Database of the digitized map collections
map collections outside the Czech Republic
Library Map Collection. The University of Manchester |
| Name of the digital map collection: Manchester Digital Collections (Map Collection) |
| Web address of digitized cartographic documents: https://luna.manchester.ac.uk/luna/servlet/maps002~1~1 |
| National identifier of the collection (if available): |
| The main thematic content/s of the collection: Maps of Manchester and North of England |
| The collection departmental code: GEOGRAPHY |
Contact |
| Address: Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PP, England |
| Name of contact person: Donna Sherman |
| Phone to contact person: |
| Contact person's email donna.sherman@manchester.ac.uk |
Information about the collection |
| The most important printed publications about the map collection: Imcos Journal Spring 2107 No.148 pp11-16; Riches of the Rylands: the Special Collections of the University of Manchester Library, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2015 |
Other important information about the collection: https://www.library.manchester.ac.uk/rylands/special-collections/subject-areas/map-collections-travel-and-discovery/ |
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: 965 |
| The number of physical units of old cartographic materials: 368 |
| 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| The total number of individual digitized images (also unpublished): 965 |
| Of this number is already published: 965 |
| 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): 6 |
| The number of accessible 3D objects (globes, models, etc.): 0 |
Descriptive metadata |
| Library or archive programs used for cataloging: others; |
| Standards used for metadata descriptions: Dublin |
| Rules used to create metadata: AACR2/R; |
| Methodologies used for the description: Standard excel template from Imaging Services of the Library. |
| 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: Very basic description for some records where an image has been ordered by member of public or for exhibition. Digitisation projects or curator requests have more detailed metadata. |
Services offered with digitized maps |
| Georeferencing (ground controlling) of maps: No |
| 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: secondary schools, universities, public Providing of educational and promotional materials: Handouts to support teaching activities for University students. |
Aggregation into higher units |
| Digitalized cartographic documents are eported into superior aggregates: Oldmapsonline.org; |
Last data update 01/08/2023 12:32:59 by the user kloudova