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Where is it?Describing and using
maps and plans.
Paula Williams, Curator, Maps, Mountaineering & Polar Collections
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Map enquiries
Site surveysbusinesslocal historyfamily history
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Map enquiriesPlaces at a specific point in time:
LegalPlanningOwnership
HistoryArchitectureGarden and landscape
Route and travel planning
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Map enquiries
Design and other random enquiries!
Compass roses for patchwork quiltGeology map colouration for landsape paintingCommercial packagingBurger van signage!
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“Cataloguing time spent once is reference
time spent over and over again …”
Mary Larsgaard.
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… by any other name…Element Dublin
CoreEAD MARC 21 RDA ISO 19115 CSDGM
TITLE Title <titleproper> 245 ‡a Title proper Title Identi-fication
(includes citation)AUTHOR Creator < author > 100 ‡a
700 ‡a
Statement of responsibility relating to the
title proper
Responsible Party
DATE Date created
<unitdate> 260‡c Date of publication
Reference Date /Date
Created
FILE TYPE Format 256 File type (in description of
carrier)
Distribution Format
Distribution
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Mathematical Description
Projection ScaleDatum and survey dataCoordinates
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Physical Description
Height by widthBinding formats
hardback, paperback, spiralfolded, rolled, laminated
ReliefColour
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Explanation
What does it show?PlaceTopic or subject
What is it?Publishing historyPrintcodes
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Placenames as subject headings
Library of Congress Subject Headings.Place (Qualifier) – Subject – FormSubject – Qualifier – Place
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names.Hierarchical structuree.g. World – Europe – United Kingdom – Scotland – Glasgow – Unitary Authority
British Museum/Home grown subject headings.
Place – Subject – Date– Form
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A bit about placenames …
Ineloid, Ineloid = Inchina Inchina
Bunnahabhain or Bonavon?HOYKStrachanIsle of Amron
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Check your OPAC!
Do the cartographic fields display?Do they appear in a logical order?Do the symbols display correctly?
"Central meridian is 12 east of Greenwich".
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Contact us…Maps Reading RoomNational Library of Scotland159 CausewaysideEdinburghEH9 1PH
0131 623 [email protected]/maps