Library Cataloging
When trying to find scale on maps I've used the Natural Scale ruler, for years. OCLC users have an alternative, the CalcScale macro.
- Search And Discovery
The archived version of Defining Web-Scale Discovery: The Promise of a Unified Search Index for Libraries is now available.?Why can?t I search the library the way Google searches the Web??Librarians have been fielding that question for more than a decade...
- Notes
Recently I cataloged some scale models, something I've not often done. I thought the scale was important so I placed it in a 500 field. Today, while looking for something else, I happened to notice there is a specific field, 507, for scale. I've...
- Map Scales
On MAPS-L recently there was a question about map scales and the answers provided pointers to several useful tools.Mathematical data for bibliographic descriptions of cartographic materials and spatial data by Jan Smits covers projections, bar scales,...
- Library Systems
"Criteria for the success of automated library systems: Iranian experience (application and test of the related scale)" by A. Hossein Farajpahlou appears in vol. 51 Issue 7 of Library Review The results seem to show the librarians in different countries...
- Map Cataloging
Map Cataloging: Learning the Basics by Susan M. Moore and Lucinda M. Hall is a very nice introduction. Has a good list of resources, information about projection, scale, subject headings and differences from book cataloging. Anyone who only deals with...
Library Cataloging
Map Scale
When trying to find scale on maps I've used the Natural Scale ruler, for years. OCLC users have an alternative, the CalcScale macro.
How it works: The macro presents a dialog box in which to enter the two numbers of the ' scale ratio (including decimals, if necessary) and their corresponding units of length. ' It then calculates and displays the representative fraction, putting the denominator on ' the clipboard so it can be pasted into the 034 field if desired. As it is designed to ' be used for scales on maps, the unit of length of the first number is only inches or ' centimeters (i.e., it is not a general-purpose unit converter).Added on Pi Day. Just was alerted to another tool, Scale Finder.
Scale Finder converts linear scales to representative fractions and vice-versa. It is an invaluable tool for cataloguers and map users and is free to non-commercial users.
- Search And Discovery
The archived version of Defining Web-Scale Discovery: The Promise of a Unified Search Index for Libraries is now available.?Why can?t I search the library the way Google searches the Web??Librarians have been fielding that question for more than a decade...
- Notes
Recently I cataloged some scale models, something I've not often done. I thought the scale was important so I placed it in a 500 field. Today, while looking for something else, I happened to notice there is a specific field, 507, for scale. I've...
- Map Scales
On MAPS-L recently there was a question about map scales and the answers provided pointers to several useful tools.Mathematical data for bibliographic descriptions of cartographic materials and spatial data by Jan Smits covers projections, bar scales,...
- Library Systems
"Criteria for the success of automated library systems: Iranian experience (application and test of the related scale)" by A. Hossein Farajpahlou appears in vol. 51 Issue 7 of Library Review The results seem to show the librarians in different countries...
- Map Cataloging
Map Cataloging: Learning the Basics by Susan M. Moore and Lucinda M. Hall is a very nice introduction. Has a good list of resources, information about projection, scale, subject headings and differences from book cataloging. Anyone who only deals with...