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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:
 
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> 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.