----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Below you will find a series of proposals for changes in cataloging cartographic materials at the Library of Congress including: 1. two proposed rule interpretations; 2. a change in treatment of map series/sets; 3. a proposal for necessary changes in subject headings and subdivisions to accommodate remote-sensing imagery. These proposals were forwarded to SLA and will be taken to ALA for discussion within the appropriate forums in those two organizations. In addition they are being posted to MAPS-L in order to allow for the largest constituency possible to have a chance to comment on the proposals. Please respond by JULY 31st via Internet either within MAPS-L or directly to me. Elizabeth Mangan, Acting Head, Cataloging Unit Geography and Map Division email: [log in to unmask] ======================================================= I. PROPOSED RULE INTERPRETATIONS 1.4C7 Optionally, give the full address of the publisher, distributor, etc. ... Do not apply this option for items cataloged under Chapter 3. IMPACT: LC map records will no longer include field 265 -------------------------------------------------------- 3.3D Option addition. Statement of coordinates and equinox Do not apply this option that is the whole of 3.3D. IMPACT: LC records will no longer include coordinates or an equinox statement in the 255 and 034 fields ======================================================== II. MAP SERIES/SET v. SINGLE MAP In cases where a category of materials is being handled as single maps, e.g., "Important farmlands," and where some individual titles are published on multiple sheets, catalog the multi-sheet item as a single map rather than as a map series/set, provided that the item is composed of ten (10) sheets or less. In general, if an item is complete in ten (10) sheets or less and additional sheets are not anticipated, the item will be cataloged as a single map. This is especially true if the majority of the collection of similar type material, e.g., county maps, have been cataloged as single maps and the reference staff would expect to find the item in the single map collection. ======================================================== III. SUBJECT TREATMENT FOR REMOTE-SENSING IMAGERY CANCEL 001 sh85-101201 150 Photographs from space 260 SEARCH UNDER: subdivision Photographs from space under topical headings and under names of countries, cities, etc. for collections of photographs taken from outer space, e.g. Clouds--Photographs from space; Moon--Photographs from space REPLACE WITH 150 Remote-sensing images 260 SEARCH UNDER: subdivision Remote-sensing images under names of countries, cities, etc. for images obtained through remote-sensing processes 450 Multi-spectral images used for! 450 Satellite images used for! 450 Side-looking airborne radar image used for! 550 Remote sensing broader term! -------------------------------------------------------- CANCEL 001 sh87-2376 150 Photo maps 260 SEARCH UNDER: subdivision Photo maps under names of countries, cities, etc. for aerial photographs upon which grids and other data pertinent to maps have been added REPLACE WITH 150 Image maps 260 SEARCH UNDER: subdivision Image maps under names of countries, cities, etc. for remote-sensing images upon which grids and other data pertinent to maps have been added ------------------------------------------------------- RETAIN 001 sh85-112798 150 Remote sensing MAY SUBD GEOG! 360 SEARCH ALSO UNDER: subdivision Remote sensing under topical headings 450 Remote sensing system used for! 450 Remote terrain sensing used for! 450 Sensing, Remote used for! 450 Terrain sensing, Remote used for! 550 Aerial photogrammetry broader term! 550 Aerospace telemetry broader term! 550 Detectors broader term! 550 Space optics broader term ADD 680 Here are entered works on the theory or methodology of remote sensing and the handling, maintenance, and indexing of remote-sensing images in unbound collections -------------------------------------------------------- RETAIN 001 Aerial photography NOT SUBD GEOG! 680 Here are entered works on the taking of aerial photographs. Works on the interpretation of aerial photographs are entered under Photographic interpretation. Works on the handling, maintenance, and indexing of aerial photographs in unbound collections are entered under Aerial photographs. 450 Ballon photography used for! 450 Photography, Aerial used for! 550 Photography broader term! 681 Notes under Aerial photographs; Photographic interpretation -------------------------------------------------------- RETAIN 001 sh85-1253 150 Aerial photographs NOT SUBD GEOG! 680 Here are entered works on the handling, maintenance, and indexing of aerial photographs in unbound collections. Works on the taking of aerial photographs are entered under Aerial photography. Works on the interpretation of aerial photographs are entered under Photographic interpretation. 360 SEARCH ALSO UNDER: subdivision Aerial photographs under name of counties, cities, etc. and under topical headings 450 Air photos used for! 450 Airphotos used for! 550 Photographs broader term! 681 Notes under Aerial photography; Photographic interpretation ADD statement to the 680 field that this heading and subdivision are NOT to be used for cartographic materials