Projects of the Yale University Map Department at Sterling Memorial Library

Digital Scans of Cartographic Material

When a digital scan of cartographic material has been made, add the following to the record:

Genre Heading (655)

Add to the BIB record a 655 genre heading to indicate the presence of a digital scan of the map.

655  7 ‡a Digital images ‡vMaps ‡z [Geographic name] ‡y [date]. ‡2 lctgm

where:

The geographic name in the ‡z is the same as the geographic name in the 651 ‡a. If the geographic name in the 651 ‡a includes a second name in parentheses, then make two ‡z subfields in the 655 and include the parentheses name in the first ‡z and the non-parentheses name in the second ‡z.

651  0 ‡a New Haven (Conn.) ‡v Maps.

655  7 ‡a Digital images ‡v Maps ‡z Connecticut ‡z New Haven ‡y 1778. ‡2 lctgm

The date in the 655 ‡y is the same as the date in the 260 ‡c. Include only the digits of the year and a question mark if present; do not include any other words or punctuation.

260      ‡a Hartford : ‡b City Press, ‡c [1868?]

651  0 ‡a Hartford (Conn.) ‡v Maps.

655  7  ‡a Digital images ‡v Maps ‡z Connecticut ‡z Hartford ‡y 1868? ‡2 lctgm

MFHD  Holdings Record

For digital surrogates of maps produced by YUL, create a second MFHD attached to the BIB record for the item scanned.

Add an 856 field giving the url where the scan is stored in the ‡u subfield.

Use the standard term Online map in the ‡3 subfield and further qualify this if necessary with the words recto or verso or a sheet numbering system as appropriate. See http://www.library.yale.edu/cataloging/Orbis2Manual/8563subfield.xls. Examples of qualified standard terms:

Online map recto
Online map verso
Online map sheet 1
Online map NW sheet
Online map Aberdeen sheet

856 4  ‡3 Online map ‡u http://maps.library.yale.edu/images/public/40_V55_ 1847_ A_ 7_Venice_S_Croce.jp2

The 856 field must always be accompanied by an 852 field as follows:

852 8  ‡a smlmapl ‡h Online resource

where the location code in the ‡a matches the location code in the 852 ‡a in the MFHD for the original version of the item.