Database of the digitized map collections
map collections outside the Czech Republic
Special Collections, Collections of Maps and Atlases. Leiden University Library |
| Name of the digital map collection: Digital Collections |
| Web address of digitized cartographic documents: http://digitalcollections.universiteitleiden.nl |
| National identifier of the collection (if available): |
| The main thematic content/s of the collection: Worldwide with emphasis on The Netherlands, VOC- and WIC-territories, Dutch East Indies, Suriname, Netherlands Antilles, Western Europe, manuscript maps |
| The collection departmental code: GEOGRAPHY |
Contact |
| Address: Witte Singel 27, 2311 BG Leiden, The Netherlands |
| Name of contact person: Drs. Martijn Storms |
| Phone to contact person: |
| Contact person's email m.storms@library.leidenunivl.nl |
Information about the collection |
| The most important printed publications about the map collection: Dirk de Vries, Kaarten met geschiedenis 1550-1800. Een selectie van oude getekende kaarten uit de Collectie Bodel Nijenhuis (Utrecht, 1989); Martijn Storms (red.), De verzamelingen van Bodel Nijenhuis. Kaarten, portretten en boeken van een pionier in de historische cartografie (Leiden, 2008); Dirk de Vries, An 'unrivalled collection of maps and charts' at Leiden University Library. In: The Map Collector 47 (Summer 1989), p. 2-7 |
Other important information about the collection: https://www.library.universiteitleiden.nl/special-collections/collections/maps-and-atlases |
The physical fund of the collection |
| The total size of the physical fund (also not processed): 150.000 |
| The number of processed units in the electronic catalogue: 80.000 |
| The number of physical units of old cartographic materials: 80.000 |
| The typology of old cartographic materials: old maps; manuscript maps; old atlases; |
| 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| The total number of individual digitized images (also unpublished): 25.000 |
| Of this number is already published: 20.000 |
| The collection is published: on-line; in a study; |
| The number of files in the databases of images (i.e. voluminous maps or atlases, so more objects joined in one): 250 |
| The number of accessible 3D objects (globes, models, etc.): 10 |
Descriptive metadata |
| Library or archive programs used for cataloging: Primo/Alma; |
| Standards used for metadata descriptions: others; |
| Rules used to create metadata: RDA; |
| Methodologies used for the description: |
| Indexing by: chronological entries; geographical entries; |
| Are the before mentioned selection terms exported into metadata? yes |
| Additional information on the method and scope of the description: Programme: Alma Metadata: MARC21 |
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: Users of data: universities, Science institutes, publishing houses, documents, public |
Aggregation into higher units |
| Digitalized cartographic documents are eported into superior aggregates: Europeana; Oldmapsonline.org; |
Last data update 01/08/2023 13:41:49 by the user kloudova