As the cataloguing universe moves into the era of RDA: Resource Description and Access, specialist cataloguers need information on managing the materials in their areas of responsibility. In this manual, expert cataloguers Andrew and Larsgaard offer a summary and overview of how to catalogue cartographic resources using the new standard. Through abundant examples and sample records to illustrate the work, the authors
Take a close look at what will remain familiar from AACR2, and what is new and different in RDA
Offer guidance for creating authorised geographic subject headings using Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Resources (FRBR) and Functional Requirements for Authority Data (FRAD)
Present a detailed examination of geographic subject headings and subdivisions
Designed for both practising map cataloguers and cataloguers new to cartographic resources, this volume will be a one-stop resource for all cataloguers of cartographic materials looking to understand the differences between cataloguing using AACR2 and cataloguing using RDA.
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American Library Association
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978-0-8389-1131-0 (9780838911310)
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Mary Lynette Larsgaard is Librarian Emeritus of the UCSB Libraries and formerly Head of the Map and Image Laboratory at the University of California at Santa Barbara. She has published extensively in the field of geospatial data in libraries.
Paige G. Andrew is the Maps Cataloguing Librarian at the Pennsylvania State University Libraries. He has published several articles in professional journals on the subject and has offered map cataloguing training courses nationally and internationally since the 1990s.
