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Subject: RE: Indexing cartographic mathematical data
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2008 14:17:13 -0500
From: Grabach, Kenneth A. Mr. <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
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Our catalog does not do this. We are an III library, and now using Millennium, too. But Millennium doesn't really enter into it with the OPAC.
We have begun using our records in a second display mode, not involving III proprietary form at all. It is a faceted catalog using open source software (drupal; http://drupal.org/). It allows more search capability on more levels than a traditional online catalog will do. Access is here: http://beta.lib.muohio.edu/drupal/
You do not need to log in, although you will not be able to add tags of your own, or do a few other ancillary things. You can see how searching and browsing work. From browse it is possible to find materials by format or physical form (including maps) before needing to use subject, author, title, or keyword. I have been advocating some additional functionality here with the 034 field, and with 052 field. The folk working on this are interested.
The tagging function also allows versatility in topical headings. I have found it useful where a subject heading in LCSH is so obtuse or complex that it is difficult (e.g. vegetation maps are headed Phytogeography -- Maps ; I've used forest maps, desert maps, etc. to cover vegetation regions and other terms).
Ken
Ken Grabach <[log in to unmask]>
Maps Librarian Phone: 513-529-1726
Miami University Libraries
Oxford, Ohio 45056 USA
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Subject: Re: Indexing cartographic mathematical data
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2008 15:34:39 +0000 (GMT)
From: A CARLUCCI <[log in to unmask]>
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Can anyone with anything to report on any ILS functions using the 034
data please do so to the list, or can Pat summarize, as many of us would
like to know if/how people are accomplishing this!
Thanks.
April Carlucci
Itinerant Map Cataloguer
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Subject: Indexing cartographic mathematical data
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 14:10:30 -0800
From: Pat Fell <[log in to unmask]>
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Does your catalog index map scale and/or coordinates from the MARC 034
field? I'm particularly interested in III Millennium but would like to
hear about your experiences with any ILS offering this function and any
institution using it.
Thanks & cheers,
Pat Fell
Special Projects Cataloger
The Bancroft Library,
U.C., Berkeley
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