Database of the digitized map collections
map collections outside the Czech Republic
Map Collection. The National Library of Scotland |
| Name of the digital map collection: NLS Map Images |
| Web address of digitized cartographic documents: https://maps.nls.uk |
| National identifier of the collection (if available): |
| The main thematic content/s of the collection: Topographic maps by Ordnance Survey, historical maps of Scotland, Admiralty and hydrographic / marine charts, British official mapping |
| The collection departmental code: HISTORY |
Contact |
| Address: 33 Salisbury Place, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, EH9 1SL |
| Name of contact person: Chris Fleet, Map Curator |
| Phone to contact person: |
| Contact person's email c.fleet@nls.uk |
Information about the collection |
| The most important printed publications about the map collection: National Library of Scotland. (1984). The Map Room and its services. Edinburgh: National Library of Scotland; Fleet, C., Wilkes, M., Withers, C., & National Library of Scotland. (2012). Scotland : Mapping the nation. Edinburgh: Birlinn in association with the National Library of Scotland; Brown, I. (2010). Rax me that Buik : Highlights from the collections of the National Library of Scotland. London: Scala. |
Other important information about the collection: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Library_of_Scotland; https://www.nls.uk/collections/maps; https://maps.nls.uk/about.html |
The physical fund of the collection |
| The total size of the physical fund (also not processed): 1.500.000 |
| The number of processed units in the electronic catalogue: 250.000 |
| 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| The total number of individual digitized images (also unpublished): 250.000 |
| Of this number is already published: 200.000 |
| 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): 0 |
| The number of accessible 3D objects (globes, models, etc.): 0 |
Descriptive metadata |
| Library or archive programs used for cataloging: Primo/Alma; |
| Standards used for metadata descriptions: Dublin |
| Rules used to create metadata: AACR2/R; ISBD; RDA; |
| Methodologies used for the description: |
| Indexing by: key words; subjectgeographical entries; |
| Are the before mentioned selection terms exported into metadata? yes |
| Additional information on the method and scope of the description: Programme: Ex Libris Primo / Alma All these have been used over time, but in general we have moved from ISBD to AACR and then RDA. |
Services offered with digitized maps |
| Georeferencing (ground controlling) of maps: Yes |
| Map selection from map layouts: Yes |
| Search by map markers: Yes |
| 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, Academy of science, publishing houses, television, radio, film production, public, legal firms; commercial archaeology; environmental risk consultants; wallpaper companies; bespoke gift companies Providing of educational and promotional materials: https://digimapforschools.edina.ac.uk/ |
Aggregation into higher units |
| Digitalized cartographic documents are eported into superior aggregates: Europeana; Oldmapsonline.org; |
Last data update 23/02/2021 22:27:06 by the user novotna