From Drawer to Digital: A Statewide Collaboration for Historic Maps Digital Projects

Michel, Peter and Newman, Linda and Rankin, Katherine and Toy-Smith, Vicki and Willis, Glee (2005) From Drawer to Digital: A Statewide Collaboration for Historic Maps Digital Projects. Cartographic Perspectives(52 (Fall 2005)):pp. 63-69.

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Abstract

The two comprehensive public universities in Nevada are building complementary digital collections of historic maps of interest to the region to enable virtual map library visits. This article briefly describes the two university library map collections, discusses the criteria that were used to select maps to be digitized, provides insight into some of the scanning issues and how they were resolved, discusses technical considerations in using CONTENTdm, and talks about metadata issues in the collaborative effort. The conclusion provides insight into what has been learned and why the project is important as a foundation for the future.

Keywords:	historic maps, digital collections, metadata, collaboration, Nevada, ContentDM
Subjects:	H. Information sources, supports, channels. > HG. Non-print materials. J. Technical services in libraries, archives, museum. > JG. Digitization. I. Information treatment for information services > IA. Cataloging, bibliographic control.
ID Code:	6849
Deposited By:	Willis, Glee
Deposited On:	04 August 2006
Alternative Locations:	http://www2.library.unr.edu/digitalprojects/from_drawer_to_digital.pdf
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1 Map index to topographic quadrangles of the United

States, 1882-1940, Riley Moore Moffat, Western

Association of Map Libraries, 1985.

2 A cartobibliography of separately published U.S.

Geological Survey special maps and river surveys,

Peter L. Stark, Western Association of Map libraries, 1989.

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