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Robin Haun-Mohamed at the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) asked me
to post the following in response to the discussion of the Defense Mapping
Agency's world maps.  I apologise for the delay in posting this.  Part of
the question which I forwarded to her was why GPO had not cataloged these
world maps.
 
John Stevenson
University of Delaware Library
 
A. Receipt
1. "Series" 1150-World, scale 1:14,000,000 is scheduled to be sent, but
   GPO has never received them. Possibly this is because some of the world
   series maps <1106, 1107, etc.> were marked "not for distribution" by
   DMA, and others were marked only for distribution by selected geographic
   areas. For example, (1) Africa, (2) Antarctica... etc.  In each case,
   the 9th area was listed as "World."  One would understand that a
   selection of Area 9 would give you all the others.
 
2. In GPO's List of Classes... GPO lists D 5.355: Series 1105 through 5213
   There "series" (actually single maps grouped by editions) list the "nos"
   of those which have actually been received by GPO sporadically under
   the project. GPO has not received the 1995 (or any) edition of the
   "series."  If GPO did, it would be most logical to place it under the
   SuDocs classification D 5.355:1150...
 
B. Cataloging
   As far as cataloging goes, the Library of Congress has expressed a
   preference for cataloging sheets of maps that can stand alone (have
   borders, their own scale, projection, coordinate information) as separate
   maps.  This was expressed to GPO in discussions of single counties in the
   'County map series' which were divided into two or more separate sheets.
   LC cataloged each sheet separately.  GPO, however, cataloged them
   together of they were received together or if it was at all feasible.
   (see OCLC #32143172.) The value of the way LC does it is that there may
   be a possibility that any of the sheets might be re-issued in an updated
   edition separately.  (If GPO received them separately with new edition
   statements then GPO will also catalog them separately.)  An exaggerated
   example of this is the "Topographic quadrangles of the U.S." with each
   7.5-minute sheet cataloged separately.  In this case, LC did not follow
   their usual policy.  It is understandable that map people are confused
   by the recent 1995 LC cataloging of the World (OCLC #34318956).  The
   maps are listed as "6 maps" but given one title and one group of
   coordinates.  The intent was probably to show that the six maps made up
   a set. LC has suggested such a set with their record for Desert access
   guide, OCLC # 19590576.
 
> ----------------------------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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