TALLINN, Estonia 15-19 June 2010
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MONDAY 14 June 15.00 - 18.00 Early registration opportunity TUESDAY 15 June 9.00 Registration 14.00 1st Working session: Visual access to the digital map library Tea / coffee break Jean-Luc Arnaud WEDNESDAY 16 June 9.00 2nd working session: A Map library as a centre of cartographic information Henrik Dupont Tea / coffee break 11.00 Eva Loolaid-Raudpuu |
THURSDAY 17 June 8.00 Departure from Tallinn 11.00 3rd working session: Cartography and map librarianship of Estonia 13.15 Lunch Tea / coffee 16.00 Estonian National Museum (J. Kuperjanovi Str. 9) FRIDAY 18 June Exhibition: Greetings from Tallinn – town plans and postcards 1856-2010 (National Library of Estonia) 10.00 4th working session: Future of the map librarianship Tea / coffee break SATURDAY 19 June Post-conference tour to Lahemaa National Park 13.00 Lunch at the Viinistu culture & conference center 19.00 Arrival in Tallinn |
Abstracts
Janne Andresoo, Mihkel Volt
National Library of Estonia
Digital memory: dilemmas for libraries?
The paper focuses on the availability of national memory in digital era, discussing the experience of national libraries and the possibilities and dangers of different practices in society, as well as technologies in preserving national memory and creating access to it. The authors address ideological, economic, administrative and legal aspects connected with developing long-term preservation, as a potential for making national memory available. The authors are searching for roots of this field dilemmas that they came across while working out ”The strategic development plan of the National Library of Estonia 2009-2013”.
Renata Solar
National and University Library of Slovenia
Results of the Liber GdC questionnaire 2008
The results of LIBER GdC Questionnaire 2008 are being presented. The questionnaire evaluated work of LIBER GdC and its Board, home page, working groups and conferences as well as possibilities of personal contribution to the Group, suggestions, comments and expectations of each member.
Martijn Storms
Leiden University Library
Topographic memory: digitizing 14.000 topographical prints and drawings
Within the national digitization program "The Memory of the Netherlands", a collection of approximately 14,000 topographical prints and drawings of Leiden University Library will be digitized. In this paper the various aspects of such a grand digitization project will be discussed.
"The Memory of the Netherlands
Until now, 81 collections of 72 different institutions have been digitized within the national digitization project "The Memory of the Netherlands". In total, more than 400,000 images of objects are catalogued via the program's website, hosted by the Royal Library in The Hague. Among others, the website contains images of atlases from the Dutch Royal Library, The British Library and the Netherlands Maritime Museum.
Dutch topography in Leiden University Library
The Bodel Nijenhuis Collection of the Leiden University Library contains a collection of circa 25,000 topographical prints and drawings. About half of these concern Dutch topography. In the current project this Dutch part is currently being preserved, described and digitized. Dutch topographical prints and drawings of the Print Room collection, also kept in the University Library, are also included, bringing the number of digitized objects to circa 14,000.
Preservation
The topographical prints were kept in worn-out covers in old wooden cabinets. To ensure save transport to the digitization company and to preserve the prints for the future, the collection was repacked in new covers and new cardboard box files. The large sizes are now kept in separate covers.
Description
Most of the topographical prints and drawings were not yet properly described. The collection was only searchable, because the prints were stored alphabetically on geographical name. Typed index cards, available for only a part of the collection, were scanned and transformed to a workable Excel spreadsheet by Pictura. Furthermore, a description form in Access database has been developed by the library's Digital Services department to create an easy input for the metadata. This work is largely done by interns.
Digitization
The collection is digitized by Pictura, a leading Dutch digitization company. Within the digitization process it is important to create a clear plan, including clear guidelines about how the objects should be digitized and unique names for the images so they can be linked to the metadata.
Online consulting
In 2011 the collection of Dutch topographical prints and drawings will be put online on the website of "The Memory if the Netherlands". They also will be made available in "Digital Special Collections", the image database of Leiden University Library.
Jean-Luc Arnaud
National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS)
An International Collective Catalogue for cartography: CartoMundi
While most books can be found through computerized cataloguing, cartographic documentation is still very badly organized and referenced on the Internet. The scheme CartoMundi intends to fill in this gap through a collective catalogue of international referencing.
Most maps are parts of a whole: we speak of “series”, made up of “sheets” and described by “key maps”. The objective of CartoMundi is to mutualise the referencing of these key maps through the contribution of main libraries. Each institution holding maps will then be able to use CartoMundi to register its collection. CartoMundi does not claim to replace existing catalogues; it intends to supplement them by proposing an extra functionality: the possibility of selecting documents through the geographical localization of the places they represent. In order to achieve this aim, CartoMundi is organized through a graphic interface which enables the user to select a place simply by clicking on a map or a key map. The recording of collections is based on the same idea and can be done with the same tools.
Olivier Loiseaux
Bibliotheque nationale de France
Using CartoMundi : changes in map librarianship, interfacing, and perspectives
The Map department of National Library of France looks for a graphic tool for several years to manage his map collections and is now taking an active interest in the project CartoMundi. Build as a collective catalogue, CartoMundi is a useful system to gather scattered cartographic information. It can be interfaced with present catalogues and allows data exportation and importation. It is an intuitive way of searching for a map but also a convenient tool to handle cartographic series, to computerize paper card indexes or to navigate through collections of digitized documents. The implementation of this system will certainly change our working methods but will also open new perspectives of cooperation.
Henrik Dupont
The Royal Library, Copenhagen
Aerial photographs and satellite images in Map Collections - what to do?
Aerial images and satellite images are often part of mapping tools and have been together with maps since early 20th century. Huge collections of both vertical and oblique images are in the Department of Maps, Pictures and Photographs. Satellite images have not been in our collection so far, but are often part of North American collections. The paper will discuss the possibilities of having these kind of materials in Map Collections and try to show different possibilities of presentations of these collections based on experience from The Royal Library in Copenhagen and other collections.
Sabine Witschas
Leibniz Institute of Ecological and Regional Development, IOER
From FAUST to VOYAGER - efforts to maintain maps and geodata stocks
The Leibniz Institute of Ecological and Regional Development IOER is a spatial research institute with strong demands for maps and geodata as information sources for spatial researches as well as final representations of the study results. Due to the different investigated subjects, spaces and time periods, and also due to the fluctuation of the employees, geodata management has always been a task for the institute's geo-experts.
One of the first major steps in the early 1990s was the implementation of a document archiving system (appropriate for the institute scale) with one section for maps and geodata. The relevant documents and data have to be integrated manually and labour-intensively by registering their metainformation which is necessary for retrieval and reuse.
This procedure confronted us with issues of spatial description, ontology, and the lingual determination of metainformation, and directed our attention to the endeavors of metainformation standardization and the actual implementation progresses.
In the meantime the dynamics in geo-software development have lead to advanced cataloguing systems. For example ESRI ArcCatalog offers more convenience in spatial search and preview of both metainformation and geodata. And recently Voyager GIS Data Discovery provides new opportunities to search, manage and visualize specific spatial data infrastructures.
However, software tools like these constitute only one part of knowledge management systems. The IOER knowledge management concept includes also a variety of organizational measurements. I would like to summarize the specific IOER requirements related the documentation of cartographic information, sketch the diverse attempts and tools, assess efforts and achievements, and finally evaluate the efficiency of our geodata/map management system.
Lucyna Szaniawska
National Library of Poland
Index sheets in the Polish bibliography of cartographic materials online
The reason for preparing the paper is evaluating in the Cartographic Department of the National Library of Poland the project planned for the year 2009, which main intention was a transfer from publishing printed copies of the “Bibliografia Dokumentów Kartograficznych = Bibliography of Cartographic Materials” to PDF files accessible from the library website.
The basic aim of the project was to make open and easy access to the bibliographies of maps and atlases published in Poland. During the publishing process all bibliographic descriptions from a classified period available in the National Library computer catalog in the MARC 21 format operating under the INNOPAC system are exported to MAK format, and transformed into electronic document in TEX system. Next the document is supplemented with editor texts and graphics, and transformed into final PDF electronic document.
All the indexes, that is: index of map titles, index of atlas titles, corporate name index, index of personal names, ISBN index, serial maps index and subject headings index were left in digital form of bibliography. Some new finding tools, which are links created between indexes and descriptions, have been added. The feature of Polish BDK was providing it with index sheets characteristic to the officially published series of topographical, hydrographical and environmental maps of Poland and the series of nautical maps of Baltic Sea. Those index sheets were left, saved in jpeg, and finding them was facilitated with adding links from every entry of the series title in bibliographic description content and in serial maps index. The rich navigation opportunity within the bounds of bibliography with the use of links was supplemented with PDF document bookmarks referring to particular parts of bibliography, that is, to introduction, UDC subdivisions, indexes and sheet indexes.
Thereby the readers of website http://bn.org.pl/en/catalogues-and-bibliographies/ have received another, the third way to access the catalogue/bibliography descriptions of cartographic documents, that is, in “CATALOGUES” – the main catalogue of the National Library of Poland, in “Bibliographies online. Cartographic documents [search database]” and the last in “Bibliographies online. Cartographic documents [download PDF]”.
The future task is attaching to each rectangular field representing map on index sheet the link to bibliographic description of the map, i.e. establishing of the clickable graphic map index.
Svetlana Sviridenko
National Library of Russia
Electronic library of Russian maps of the XVIII century
The report covers achievements and prospects of the 18th century Russian maps electronic library being established now. These activities run within a general concept of the electronic library of the National Library of Russia. We believe to adequately reflect the 18th Century maps in an electronic library and research requires an individual approach. In particular, we need to apply contemporary GIS-technologies. In this aspect, among achievements of the NLR Cartography Unit, the report covers the databases, such as the Union Catalogue of the 18th Century Maps, the 18th Century Gravers and I. Kirillov’s Map of the Russian Empire. Among prospects, the report presents an idea of the database on the administrative division of Russia in the 18th century.
Eva Loolaid-Raudpuu
EOMAP Geodata Ltd
Information system for cultural history and archival data in Tallinn
EOMAP Geodata Ltd has created an information system for Tallinn that combines cultural history, archival data and maps. It is a working tool for employees in Tallinn City Archives (Tallinna Linnaarhiiv) and also public for residents in Tallinn.
With this information system it is possible:
to see different base maps, including historical base maps;
to look historical information about a real estate owner, buildings, archivals, events;
to see valuable cultural areas in Tallinn.
Dr Annick ANCEAU
University of Liege; Earth Sciences Library
Finding cartographic materials
For a patron, finding the right map is not always easy, even in the Internet Age. What a patron needs may be published as a monographic map, be included in a map series, or be a part of a larger work (atlases, books, or periodicals). This cartographic material may be available in the library, accessible through Internet or has to be bought from the map producer or a map dealer. This material may be either a printed one or an electronic one.
To help the patron and the map librarian to identify the right cartographic material and to know how to obtain it, different tools are available. These tools may be general source books, map dealers’ catalogues (printed or available on the World Wide Web), libraries’ catalogues, map publishers’ catalogues...
The main tools to help in identifying specific cartographic materials are reviewed, emphasizing the sources easily available for the patrons. Among these sources, let us quote GeoKatalog2/Geoscience (ILH), World mapping today (Parry & Perkins, 2002), libraries’ catalogues, bibliographic databases (e.g. GeoRef), national cartographic agencies’ web sites, map dealers’ web sites, free electronic collections.
Different “strategies” for finding cartographic materials are also discussed. As there is often no single way to catalogue cartographic materials, there is no one right way to find them in libraries’ catalogues.
Even if Internet is a helpful tool for identifying cartographic materials, finding some of them can always be time-consuming. As our students frequently discover, all maps can not be found on the Internet!
Vello Paatsi, Olga Sudayeva
Estonian Literary Museum
Map collection of the Estonian Literary Musem in Tartu
There are 3 big map collections in Tartu (Tartu University Library, Archival Library of Estonian Literary Museum, Estonian Historical Archives) and several smaller ones (bibliophiles, museums, various institutions). Formation of 3 the big collections started already during the period of Russian empire. Map collection of Archival Library is in existence since 1909 when Estonian National Museum was founded. As several existing map collections were added to this one, history of map collection begins at the end of the 19 th century. In 1940 Archival Library with its map collection was separated from Estonian National Museum and thus, Estonian Literary Museum was created.
Today this map collection includes ca 7000 maps, of which ca 3500 maps and plans published before 1945 and 3500 after 1946. Only a few maps date from the Soviet period, since most of the cartographic works was considered to restricted literature and were held in special stocks of larger libraries. Comparatively few maps were published during that period in Estonia and it was not compulsory to send copies to the Estonian libraries from the cartographical centers of the Soviet Union.
The oldest map in the Archival Library is a map of Livonia from the atlas “Theatrum orbis terrarum” (1573) by Abraham Ortelius. There are a lot of cartographic works by Dutch and French cartographers of the 17th century. Since Estonian region belonged to Russian empire in the 18th century, therefore we can find here many maps and atlases by well-known Russian cartographers. Maps of Livonia, Estonia, Baltic Sea and the neighboring regions have been of greatest interest, but also other maps, especially those of Russian empire and Europe have been stocked. Another principle is to collect cartographic materials in Estonian. Archival Library owns the most complete collection of atlases, plans and maps in the Estonian language. Alongside printed works, some manor and farm plans in manuscript from the Swedish time are preserved. The most interesting of them is “Karten aller Bauerhöfe zu Laitz” (1877), a convolute, which includes 65 plans.
Many libraries did not preserve restricted cartographic materials during the Soviet period in Estonia, therefore collection building and bibliographic work were seriously impeded for nearly 50 years. Owing to Soviet regime we miss a lot of maps of Estonian regions and maps published abroad. Although availability of cartographic works in our principal libraries can be found in database ESTER, map collections of smaller museums and private institutions have not been looked through yet.
Tõnu Oja , Raivo Aunap, Tiiu Kelviste, Heino Mardiste, Kiira Mõisja, Taavi Pae, Kalle Remm, Erki Saluveer, Edgar Sepp, Margus Tiru
Department of Geography, University of Tartu
Cartography at the University of Tartu: Heritage, Activities and Prospect
University of Tartu was founded in 1632 and re-open in 1802. First maps in the heritage, mostly in the collections of the University Library come from that period. Several cartography-related activities in Estonia (eg geodetic triangulation by Struwe) have clear links to the University.
The University opened geography as a discipline the same year it switched to Estonian – 1919. This assembled accumulation of professional cartographic know-how in the department of geography and resulted in active map production for all purposes, including schools, cadastral and military usage. Also, creation of a national atlas was initiated (Tammekann, 1938). The Soviet period brought systematic destruction of Estonia’s national cartography, and replacement of real maps with inadequate and uninformative “maps”. Maps that were saved from destruction were collected into classified depositories of major libraries and archives. Also, a depository was started in the department of geography and all maps from the university were brought here. These depositories were not well catalogued and not in detail, therefore sometimes maps that would otherwise be destroyed survived the period.
The heritage collection was described and a digitally available set was created at http://taurus.gg.bg.ut.ee/kaardikogu/ within the frames of the National Program of Humanitarian and Natural Collections (2005-2008). The collection includes some rare maps of great interest, like for example one of the first school maps of Estonia – Schul-Wand-Karte von Liv-, Ehst- & Kurland (1856) (Case 1). The heritage collection reflects cartographic work from different periods (like all school atlases of the post-WWII in Estonia were made at the department of geography) and also, makes old maps actively usable.
Today the Department of Geography uses maps mostly as part of GIS and also provides service for the whole Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences. The number of different map units (received for use under license from land-board or other providers, or produced by us ourselves) exceeds 100 000 and even the list of different products with different rights for usage is long. A data management system was created and launched at the institute to enable efficient use of the maps, spatial databases and images. The digital archive includes maps, spatial imagery, meta-data and user-interfaces for all co-workers of the institute and selected students. Web site http://www.digiarhiiv.loom.ut.ee/ and a more advanced user interface for MS Windows enable to browse meta-data, make queries, download and upload files depending on the license conditions and the rights of a user. Log is kept for all activities. (Case 2).
The department is actively developing methods for predictive mapping. As a future development, an experimental GIS-server was installed and launched for practical exercises in developing WEB 2.0 maps and services and spatial databases http://gisweb.ut.ee/. (Case 3).
The three cases will be discussed in the presentation.
Kristian Teiter
Estonian Land Board
Geoportal and Web Map Server of the Estonian Land Board
The Estonian Land Board as the national mapping and cadastral agency has been providing land related data to the public through web based services since 2001. Geoportal is the gateway to land related information. Web Map Server is part of the Geoportal and it integrates all public web map applications and spatial data services provided by Estonian Land Board. Together with topographic maps, there is possible to view and query different spatial data themes like parcel boundaries, heritage protection areas, nature protection areas, etc and different maps like soil map, geological maps and even some historical topographic maps.
This presentation will demonstrate functionality and available spatial data content (maps) in Web Map Server which is quite unique in Europe, mostly because of the fact that usage of Web Map Server is free of charge for everybody.
Carme Montaner
Rafael Roset
Cartographic Institute of Catalonia
The map library after digitalization: new challenges
Digitalization has proved to be a good tool for map libraries to preserve and display its collections. In the last four years many institutions have initiated their digitalization projects but, what should be the next step? The maps, the users, the environment in general are rapidly changing. How should map libraries face this new environment? How to address issues such as georeferencing, digital preservation, the metacatalogation, social networks, portals and aggregators… How far should map libraries go? Are map libraries ready? New challenges require new tasks, interdisciplinary teams, partnerships and institutional cooperation, new skills on map librarianship, and possibly reviewing many other aspects. And we have to discuss it now that we are still on time.