DRAFT Composite Atlases DRAFT
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Composite atlases in the Beinecke Library which receive original cataloging are cataloged according to the latest full national standards for descriptive cataloging. The national standards are the latest revision of Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, 2nd ed., commonly known as AACR2, as interpreted by the Library of Congress rule interpretations and Cartographic Materials : A Manual of Interpretation for AACR2, 2002 Revision (2003). The latest editions of AACR2, the Library of Congress rule interpretations are all available through Cataloger's Desktop. Cartographic Materials is available in the Rare Book Team area.
A good on-line resource for cataloging cartographic material is the Map Cataloger's Toolbox.
For atlases that are not composite atlases, see the Atlas cataloging instructions.
For cataloging maps in books, see the documentation Maps in Books.
Definition
Atlas factice (also called "composite atlas"). A composite work made up of a selection of previously issued maps. It may be bound or loose-leaf.
When recataloging composite atlases, the Rare Book Team will catalog according to one of the following options (as instructed by Technical Services):
1) For a title which does not have an accompanying contents list, upgrade record to AACR2 full-level, specifically providing for the complete number of maps in the 300 field. Do not give a formal contents note.
2) For a title which does have an accompanying contents list, either hand-written or printed, upgrade record to AACR2 full-level, specifically providing for the complete number of maps in the 300 field. Give a formal contents note, transcribing what is contained in the contents list. Make sure the contents list matches the titles and order of what is actually bound in the volume. Note any discrepancies in a local 590 note.
3) Regardless of whether a title does or does not have a contents list, catalog each map separately, linking bibliographic records according to the Bound-with documentation. When doing original cataloging for composite atlases, always follow this option.
For options 1) and 2), catalog according to the following rules and procedures.
For option 3), catalog according to the rules and procedures for single-sheet maps, making copy specific local notes as instructed below.
In the Header, "Type of Record" should be e: Printed cartographic material. This applies both for maps and for atlases.
Variable Data Fields
In the 007, Physical Description Field (listed as a Fixed Field but appears in the record with variables), the "Map" selection should be applied, with the "Specific Material Designation" coded d: atlas. The remainder of the fields are usually coded as follows:
Color = a: One color or c: Mutlicolored (with two or more colors involved)
Physical Meduim = usually coded a: Paper
Type of Reproduction = code n: Not applicable
Production/Reproduction Detail = code z: Other
Positive/Negative Aspect = code n: Not applicable
Select MARC fields
034 - Coded Cartographic Mathematical Data
This field contains cartographic mathematical data, including scale, projection, and/or coordinates in coded form. Field 034 is based on information from field 255 (Cartographic Mathematical Data). According to current cataloging practice, although it is optional, if bounding coordinates appear on a cartographic item they are included in the bibliographic record in two places: in subfield $c of the 255 field in the form of degrees, minutes, and seconds; and in subfields $d, $e, $f, and $g of the 034 field in the form of cardinal direction and numerical value. If supplying geographic coordinates in the 255 field, one must also supply geographic coordinates in the 034 field.
This practice differs from PCC standards, which strongly encourages "that this practice of recording coordinates be applied within the core level record." See http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/bibco/coremaps.html
If adequate copy is found which includes the 034 field, check to ensure the coordinates match the item in hand and retain in record. Otherwise, delete from the record.
043 - Geographic Area Code
Chief Source of Information | Statement of Responsibility | Statement of Scale | Physical Description
Chief source of information for composite atlases
As most composite atlases do not have a title page, supply a title proper from the rest of the item, or a reference source, or elsewhere. If no title can be found in any source, devise a brief descriptive title. Enclose such a supplied or devised title in square brackets. Always include in the supplied title the name of the area covered.
[Composite atlas of the Pacific Coast]
[Composite atlas of Europe, containing maps primarily by Joan Blaeu]
1F2. If no statement of responsibility appears prominently in the item, neither construct one nor extract one from the content of the item. Give the relevant information in a note.
Maps engraved by Edward Wright.
For composite atlases with maps containing multiple statemtents of responsibility, give all names in the devised title, or in a note.
[Composite atlas of maps engraved by Edward Wright, W. Faden, and R. Sayer].
Maps engraved by Edward Wright, W. Faden, and R. Sayer.
In describing a composite atlas in which the main maps, etc., are of more than one scale, give Scales differ.
255 ‡a Scales differ. RBT will record only the statement of scale; do not give statement of projection or coordinates.
If all of the maps within an atlas are the same scale, give the scale in the 255.
255 ‡a Scale 1:250,000.
For further details in determing scale, see the following documentation.
5B1. Give the extent of a cartographic item. In the case of atlases and globes, give the number of physical units ...
1 atlas
5C4. Number of maps, etc., in an atlas. Give the number of maps, etc., and other illustrative matter in an atlas as instructed in 5C5-5C10.
1 atlas : 100 col. maps (some folded)
1 atlas : 190 maps
Tables containing only words and/or numbers are not illustrations. Disregard illustrated title pages and minor illustrations.
5D2. Dimensions
Early atlases: When a publication is unbound or inserted in a container subsequent to publication, measure the height of the publication itself.
7B1. Nature and scope of the item. Make notes on the nature or scope of a cartographic item unless it is apparent from the rest of the description. Also make a note on unusual or unexpected features of the item.
500 ‡a Includes maps of the eastern coast of the United States. (Devised title: [Composite atlas of the West Indies])
Relief. Indicate the method of relief portrayed (see Figure 35 in Cartographic Materials, between p. 7-6 and 7-7, for examples of relief).
500 ‡a Relief shown by contours, hachures, and spot heights.
Make a note for a cataloger's devised title.
500 ‡a Title supplied by cataloger.
Copy Specific Notes
Copy specific notes are made to record important information pertaining to individual copies but not to all copies. This information is often noted on the accompanying accessions slip. Information about provenance evidence, imperfections, and bindings (including bound-with information) pertaining to the copy in hand but not to all copies is recorded in copy specific notes.
Restriction on access notes (506) precede copy specific notes (590). All other notes follow. Restriction on access notes (506) and copy specific notes (590) always begin with BEIN [call no.]: Line-breaks in call numbers are indicated by spaces.
If the copy specific information is not extensive, a single 590 note per copy suffices. For clarity's sake, several copy specific notes for the same copy may be made, each beginning with BEIN [call no.]. This is the case with long runs of serials with issues which have come from numerous sources with various provenance. In general note the copy specific information in the order given below.
Example:
590 ‡a BEIN 1982 Folio 10: Maps hand-colored.
Bound-with Notes. When cataloging each map separately in a composite atlas, make the following notes:
If a bibliographic record for the composite atlas does not already exist, create one, devising a title which accurately describes what is contained within. For example:
[Composite atlas of hand-colored maps by William Faden, Thomas Kitchin, Robert Sayer, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d' Anville, Daniel Augustus Beaufort, L. Delarochette, M. l'abbe Dicquemare, Alexis Hubert Jaillot, Thomas Jeffreys, James Rennell, Henry Roberts, and Joseph Smith Speer].
Provide the following note in the holdings for the atlas:
852 8 0 ‡b beingen ‡h 1982 ‡i Folio 10 ‡z Maps cataloged separately and classed as 1982 Folio 10. IMPORTANT NOTE: create an item record for the first map title of the composite atlas and not for the atlas itself. Link all subsequent bibliographic records for maps to this first title.
1. Notes for all items regardless of the number of items in a volume. The record for each item gets a local note giving 1) the position of the item relative to the total number of items in the volume and 2) the binder's title, if present. The binder's title does not get traced.
590 ‡a BEIN 1982 Folio 10: No. 1 of 43 maps bound together in a composite atlas.
2. Recording provenance information. Local notes (and associated tracings) that pertain to the entire volume are added to the records for each item.
590 ‡a BEIN 1982 Folio 10: Armorial bookplate: Charles Abbot.
Local notes (and associated tracings) that pertain to only a single item rather than the entire volume are added to the record for that item only.
590 ‡a BEIN 1982 Folio 10: Inscription at head of title: Andw. Moxon. No. 7 of 43 maps bound together. [NOTE: autograph appears only on this item; not noted in records for other forty-two items.]
3. Recording binding information. Local notes (and associated tracings) are added to the records for each item in the volume.
590 ‡a BEIN 1982 Folio 10: Printed waste used in binding. No. 3 of 43 maps bound together. [NOTE: printed waste noted in records for all forty-three items.]
Contents. When cataloging according to option 2 (above), transcribe formal contents notes from accompanying contents lists, either hand-written or printed. If this is no accompanying contents list, transcribe the individual map titles when instructed. For publications in two or more volumes, generally transcribe the volume or part designations as found.
Detached from/Also appeared in. If one can determine whether a map has been removed from an issued atlas, or has been issued (as an exact printing) in other atlases, make a note and added entry for the specific atlas (including main entry, if known).
Examples:
500 ‡a Detached from Kitchin's General atlas describing the whole universe. London : Printed by Robert Sayer and J. Bennet, 1773.
700 1 2 ‡a Kitchin, Thomas, ‡d d. 1784. ‡t General atlas describing the whole universe.
500 ‡a Also appeared in Kitchin's General atlas describing the whole universe. London : Printed and sold for R. Sayer and J. Bennet, 1780.
700 1 2 ‡a Kitchin, Thomas, ‡d d. 1784. ‡t General atlas describing the whole universe.
Order of notes
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For the main bibliographic for the composite atlas, determine the nature of the atlas: general vs. topical.
Example of a general work on France
651 0 ‡a France ‡v Maps. Examples of topical works
650 0 ‡a Pilot guides ‡z France.
650 0 ‡a Geology ‡z France ‡v Maps. Always assign the following heading:
650 0 ‡a Atlases ‡z [Geographic name].
NOTE: The subject subdivision "Atlases" can only be used for scientific or technical works consisting of comprehensive, often systematically arranged, collections of illustrative plates, charts, etc., usually with explanatory captions.
650 0 ‡a Human anatomy ‡v Atlases.
Always add the following genre tracings, when appropriate. Use multiple tracings, when appropriate (e.g., an atlas of nautical charts). Subdivide geographically, not by place of publication, but by place described, and then by date. Use the broadest geographical subdivision possible; e.g., for an atlas of the Pacific Northwest, do not make separate 655s for Washington, Oregon, Idaho, etc., but rather use: Northwest, Pacific.
655 7 ‡a Atlases (Geographic) ‡z [Geographic name] ‡y [date]. ‡2 rbgenr
655 7 ‡a Nautical charts ‡z [Geographic name] ‡y [date]. ‡2 rbgenr
655 7 ‡a Plats ‡z [Geographic name] ‡y [date]. ‡2 rbgenr
655 7 ‡a Portolan charts ‡z [Geographic name] ‡y [date]. ‡2 rbgenr
655 7 ‡a Topographic maps ‡z [Geographic name] ‡y [date]. ‡2 rbgenr
655 7 ‡a Views ‡z [Geographic name] ‡y [date]. ‡2 rbgenr