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Betsy - I would like to echo the concerns re dropping coordinates
expressed by Phil Hoehn & Linda Zellmer. I believe it is extremely
short-sighted of us to do this when the data is easily available on many
maps. I feel certain that coordinates will be needed with graphic indexing
programmes which are of course here but perhaps not commercially viable
right now (e.g. PC CaRTONET). I agree with Phil that if it seems onerous
we could record it in 034 and not in Tag 255 (this may be a sensible
revision anyway). I hope we in the AACR2 community will not throw the baby
out with the bathwater without further discussion. And what about the revision
to CARTOGRAPHIC MATERIALS. This should be discussed in this context
before a decision is made particularly when LC is responsible for editing
the revised edition of that manual. Betsy - you at LC may find this labour-
intensive but the impact on the community and all those who use your derived
records could be devastating. Is a compromise possible ?
Joan Winearls, Chair, Canadian Committee for Bibliographic Control for
Cartographic Materials, ACMLA (U of Toronto Library).