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Organizing the Cartographic Series: New Technical and Conceptual Contexts

Organizing the Cartographic Series: New Technical and Conceptual Contexts

Jean-Luc Arnaud
Copyright: © 2016 |Pages: 38
ISBN13: 9781466695429|ISBN10: 1466695420|EISBN13: 9781466695436
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-9542-9.ch012
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Arnaud, Jean-Luc. "Organizing the Cartographic Series: New Technical and Conceptual Contexts." Special Library Administration, Standardization and Technological Integration, edited by Joseph M. Yap, et al., IGI Global, 2016, pp. 267-304. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9542-9.ch012

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Arnaud, J. (2016). Organizing the Cartographic Series: New Technical and Conceptual Contexts. In J. Yap, M. Perez, M. Ayson, & G. Entico (Eds.), Special Library Administration, Standardization and Technological Integration (pp. 267-304). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9542-9.ch012

Chicago

Arnaud, Jean-Luc. "Organizing the Cartographic Series: New Technical and Conceptual Contexts." In Special Library Administration, Standardization and Technological Integration, edited by Joseph M. Yap, et al., 267-304. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2016. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9542-9.ch012

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Abstract

First of all, the author points out that the map materials are badly treated in the libraries. Then it presents the reasons why the cartographic series are so poorly cataloged. After this introduction, the chapter is divided into five parts. The first presents the general features, the history and the peculiarities of the cartographic series. The second part is mostly devoted to a particular category of document: the sheet indexes. It exposes how they are an essential tool to understand the geographic organization of each series. The third part deals with the statements printed on the sheets. It shows that they can be very useful but that, sometimes, they are misleading. The fourth part exposes how the new website CartoMundi takes a step forward in the world of the map libraries. To finish, the fifth part points out the futures issues of the map libraries in a changing context.

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