Yale Map Department at Sterling Memorial Library

Map Cataloging

• General principles of Map Department cataloging

Procedures

• Call numbers
• Preliminary-level cataloging (Catalog and Metadata Services documentation)
• Minimal-level cataloging (Catalog and Metadata Services documentation)
• Full-level cataloging (Catalog and Metadata Services documentation)
• Copy Cataloging
• Source Note for Maps Removed from Atlases (From/Appears in Notes and Added Entries)
• Atlases
• Composite atlases
• Barcoding
• Digital Scans

Access

• Provenance Notes and Tracings
• Form/Genre terms

Description

• Select Bibliographies

Special Projects

• Preliminary Records Project Workflow

Links

• Catalog and Metadata Services cartographic materials documentation
• Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library cartographic materials documentation:
  • Atlases
  • Composite atlases
  • Maps
  • Maps in Books