Cataloging Sheet Maps The Basics

Gain the skills necessary to catalog monographic sheet maps and map sets!With an easily understood how-to format, this ready reference manual will introduce you to the basics of cataloging sheet maps on OCLC, using MARC 21 and ISBD standards and AACR2R. It will guide you through each area of the bibliographic record, focusing most specifically on the title and statement of responsibility, mathematical data, physical description, main entry, and notes areas.Approaching the subject from the perspective that maps are not that much more difficult to catalog than monographs, this book will familiarize you with the few fields unique to map cataloging as well as the fields that are common to monographs but simply used in a different way.This essential volume: describes the cataloging process as it relates to all parts of the record, including subject analysis, coding of fixed fields and OXX fields, and creating G-class call numbers provides an up-to-date list of map cataloging tools presents special chapters on cataloging historical sheet maps and special formats such as wall maps, map series or sets, and reproductions includes illustrations of bibliographic records, field-level examples, tables of information, and diagrams of maps to be used to highlight key conceptsIdeal for the new or inexperienced maps cataloger, this volume will help you become comfortable and confident while working with sheet maps. It also puts you in touch with current reference sources and tools, both online and off.

Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Section I: In the Beginning Chapter 1. Background What Is a Map? Why Bother to Catalog Sheet Maps? Chapter 2. Introduction to Map Cataloging A Good Way to Begin The Concept of “Main Map” Chapter 3. Necessary Tools of the Trade Basic Cataloging Tools Essential Tools Helpful Tools Chapter 4. Sources of Information Chief Source of Information Prescribed Sources of Information Section II: Coded Fields Chapter 5. Cartographic-Specific Fixed Fields Chapter 6. General Fixed Fields Chapter 7. Coded Variable Fields Mandatory Coded Fields for Cartographic Materials Coded Variable Fields That Are Required When Applicable Optional Coded Fields for Cartographic Materials Section III: Description of the Map Chapter 8. Main Entry and Statement of Responsibility Main Entry Under Personal Author Main Entry Under Corporate Body Main Entry Under Title “Emanating from” and Its Relationship to the Statement of Responsibility Copyright Holders As Responsible Parties Terms That Indicate Responsibility for a Map “Prominence” and Its Relation to Statement of Responsibility Summary Chapter 9. Providing a Title for the Record When Only One Title Exists Choosing a Title When There Is More Than One Providing for Additional Titles and/or Different Ways to Read the Chosen Title The “Scattered Title” Phenomenon and How to Handle It When to Use a Collective Title As Primary Title What to Do with an Untitled Map Other Title Circumstances Providing a “Source of Title” Note Chapter 10. Edition Editions to Individual Sheets in a Map Series Uncertainty Regarding an Edition Statement Chapter 11. Mathematical Data Area Scale Information Projection Information Statement of Coordinates Chapter 12. Publication Information

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