particularly when one has a collection
as i do that's only 60% cataloged.
perhaps it would be appropriate
to have these pdfs on the collections
portion of the UCSMLG website?
Mary
Julie Sweetkind-Singer wrote:
> Mary,
>
> I think you do well in pointing out the plusses and minuses. I think
> that even if I felt that theoretically the plusses well-outweighed the
> minuses, it would still be very difficult for me to justify the time
> and energy to update such a list. I would much rather take that same
> energy to doing original (or copy) cataloging of the items over which
> we do not have bibliographic control. If I only have the staff and
> money to do one thing, it will be to catalog the collection in Socrates.
>
> Julie
>
> At 12:29 PM 1/7/2008, Mary Larsgaard wrote:
>> i asked Phil Hoehn before we scanned
>> it if by any slight chance he had a copy of
>> the word-processing file, and he said
>> that was long gone.
>>
>> Cynthia has kindly already sent me
>> a dig-file inventory for the series she
>> has. (?i can't remember if she sent it
>> just to me, or to all of calmap).
>>
>> am sure everyone can come up
>> with more pros and cons than i have listed :-)
>> '
>> pros:
>> - it can be difficult to find bib records for topographic-map
>> series (and thematic series, although these are easier to find)
>> in MELVYL because the subject headings
>> can include single-sheet maps; also i regret to say
>> not all of the top-series bib records for this
>> collection have "maps, topographic" in the
>> subject heading; it can be just "Maps."
>> Limiting by beginning date of publication
>> does help but the problem there is often
>> we aren't really sure when a series began;
>> and it does take a little while to look that info
>> up (e.g., the Bohme 3-v inventory; World Mapping Today)
>> - it gives an overview of what the various collections
>> have, in one relatively convenient place
>> - as topo and thematic series get more expensive
>> per sheet and as the emphasis on shared-print increases
>> for UC collections, it's more than ever important
>> to know if a given series is already owned by
>> one of us and if it's maintained.
>>
>> cons:
>> - updating would be a considerable amount of
>> work and would be in addition to the Conspectus;
>> there might be a way to use the Conspectus instead.
>> - cataloging is very labor-intensive and
>> the idea of in effect recording holdings
>> twice is wasteful of time.
>>
>>
>> Mary
>> Kathleen Stroud wrote:
>>> Mary,
>>>
>>> Your email & attachment came through. Obviously this was a massive
>>> effort typed up years ago. How much of it is now duplicated by our
>>> OPACs? Is it worth the effort to update?
>>>
>>> Kathy Stroud, Map/GIS Librarian
>>> Government Information and Maps, Shields Library
>>> 100 NW Quad Ave.
>>> Davis, CA 95616-5292
>>> 530-752-5248
>>>
>>> ----- "Mary Larsgaard" <mary@library.ucsb.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>>> please let me know if you receive this.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Mary Lynette Larsgaard
>>>> Director, Map Library
>>>> Assistant Head, Map and Imagery Laboratory
>>>> Davidson Library
>>>> University of California, Santa Barbara
>>>> Santa Barbara CA 93106-9010
>>>> USA
>>>> mary@library.ucsb.edu
>>>> voice: 805/893-4049; 2779, reference desk
>>>> fax: 805/893-8799
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Mary Lynette Larsgaard
>> Director, Map Library
>> Assistant Head, Map and Imagery Laboratory
>> Davidson Library
>> University of California, Santa Barbara
>> Santa Barbara CA 93106-9010
>> USA
>> mary@library.ucsb.edu
>> voice: 805/893-4049; 2779, reference desk
>> fax: 805/893-8799
>>
>
> Julie Sweetkind-Singer
> Head Librarian; GIS & Map Librarian
> Branner Earth Sciences Library & Map Collections
> 397 Panama Mall, M/C 2211
> Stanford University
> Stanford, CA 94305
> sweetkind@stanford.edu
> Phone: 650-725-1102
>
>
>
-- Mary Lynette Larsgaard Director, Map Library Assistant Head, Map and Imagery Laboratory Davidson Library University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara CA 93106-9010 USA mary@library.ucsb.edu voice: 805/893-4049; 2779, reference desk fax: 805/893-8799
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