[CALMAP:108] Dibblee Maps: who gets them, who catalogs them?

From: Cynthia Jahns (cjahns@ucsc.edu)
Date: Thu Mar 01 2007 - 10:53:49 PST

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    Hello all,

    You may have seen the recent email on MAPS-L, noting that the Dibblee
    Foundation intends to release ten maps a month for the foreseeable
    future. In addition to being a significant expense for some of us
    with small budgets, this is a very large cataloging burden. My maps
    cataloger says it takes about 45 minutes to do a good job of original
    cataloging for one of these maps.

    We can wait for months to see a cataloging record appear in OCLC for
    these maps. This leads us to ask: who receives these maps on standing
    order?
    Who is cataloging them?
    Are they a priority for your cataloger, or are you too waiting for
    someone else to catalog some of them?

      If you do not catalog them, how do you store them (Filed by Dibblee
    # ?) and how do you provide information to your patrons to enable
    them to find them?

    I'm starting this dialog in hopes of finding a solution to the large
    backlog we have, which grows monthly. Thanks for your input and any
    suggestions.

    Cynthia Jahns, UC Santa Cruz

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