Cartographic Cataloging
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Cartographic Cataloging


The October 2008 issue of base line, the newsletter of the Map and Geography Round Table (ALA), is now available on the MAGERT Web site. Cataloging news and an article on metadata in GIS, ArcGIS in particular.




- New Greek Romanization Table
News from ALA.The ALA Committee on Cataloging: Description and Access (CC:DA) has approved the consolidated Greek romanization table of April 2010. This revised table differs from the existing table only in the inclusion in the consolidated table of two...

- Map Cataloging
"Retrospective Cataloging of Maps in a Small Liberal Arts College: A Case Study" by Felicity Walsh appears in Journal of Map & Geography Libraries v. 1, no. 1 (2004).This article describes the planning, requirements and challenges faced by a Baccalaureate...

- Lc Cataloging Newsline
The latest issue of the LC Cataloging Newsline, vol. 12, no. 9, contains a long summary of projects by the Bibliographic Enrichment Advisory Team (BEAT). Some very interesting work. There was also this announcementThe Cataloging Policy and Support Office...

- Map Cataloging
Two presentations from the 2003 ALA conference are available on the MAGERT Web site.Cataloging of Early Maps by Velma ParkerCataloging Electronic-Resource Cartographic Materials - The Basics by Mary Lynette LarsgaardPowerPoint presentations are available...

- Tools For Cataloging Cartographic Materials
A while back I had the pleasure of doing a presentation on map cataloging to the advanced cataloging class at the University of Texas. Here is the bibliography I put together for that talk. Andrew, Paige G. and Mary Lynette Larsgaard, editors. Maps and...



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