Database of the digitized map collections
map collections outside the Czech Republic
Harvard Map Collection. The Harvard University |
| Name of the digital map collection: Harvard Map Collection Digitial Maps |
| Web address of digitized cartographic documents: https://library.harvard.edu/collections/scanned-maps |
| National identifier of the collection (if available): |
| The main thematic content/s of the collection: Pre-1900, global urban plans, sea atlases, other |
| The collection departmental code: GEOGRAPHY |
Contact |
| Address: Pusey Library Cambridge MA, USA 02138 |
| Name of contact person: Bonnie Burns |
| Phone to contact person: |
| Contact person's email maps@harvard.edu |
Information about the collection |
| The most important printed publications about the map collection: 1) Skelton, R.A., the Harvard Map Collections, Harvard Library, 1963 http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990094113160203941/catalog 2) https://archive.org/details/FollowTheMapCatalogue, |
Other important information about the collection: http://harvardmaps200.org/, https://library.harvard.edu/libraries/harvard-map-collection |
The physical fund of the collection |
| The total size of the physical fund (also not processed): 500.000 |
| The number of processed units in the electronic catalogue: 125.000 |
| The number of physical units of old cartographic materials: 50.000 |
| The typology of old cartographic materials: old maps; manuscript maps; old atlases; old globes; |
| Expected final processing of the collection: After 5 and more years |
The digital fund of the map collection |
| The total number of individual digitized images (also unpublished): 93.000 |
| Of this number is already published: 93.000 |
| The collection is published: on-line; |
| The number of files in the databases of images (i.e. voluminous maps or atlases, so more objects joined in one): 14,000 |
| The number of accessible 3D objects (globes, models, etc.): 2 |
Descriptive metadata |
| Library or archive programs used for cataloging: Aleph; |
| Standards used for metadata descriptions: METS; MODS; |
| Rules used to create metadata: RDA; |
| Methodologies used for the description: |
| Indexing by: key words; subjectchronological entries; geographical entries; |
| Are the before mentioned selection terms exported into metadata? some |
| Additional information on the method and scope of the description: |
Services offered with digitized maps |
| Georeferencing (ground controlling) of maps: Yes |
| Map selection from map layouts: No |
| Search by map markers: No |
| Reading old fonts in the OCR: No |
| Full text search from legends: No |
| Digitization of maps on request: Yes |
| Other services: Further data access: Harvard Geospatial Library/GeoBlacklight Users of data: elementary schools, secondary schools, universities, publishing houses, television, film production, public |
Aggregation into higher units |
| Digitalized cartographic documents are eported into superior aggregates: GeoBlackLight; Oldmapsonline.org; |
Last data update 23/02/2021 22:11:58 by the user novotna