffner <[log in to unmask]>
       : Re: 1 or 6 maps
    : Fri, 5 Apr 1996 12:38:49 -0800 (PST)
 
 
The description should be '1 map on 6 sheet'.
 
Sue Haffner, CSU Fresno Map Library
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> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> I've received a 1995 set of 6 maps "THE WORLD" done by the Defense
> Mapping Agency.  The OCLC record describes it as 1 map on 6 sheets and
> I'd like to make sure about the use of this phrase for this set of maps.
> I'm relatively new to map cataloging so I'm seeking information not
> questioning the cataloging!!  My maps have white borders and could not
> be put together to form a whole without trimming or folding.  But they
> do have a single title and a sheet index showing how they "fit" together.
> Is this 1 map on 6 sheets or 6 maps?  Thanks for the help as always --L.
>
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    : Fri, 5 Apr 1996 15:52:27 -0500 (EST)
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       : RE: 1 or 6 maps
 
   Far be it from one who has been out of the field for years to comment
on a technical matter, but from my days of cataloging maps, the rule was
catalog and describe for the anticipated use.  Generally I found that "one
map in six sheets" was the best way in my circumstances to go.  Others
might find it better to catalog each sheet though nothing says each sheet
can't described in a single record e.g. "sheet three South America [bounding
latitude & longitude]" if wanted.  Multi-sheet maps are acceptable - or at
least were in my day.  Common sense tells us where to stop: the USGS quads
might be thought of as one map of the US in umpteen thousand sheets, but
this isn't practical.  Harking back to a slightly earlier posting by
Arlyn Sherwood, set maps like NOAA charts or quads can have records for
each numbered chart or named quad noting dates of revisions &c.  The
same sort of problem crops up in book cataloging when one can either
catalog the set (e.g., Library of America) as a single publication with
individual volume notes or one can catalog the items as monographs with
a series note on the card.  Or computer record.  (You can see how long
ago I did cataloging if I still speak of cards.)
 
                                J. B. Post
 
 
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    : Fri, 05 Apr 96 15:58:45 CST
    : "Arlyn Sherwood" <[log in to unmask]>
       : Re: 1 or 6 maps
 
 
     I just tried to catalog them yesterday and noticed the same problem. I
     understood that they should be 1 map on 6 sheets, not 6 maps. There
     are other details I thought dubious with that record too, which amazed
     me since it was a DLC record. I was debating whether or not to ask LC
     about this. I was also waiting for GPO to put a SuDoc number on it.
 
 
 
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    : Fri, 05 Apr 1996 17:41:54 -0400 (EDT)
    : [log in to unmask] (Paige Andrew)
       : Re: 1 or 6 maps
 
Linda,
 
The clearest guideline on whether to describe a map as "1 map on 6 sheets"
or as "6 maps" is whether or not the border or neat lines completely
circumscribe or surround the map on the individual sheet or not. If the
border or neat line leaves off and then picks up again on the next sheet
that would adjoin, then it is described as "1 map on 6 sheets".  If each
individual sheet has a complete border and/or neat line then describe as "6
maps" (or in the case of a map set then its just "maps" in the 300$a with an
accompanying 500 note saying "Geographic coverage complete in XX sheets").
 
The bible of map cataloging "Cartographic Materials : a manual of
interpretation for AACR2" has specifics on this, including two good
examples, on pages 86-95, the examples are on page 87 (the bottom example)
and page 94.
 
I'm sure LC's Map Cataloging Manual has some specifics on this too, but its
way too late in the day for me to go any further :)  Hope this helps and if
you have other cataloging questions feel free to call or email me at any time!
 
Paige
 
Mr. Paige Andrew
Maps/Nonbook Cataloger
E506 Pattee Library
Pennsylvania State University Libraries
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802
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