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Local Practice
Here are some examples of how maps are organized at the
Vancouver Public Library and the University of British Columbia libraries.
Interestingly, in both cases, more than
one classification system
has been employed in cataloguing maps in order to better provide access
to the various types of maps.
Vancouver Public Library
At the Vancouver Public Library (VPL), all of the different types of maps
are organized and classified in different ways. Geographic maps are catalogued
and classified according to the Boggs & Lewis classification system. Topical
maps are classified according to DDC. Road maps are organized alphabetically
according to location name. Topographic, hydrographic, bathymetric
and aeronautical maps are organized according to corresponding charts found
in the History & Government or Science & Technology Division (Vancouver
Public Library, 2004).
The University of British Columbia
At the University of British Columbia, older thematic maps are catalogued
and classified according to the Boggs & Lewis classification system.
Topological and geographic maps are catalogued according to the Library
of Congress classification, but only at the series level. Charts and atlases
are also
catalogued according
the to the Library of Congress classification. The majority of the pre-1991
maps are described on catalogue cards kept in a wooden card cabinet of
the second floor of Koerner Library. There are three files: Area/Subject,
Subject/Area and a shelf list organized by call number. There are no author
or title indexes. Newer maps can be retrieved by with the online Library
catalogue by using keyword searches (Ross, Tim, 2004).
"Local Practice" Bibliography
Ross, Tim. Reference Guide to the HSS Map & Atlas Collection. August 2004. Unpublished.
Vancouver Public Library. "Guide to the Map Collection". In History & Government Division. 2004. Accessed March 14, 2005. <http://www.vpl.ca/branches/LibrarySquare/his/StudyGuides/map_collection.html>.
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