1. Where is it? Describing and using maps and plans. Paula Williams, Curator, Maps, Mountaineering & Polar Collections

2. Map enquiries Site surveys business local history family history

3. Map enquiries Places at a specific point in time: Legal Planning Ownership History Architecture Garden and landscape Route and travel planning

4. Map enquiries Design and other random enquiries! Compass roses for patchwork quilt Geology map colouration for landsape painting Commercial packaging Burger van signage!

5. “Cataloguing time spent once is reference time spent over and over again …” Mary Larsgaard.

6. … by any other name… ElementDublin Core EADMARC 21RDAISO 19115CSDGM TITLETitle 245 ‡aTitle properTitleIdenti- fication (includes citation) AUTHORCreator 100 ‡a 700 ‡a Statement of responsibility relating to the title proper Responsible Party DATEDate created 260‡cDate of publication Reference Date /Date Created FILE TYPEFormat256File type (in description of carrier) Distribution Format Distributio n

7. Mathematical Description Projection Scale Datum and survey data Coordinates

8. Physical Description Height by width Binding formats hardback, paperback, spiral folded, rolled, laminated Relief Colour

9. Explanation What does it show? Place Topic or subject What is it? Publishing history Printcodes

10. Placenames as subject headings Library of Congress Subject Headings. Place (Qualifier) – Subject – Form Subject – Qualifier – Place Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names. Hierarchical structure e.g. World – Europe – United Kingdom – Scotland – Glasgow – Unitary Authority British Museum/Home grown subject headings. Place – Subject – Date– Form

11. A bit about placenames … Ineloid, Ineloid = Inchina Inchina Bunnahabhain or Bonavon? HOYK Strachan Isle of Amron

12. Check your OPAC! Do the cartographic fields display? Do they appear in a logical order? Do the symbols display correctly? "Central meridian is 12  east of Greenwich".

13. Contact us… Maps Reading Room National Library of Scotland 159 Causewayside Edinburgh EH9 1PH 0131 623 3970 maps@nls.uk www.nls.uk/maps