----------------------------Original message---------------------------- I think that in an online environment, it's a waste of time to key in the GMD for maps. OPACS should automatically identify non-book format materials in their displays. UC Berkeley's GLADIS and the California-wide MELVYL catalog have done this from the outset. I'm pleased by OCLC's decision; it will save us from having to delete the GMDs -- Phil Hoehn, University of California, Berkeley On Thu, 27 Jan 1994 [log in to unmask] wrote: > ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- > I would think that moving toward an integrated format would make the GMD > [map] more useful than ever. I am very disappointed with OCLC's decision > to eliminate this GMD. MiU has used it for all map online records and > would like to continue.