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Map Cataloging: General
Resources (including toolboxes)
Good Starting Points
- Map
Cataloging Basics. MAGERT workshop guide. Covers a bit of everything
needed to work with maps.
- Cataloger's
Learning Workshop (LOC). Training workshops, tutorials, and other
materials for getting started and for continued learning.
- Map Librarian's
Toolbox (Western Association of Map Libraries (WAML)). The most complete selection of materials for map cataloging.
Library
of Congress Geography & Maps Division. LC cataloging info is located
here. Some specific links are:
Map and Cartography Resources
- Geography & Maps Resources Guide (University at Buffalo Libraries). Links to a wide variety of map-related topics, resources, collections, etc.
- Cartographic
Reference Resources (Perry-Castañeda
Library Map Collection, Univ. of Texas/Austin). Has many links
to resources: Gazetteers, Distance Calculators, Time, Zones,
Sun, And, Moon, Rise/Set, Calculators, Tides, Map, Projections,
Map, Scale, Glossaries,
and, Guides.
- Map
Curator's Toolbox.
An online source of information and help for map curators, librarians and archivists,
sponsored by the Map Curators' Group of the British Cartographic Society.
Physical Description
General
Information about USGS Topographic Maps
Classification (Call
Numbers)
Dates
Map Projections
Map Scale
A ratio representing the relationship between a
specified distance on a map and the actual distance on the ground. For
example, at the scale of 1:50 000, 1 unit of measurement on the map
equals 50 000 units of the same measurement on the ground. Map scale
is frequently expressed as a representative fraction and graphically
as a bar scale. (See bar scale, representative fraction and verbal
scale).
Map Coordinates
- Latitude.
A site at Rice University that offers the basic history of the development
of latitude
- Coordinate
Systems Overview (University of Colorado, Boulder, Department
of Geography).
Covers all sorts of systems; good for identifying and describing a map
in hand.
Map Series (Titles)
- Index
Maps for AMS Series / U.S. Army Map Service and GSGS / Great Britain.
War Office. General Staff. Geographical Section. (UC Berkeley).
Mathematical
Data
Subject Headings
Name
Headings (coming soon)
Names
Commonly Found on (coming soon)
Gazetteers
Sample Maps
Associations
That Include Map Catalogers and Map Librarians
-
Map and
Geography Round Table (MAGERT) (ALA roundtable). The best place to
find others who catalog and provide reference for maps and
cartographic materials. Has pages, including:
- American
Library Association ALCTS CCS /MAGERT Map Cataloging Discussion Group.
The ALA Cataloging Division and MAGERT work together on map cataloging guidelines
and policies.
- Special
Libraries Association Geography and Map Division. Composed of map
catalogers and librarians. it is a good place to learn and to meets
with others in the field.
- North
East Map Organization. (NEMO) is a group dedicated to serving
as a unifying body for all who use, produce, collect, and market
maps and cartographic information in the Northeast; increasing communication
between all interested in maps; and working with state, regional,
and national organizations and government agencies in dissemination
of maps and cartographic information. NEMO's principal region is
CT, DE, ME, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT. Has links to map cataloging pages.
- Western
Association of Map Libraries (WAML).
Very good site for finding help on map cataloging. The most important
page (for map catalogers) is the Map
Librarian's Toolbox.
- Association
of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives (CMLA) home page. Also has a toolbox for catalogers..
- Cataloging Team page (Library of Congress, Geography & Map Reading Room). Provides some useful documents and advice.
- IFLA
Section of Geography and Map Libraries
- List
of Professional Societies. Contains most above, plus more.
Metasites for Maps and
Map Collections
- Universiteit
Utrecht, Odden's Bookmarks: The Fascinating World of Maps and Mapping
Hundreds of map collection links. The ultimate place to go for any map
available.
- Perry-Castaņeda
Library Map Collection (University of Texas at Austin). Has digitized
a portion of its print collection (over 3,000) of historic and contemporary
maps. Many of the maps are U.S. government originals, which may be downloaded
and used without copyright restrictions. Also has links to good web sites
for maps worldwide. Main map arrangement is by continent, further broken
down into regional and city maps, among other categories. Also at this
website are Cartographic
Reference Resources.
- Using
Maps in your Teaching. How to use maps for teaching
and research, where to find maps online and from publishers, and almost
anything you want to know about maps and map making, as well as on geography.
Has extensive links to maps and charts of all sorts.
- USGS
Maps and Aerial Photo Images Online. Compilation of links to selected
USGS Business and Cooperative Research and Development Agreement partner
sites where you may view USGS maps and aerial photo images from your Web
browser. Also see the USGS National Map
of the United States, and geography site.
Map Sellers
Andrew, Paige G. Cataloging Sheet Maps: the Basics. New York: Haworth, 2003. (cover)
Andrew, Paige G.; Larsgaard, Mary Lynette.
Maps And Related Cartographic Materials: Cataloging, Classification,
And Bibliographic Control. New York: Haworth Information Press,
1999. Also issued as: Cataloging & classification quarterly;
v. 27, no. 1/2-3/4.
Anglo-American
Cataloguing Rules / prepared under the direction
of the Joint Steering Committee for Revision of AACR, a committee of
the American Library Association ... [et al.]. Latest edition: 2002. "Chapter 1. General Rules for Description;" "Chapter
3. Cartographic Materials." (cover page )
Clark, Suzanne M. Cartographic Citations:
a Style Guide. Chicago: Map and Geography Round Table, American
Library Association, 1992. (MAGERT circular; no. 1).
Current
Literature on Geographic Information Systems and Libraries (Lloyd
Reeds Map Collection, McMaster University Libraries). Though these
represent a different format, GIS produced maps may fall into the
Maps format. Also has additional articles on maps.
Directory
Of Web Resources For The Rare Materials Cataloger. Rare
Books and Manuscripts Section, Association
of College and Research Libraries. Not for maps specifically; has links
to code tables and other cataloging aids.
Guidelines
for Distinguishing Cartographic Electronic Resources from other
Electronic Resources (Jan 1998; Rev
Dec 2001). Developed by the Library of Congress to assist catalogers
working with cartographic electronic resources to distinguish
them from other types of electronic resources and to ensure consistent
selection of the correct MARC Type of Record code based on that
distinction.
Journal
of Map & Geography Libraries: Advances in Geospatial Information,
Collections & Archives (2004- ).
Co-edited by Mary Lynette Larsgaard, MA, and Paige G. Andrew. Journal
that will include map cataloging along with other articles and tools
for map librarians.
Karrow, Robert W. Manual For the Cataloguing
of Antiquarian Cartographic Materials. Chicago : Newberry Library,
2000 1977.
Larsgaard, Mary Lynette. "Cataloguing
Planetospatial Data in Digital Form: Old Wine, New Bottles - New
Wine, Old Bottles", pp.17-30 in: Smith
and Gluck (eds.), Geographic Information Systems and Libraries:
Patrons, Maps, and Spatial Information. (Graduate School of Library
and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
1996). For digital maps.
Larsgaard, Mary Lynette. Map Librarianship:
an Introduction. 3rd ed. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited,
1998. Z692.M3 L37 1998. (see 2nd ed. cover).
Library of Congress. Cataloging Division.
Cataloging Service Bulletin, 1978- (quarterly). (cover)
Library of Congress. Cataloging
Division. Library of Congress Rule Interpretations. 2nd
Edition, 1989.
Library of Congress.
Geography and Map Division. Map Cataloging Manual. Washington,
D.C.: Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, 1991.
Z695.6 .L52 1991. The most complete listing for map cataloging
in the MARC format. Has field-by-field listings with interpretations
and many examples. Also available to subscribers on the Cataloger's Desktop. There is a website that provides key materials from the Map Cataloging Manual.
Library of Congress. Subject Cataloging
Division. Class G, Geography, Maps, Anthropology, Recreation: Library
of Congress Classification Schedules : A Cumulation of Additions and
Changes Through 1991. Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Inc., 1992.
Map Cataloging Bibliography: Selectively
Annotated. edited by Glenda Jo Fox Hughes and Constance Demetracopoulos.
Washington: Special Libraries Association, Geography and Map Division,
1997.
Metadata
Primer for Map Librarians (MAGERT).
Discusses what metadata is, how it is obtained, and how it represents
data from a map.
Moore, Barbara N. A Manual of AACR2
Examples For Cartographic Materials. edited by Edward Swanson and
Marilyn H. McClaskey. Lake Crystal, Minn.: Soldier Creek Press: Published
for the Minnesota AACR2 Trainers, 1981. Z695.6 .M6.
Moulder, Cathy. "GIS and Libraries: Issues
and Implications" Bulletin (Association of Canadian Map Libraries
and Archives) 94 (Fall 1995):11-14.
OCLC
Bibliographic Formats and Standards. Field guide and help
pages for cataloging in MARC.
Additional reference
materials are found at the WAML website.
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