Map Librarian
Lucinda M. Hall
Contact:
Evans Map Room, Baker-Berry Library
Dartmouth College
25 N Main ST
Hanover, NH 03755
Dartmouth College
25 N Main ST
Hanover, NH 03755
(603) 646-0962
Website Skype Contact: d1128r8@kiewit.dartmouth.edu
Print directories
Guide to U.S. map resources by Call Number: Evans Map Room Ref. GA 193.U5 C62 2006ISBN: 9780810852686This third edition offers users a detailed snapshot of and guide to hundreds of map collections and cartographic resources in libraries and repositories throughout the nation. Substantial changes have occurred within library map collections over the past decade and a half, and not surprisingly, the computer has been at the core of most of these innovations. Geographic information systems (GIS), the World Wide Web, email, Portable Document Format, data sets, the Internet and digitization have all played revolutionary roles in transforming libraries--and map collections in particular--over the past fifteen years. ...- Directory of Canadian map collections = Ripertoire des collections canadiennes de cartes byCall Number: Evans Map Room GA 193 .C3 W5 1999Publication Date: 7th ed.
World directory of map collections by Call Number: Evans Map Room Ref. GA 192 .W67 2000ISBN: 9783598218187Publication Date: 4th ed.The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) is the leading international body representing the interests of library and information services and their users. It is the global voice of the information profession. The series IFLA Publications deals with many of the means through which libraries, information centres, and information professionals worldwide can formulate their goals, exert their influence as a group, protect their interests, and find solutions to global problems.
Internet resource(s)
- Internaitional Map Industry Association (IMIA)
The International Map Industry Association (IMIA) is a global organization that represents the world of maps. IMIA brings together leaders from across the spectrum of mapping and location-oriented businesses to connect, share and learn. - OldMaps.comFrom OldMaps.com information and resources about collecting and evaluating "antique" maps.
In the Library's collections
These are just a few of the books available for those interested in Map Librarianship. This is what our collection has. If you are interested in finding other items, do a SUBJECT search in online catalogs for the following:
Selected book titles
Distributed geolibraries: spatial information resources: a workshop by Call Number: Evans Map Room G 70.215 .U5 D57 1999ISBN: 9780309065405A distributed geolibrary is a vision for the future. It would permit users to quickly and easily obtain all existing information available about a place that is relevant to a defined need. It is modeled on the operations of a traditional library, updated to a digital networked world, and focused on something that has never been possible in the traditional library: the supply of information in response to a geographically defined need. It would integrate the resources of the Internet and the World Wide Web into a simple mechanism for searching and retrieving information relevant to a wide range of problems, including natural disasters, emergencies, community planning, and environmental quality. ...
Geographic information: how to find it, how to use it by Call Number: Evans Map Room Z 6001.A1 J65 2003ISBN: 9781573563925From simple road maps to advanced global-position satellite (GPS) technology, geographic information is essential in today's world. As a result of computers, the Internet, and satellite technology, geographic information is expanding in both quantity and type. Businesses, scientists, travelers, and countless others rely heavily on accurate, up-to-date geographic information. ...
Map librarianship: an introduction by Call Number: Evans Map Room Ref. Z 692 .M3 L37 1998ISBN: 9781563084744Publication Date: 1998-07-15Providing the basics for working with spatial-data collections in libraries, this book describes in detail the processes and procedures of map selection, acquisition, classification, cataloging, everyday storage, care, preservation, reference, public relations, and education. Focus is on practicalities of handling both hard copy and digital forms of atlases, maps, remote-sensing images, globes, and so forth. ...
The map library in the new millennium by Call Number: Evans Map Room Ref. Z 692 .M3 M35 2001ISBN: 9780838935187In this authoritative and comprehensive new work, an international panel of experts cover a wide range of issues relating to map librarianship in the new millennium including: -- New technologies in the map room -- The changing profile of the map user -- The Internet and the World Wide Web -- Metadata and standards -- Geographical information systems (GIS) -- Digital conservation and conversion -- Access to maps and spatial data -- Intellectual property rights.
Maps and related cartographic materials: cataloging, classification, and bibliographic control by Call Number: Evans Map Room Ref. Z 695.6 .M377 1999ISBN: 9780789008138Make maps and other cartographic materials more easily accessible and usable! Maps and Related Cartographic Materials: Cataloging, Classification, and Bibliographic Control is a format-focused reference manual for catalogers that should occupy a prominent place on your reference shelf. Outside of standard cartographic cataloging tools, the bibliographic treatment of all forms of cartographic materials has never been compiled into one useful source. This book separately examines the treatment of all major cartographic format types and outlines the way each should be cataloged. ...
Map cataloging manuals
Instruction manuals and how-to-books on cataloging maps from the American Library Association and practicing map librarians and catalogers.
- Cartographic materials: a manual of interpretation for AACR2, 2002 revision byCall Number: Evans Map Room Z 695.6 .C37 2003 -ISBN: 9780838935392Publication Date: 2nd ed.Cartographic Materials is a must-have for institutions with substantial cartographic holdings and national agencies charged with creating bibliographic records for cartographic materials, but it is also an essential resource for catalogers who have no specialized knowledge of cartographic materials and who need more guidance than that provided in AACR2.
Cataloging sheet maps: the basics by Call Number: Evans Map Room Z 695.6 .A55 2003ISBN: 9780789014832Gain 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. ...- Map cataloging manual byCall Number: Evans Map Room Ref. Z 695.6 .L52 1991ISBN: 9780844406916This helps you decide what information goes into each tag when cataloging.
- Maps and related cartographic materials: cataloging, classification, and bibliographic control by Call Number: Evans Map Room Ref. Z 695.6 .M377 1999ISBN: 9780789008138Make maps and other cartographic materials more easily accessible and usable! Maps and Related Cartographic Materials: Cataloging, Classification, and Bibliographic Control is a format-focused reference manual for catalogers that should occupy a prominent place on your reference shelf. Outside of standard cartographic cataloging tools, the bibliographic treatment of all forms of cartographic materials has never been compiled into one useful source. This book separately examines the treatment of all major cartographic format types and outlines the way each should be cataloged. ...
Humor ...
Great moments in map librarianship: cartoons from the first 30 years of base line by Call Number: Evans Map Room Z 682.5 .C66 2010A very funny collection of comic strips that illustrate working in a map library or collection.
Journals
These are some of the titles we have in the Library's collection for map librarianship.
- base line byCall Number: Electronic publicationNews and information from MAGIRT (Map and Geospatial Information Round Table) of the American Library Association (ALA).
Current issues are now online. - Bulletin byCall Number: Electronic publicationThis bulletin is published for members of the Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives (ACMLA). The Association is open to those with "an interest in maps and the aims and objectives of the Association."
Information bulletin by Call Number: Electronic publicationA news and information newsletter from the Western Association of Map Libraries (WAML).
Journal of map & geography libraries: advances in geospatial information, collections & archivesCall Number: Electronic journalThe journal publishes research on collection, organization and utilization of geographic and cartographic information, including geospatial data, maps, and more.
We do not have a subscription, but print back issues are in the Evans Map Room, Berry Library.- The map collector byMercator's World and Exploring Mercator's World continue this title.
- Meridian: a journal of the Map & Geospatial Information Round Table of the American Library Association byCall Number: Electronic journalFormally, the official publication from the Map and Geography Round Table (MAGERT) of ALA.
Online map collection directories
UK map collections archive by Call Number: Electronic resourceThis directory lists the major map collections in the UK.