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Authority Control Projects

Project Name and Overview Unit Dates Status

Cartographic genre/form terms

The Library of Congress has deleted a number of cartographic form subdivisions, and has added genre/form headings (655). The result is that the particular type of map is no longer part of the topical or geographic subject heading, but is a separate field.

The following genre/form terms have been added to records in The CAT (updated 4/15/2012):

  • Bathymetric maps (completed; 700)
  • Cadastral maps [property maps] (completed; 2350)
  • Fire insurance maps (still being cataloged; 1300)
  • Geological maps (in progress; 14,000; 5500 completed by 4/15/2012)
  • Gravity anomaly maps (completed; 450)
  • Index maps (completed; 200)
  • Manuscript maps (completed; 550)
  • Outline maps (completed; 300)
  • Physical maps (completed; 1000)
  • Pictorial maps (completed; 900)
  • Road maps (in progress; 2700 completed by 4/15/2012)
  • Topographic maps (in progress; 4000; 2100 completed by 4/15/2012)
  • Tourist maps (in progress; 2500 completed by 4/15/2012)
Authority Control Started: Fall 2010

Estimated Completion: To be determined

Ongoing

Updates to Library of Congress Subject Headings

Library of Congress Subject Headings are constantly changing. Some of the major changes that have been made:

  • "Cookery" to "Cooking" (5000)
Authority Control   Completed 12/9/2011