Mary,
Now that I see this, I remember it was just typed, there never was a word processed version.
A gratuitous bit of history: As I recall, UC/SMLG decided years ago that it was more efficient to catalog topo sets for MELVYL and Socrates rather than to try to update and maintain this list. In fact, originally part of the conspectus was the beginning of a list of uniquely held sets. Even that limited effort was deemed to be too much duplication. I know that UCB made cataloging big sets one of its first priorities for MARC cataloging (back in the '80s)
Philip Hoehn, Map Librarian
San Francisco -- philhoehn@juno.com
-- Mary Larsgaard <mary@library.ucsb.edu> wrote:
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_____________________________________________________________ Give back to your community. Click here to start a new career as a Police officer. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2121/fc/Ioyw6i3mAL7lSwjLXS1Gaj8FLobdwAAslewYAhbK7dW66c3ftAZRax/
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