Cataloguing and Presentation Tools for Old Maps and Map Series

摘要

The paper describes online tools developed in recent years in the Moravian Library in Brno for cataloguing and presentation of old maps and map series. These tools allow users to easily acquire the metadata necessary for geographic indexing and a consistent presentation of old maps in online catalogues of memory institutions. The Scale Calculator tool can be used to easily calculate the map scale for cataloguing purposes while the MapSeries tool guarantees unified record description of individual map sheets belonging to particular map series. Both tools were developed to complement existing online tools, aiming to simplify bibliographic processing of old maps in institutions lacking expert map cataloguers.