Map Librarianship & Collecting

A 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. ...

From 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. ...

Providing 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. ...

In 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.

Make 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. ...

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.

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. ...

This helps you decide what information goes into each tag when cataloging.

Make 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. ...

A very funny collection of comic strips that illustrate working in a map library or collection.

News and information from MAGIRT (Map and Geospatial Information Round Table) of the American Library Association (ALA).
Current issues are now online.

This 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."

A news and information newsletter from the Western Association of Map Libraries (WAML).

The 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.

Mercator's World and Exploring Mercator's World continue this title.

Formally, the official publication from the Map and Geography Round Table (MAGERT) of ALA.

This directory lists the major map collections in the UK.