[DCRM-L] cataloging rare maps in books

[scott carlisle]

Christine--

  At Princeton, rare book catalogers provide 500 notes to records for books
containing historic maps (in our case, this means all maps prior to 1916).
Such notes record the titles of each map (within quotes), but no 
other details such as engravers, cartographers, etc. unless these are of
exceptional importance. In addition, the aat term "Maps" is added to the 
record (as a 655 7), which is subdivided by the location depicted and the
date (preferably the date on the map, but in the absence of that, then the 
publication date). Such a 655 might look like this: "Maps--z Italy--z
Pompeii (Extinct city)--y 1846.2 aat. If there are maps of different
locations contained within the same book, a separate 655 is made for each
map. Does this help?

Scott Carlisle
Rare Book Cataloger
Princeton University Library
One Washington Rd.
Princeton, NJ 08544
Tel.: (609) 258-3166
e-mail: Carlisle at Princeton.edu 

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Subject: [DCRM-L] cataloging rare maps in books

Apologies for cross-posting.

Has anyone done a project to enhance access to maps that are bound in 
books? Either by cataloging them separately or adding note or other 
access fields to the book record? I seem to remember this being 
brought up at a recent ALA meeting, but I can't remember any details 
or the institution(s) that might have been doing it or the method they used.

Thanks,
Christine

Christine DeZelar-Tiedman
Archives and Special Collections Catalog Librarian
University of Minnesota Libraries
160 Wilson Library                      (612) 625-0381 PH
309 19th Ave. S.                        (612) 625-3428 FAX
Minneapolis, MN 55455           dezel002 at tc.umn.edu