1. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Access to Geographical Information in Library Catalogs: a Case Study Ralph Hartsock and Daniel Gelaw Alemneh University of North Texas Libraries Pioneer America Society, October 10, 2014
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
C.S. Hammond & Company. Oklahoma., Map, [between 1905 and 1925]; digital images, ( : accessed September 12, 2014), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, crediting University of Texas at Arlington Library, Arlington, Texas.

2. Objectives
Libraries offer a variety of methods to retrieve geographic data.
The online catalog (Case no. 1) provides access to various materials.
Special Collections in general (Case no. 2) provide access to primary source material, including the Portal to Texas History, and Library of Congress.
Case no. 3 is a collection digitized by UNT: The map collection of the University of Texas at Arlington.

3. Classification System: Library of Congress (http://www. loc
Library of Congress Classification G covers geography, anthropology, and recreation. This outline is located at
Superintendent of Documents Classification is a system of library classification developed in the office of the Superintendent of Documents of the United States Government Printing Office (GPO) at the turn of the 20th century.

4. Case no. 1: Online Catalog
The online catalog provides access to various materials.
Books
Music
Audio or Video recordings
Maps
We start with a sample of a catalog at UNT:

5. UNT Libraries homepage
UNT Libraries website:

6. Search Subject: Music United States 799 entries found
The subject “Music – United States” yields 799 entries at UNT. These are a few.

7. Subjects subdivided Geographically, most are indirect Mounds — Ohio — Ross County
Topical subjects are often divided geographically. Most are indirect, meaning that the heading goes from general to somewhat specific to very specific. In this case, the State is followed by the county.

8. Ohio Maps: indirect to Columbus and Ross County; also may be searched by keyword
Geographic entities are divided by the genre of material (Maps, Atlases, Bibliography).

9. Ohio Politics and government by period
Even though the conference was in Oklahoma, Ohio has a longer history and more chronological divisions for this demonstration.

10. OCLC WorldCat and OCLC FirstSearch
WorldCat.org, OCLC bibliographic database of 2 Billion Library holdings, for 328 million bibliographic records. In over 10,000 libraries.
Subscription to OCLC databases (depending on your institution), Anthropology Education, Medicine, books, scholarly articles, dissertations, digital resources, ebooks, conference proceedings.
Two tools for locating maps and other materials in the library are WorldCat and FirstSearch, both products of OCLC, a consortium of 72,000 libraries, archives, and museums, from 109 countries.

11. FirstSearch searching screen

12. Map by Thaddeus Fowler, on Wichita Falls, Texas

13. Map by Thaddeus Fowler, on Wichita Falls, Texas -- results
This is the physical version of a map by Thaddeus Fowler, “Wichita Falls, Texas, 1890.” It is located at the University of Texas at Arlington. You can see the links for InterLibrary Loan. But that may be a material the library is hesitant to lend.
You might need to travel to Arlington to view this.
But…

14. Texas OU Red River Rivalry
I would not recommend viewing this map on site this weekend.

15. Case no. 2: Portal to Texas History
2002--UNT Libraries began planning The Portal to Texas History,
digital gateway to historical materials from private collectors and collaborative partners
including libraries, museums, archives, and other historical groups.
The goal was to structure the Portal in a way that would ensure long-term sustainability.
By 2010, the Portal hosted over 900,000 digital images from 130 partners.
By 2015, the Portal hosted 5.5 million images from over 250 partners.
Items from Ohio in 2014: 243

16. Portal: Maps "Wolfe City, Texas: 1891“; east of Dallas, Texas
The Portal has several maps. This is one of Wolfe City, Texas, east of Dallas.
Bird's eye view of Wolfe City notes public school, opera house, Melville Hotel, Methodist church, Baptist church, Wolfe City foundry, Wolfe City cotton seed oil mills, Cotton Belt railroad station, and Santa Fe railroad station.
"Wolfe City, Texas: 1891", Map, n.d.; digital image, ( : accessed September 25, 2014), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, crediting Star of the Republic Museum, Washington, Texas.

17. Wolfe City Methodist Church on left Public School on right.
Looking closer, the building on the upper left is a Methodist Church. The building out alone on the right is a public school.

18. Mississippi River, Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
United States. War Dept.. The Mississippi River from Vicksburg to Baton Rouge, Map, [1905]; digital images, ( : accessed October 01, 2014), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department, Denton, Texas.

19. Mississippi River Vicksburg to Baton Rouge close up
You can view the map at high magnification.

20. Library of Congress http://loc.gov/maps/collections/ Map Collections
The world’s largest and most comprehensive cartographic collection:
5.5 million maps
80,000 atlases
6,000 reference works
500 globes and globe gores
3,000 raised relief models
19,000 cds/dvds
The online map collections represents only a small fraction that have been converted to digital form, over 13,000.

21. Library of Congress Geography and Map Division
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division. Guthrie, Oklahoma, Indian Territory, 1890
Repository: Library of Congress Geography and Map Division
Fowler, T. M. (Thaddeus Mortimer) Guthrie, Oklahoma, Indian Territory, Jan. 22nd 1890 ==
Title Guthrie, Oklahoma, Indian Territory, Jan. 22nd 1890 /
Contributor Names Fowler, T. M. (Thaddeus Mortimer),
Created / Published Morrisville, Pa. : G.F. Herriott & Co., 1890.
Subject Headings -  Guthrie (Okla.) -  United States--Oklahoma--Guthrie Notes -  Bird's-eye view of the Indian Territory. - 
"The city of Guthrie was nine months old when the original sketch for this lithograph was made." - 
Copy imperfect: Stained along fold lines. - 
Includes text, list to points of interest and ill. - 
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. - 
Acquisitions control no.: Medium 1 view ; 41 x 81 cm.
Call Number G4024.G F6 Repository Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C USA dcu
Digital Id g4024g pm
Library of Congress Catalog Number

22. LC Prints and Photographs Catalog Holy Ascension Russian Orthodox Church, Unalaska Island, Unalaska, Aleutian Islands, AK
Another substantial collection in the Library of Congress is it Prints and Photographs. Here is an Orthodox Church in the Aleutian Islands, of Alaska.
NORTHEAST SIDE - Holy Ascension Russian Orthodox Church, Unalaska Island, Unalaska, Aleutian Islands, AK
Digital ID: (None) hhh ak0101.color c
Reproduction Number: HABS AK,1-UNAK,1A--28 (CT)
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C USA

23. Statistics for Map Collections from the University of Texas at Arlington as of October 2014:

24. Case no. 3: UT Arlington Map Collection, digitized by UNT
5,188 maps, located at the University of Texas at Arlington
Digitized by the University of North Texas
Indexed in the Portal to Texas History
Maps date from 1493 to the present and feature noted cartographers.
While international in scope, the collection emphasizes the region of the Gulf Coast and the Greater Southwest: Texas and other southwestern states annexed by the United States after the U.S. War with Mexico of

25. Arlington, Texas land use plan, 1980
Arlington (Tex.) Planning Dept [Arlington, Texas] land use plan., Map, 1980; digital images, ( : accessed September 12, 2014), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, crediting University of Texas at Arlington Library, Arlington, Texas.

26. Oklahoma Map, [between 1905 and 1925]
C.S. Hammond & Company. Oklahoma., Map, [between 1905 and 1925]; digital images, ( : accessed September 12, 2014), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, crediting University of Texas at Arlington Library, Arlington, Texas.

27. Geologic cross section: Arbuckle Mountains to Muenster Arch, southern Oklahoma and Texas.
Denison, Rodger E.. Geologic cross section from the Arbuckle Mountains to the Muenster Arch, southern Oklahoma and Texas., Map, 1982; digital images, ( : accessed September 17, 2014), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, crediting University of Texas at Arlington Library, Arlington, Texas.

28. Map by Thaddeus Fowler, on Wichita Falls, Texas
Fowler, Thaddeus Mortimer. Map of Wichita Falls, Texas, 1890, Map, 1890; digital image, ( : accessed October 06, 2014), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, crediting University of Texas at Arlington Library, Arlington, Texas.
This is digitized by UNT, and available for view, so one does not need to be on location in Arlington.

29. 1895 railroad map of Ohio
Ohio Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs railroad map of Ohio., Map, 1895; digital images, ( : accessed September 12, 2014), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, crediting University of Texas at Arlington Library, Arlington, Texas.
This exhibits the national impact of the collection.

30. Summary
Considering the unique value of maps, and in light of the evolving landscape of geographical information, academic institutions are increasingly supporting initiatives that advance digital scholarship for worldwide research.
Digitization and aggregation of parts of theses and dissertations not only add value but also facilitate greater public access and use to Geographical Information in Library.
Our usage statistics show that users from more than 200 countries around the world already visited the UNT Digital Libraries’ and engaged and interacted with the maps in unique and meaningful ways.

31. Library Advantages Advantages Limitations:
Original map preserved for in-person viewing
Access from anywhere, desktop, laptop, mobile device
Magnification allowed
Those seeking content may reap benefits of remote usage
Limitations:
Certain characteristics must be observed on-site, like water marks

32. Thank you. Access to Geographical Information in Library Catalogs: a Case Study Ralph Hartsock and Daniel Gelaw Alemneh University of North Texas Libraries Pioneer America Society, October 10, 2014, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma