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Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 16:40:03 +0100
From: Tony Campbell <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: BL Maps CD-ROM
Sender: Tony Campbell <[log in to unmask]>
[sent to carta, carto-soc, lismaps, maphist, maps-l (with apologies for
duplication - please forward to others who might be interested]
The British Library Map Catalogue on CD-ROM
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As many of you will know, 'The British Library Map Catalogue on
CD-ROM' was published last year. It represents a *conversion* of 19
volumes of printed catalogues (including those for manuscript maps)
combined with the 1975- automated map file. The CD contains almost
200,000 records.
To enable full benefit to be obtained from the CD's extensive (and,
in some cases, original) functionality, it is accompanied by a
61-page 'Searching' pamphlet. For some time, users of the CD in the
Maps Reading Room in the British Library have been encouraged to take
away copies of a four-page 'brief and selective guide' to using the
CD. This has now been mounted on the web, from which it can be
freely downloaded:
http://ihr.sas.ac.uk/maps/cdhelp.html
Reviews of the CD have so far appeared in the International Map
Collectors' Society Journal, Mercator's World
<http://www.mercatormag.com/502britlib.html> and the Portolan.
For information about purchasing the CD, contact Primary Source Media
<http://www.psmedia.com>.
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Those attending the IMCoS Fair in London this Sunday (4 June) will be able
to see the CD being demonstrated
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Tony Campbell, Map Librarian
British Library Map Library
96 Euston Road
London NW1 2DB ## NB. You must now use the NEW style phone/fax ##
Phone: 020 7412 7525 International: +44 20 7412 7525
Fax: 020 7412 7780 International: +44 20 7412 7780
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Please see, bookmark and PROVIDE LINKS to:-
1. The British Library Map Library homepage:
http://www.bl.uk/collections/maps
2. Map History / History of Cartography: THE Gateway to the Subject:
http://ihr.sas.ac.uk/maps/
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