As the cataloging universe moves into the era of RDA: Resource Description and Access, specialist catalogers need information on managing the materials in their areas of responsibility. In this manual, expert catalogers Andrew and Larsgaard offer a summary and overview of how to catalog cartographic resources using the new standard. Through abundant examples and sample records to illustrate the work, the authors Take a close look at what will remain familiar from AACR2, and what is new and different in RDA Offer guidance for creating authorized geographic subject headings using Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Resources (FRBR) and Functional Requirements for Authority Data (FRAD) Present a detailed examination of geographic subject headings and subdivisions Designed for both practicing map catalogers and catalogers new to cartographic resources, this volume will be a one-stop resource for all catalogers of cartographic materials looking to understand the differences between cataloging using AACR2 and cataloging using RDA. This manual was written by three noted experts Andrew of Penn State University, Moore of the University of Northern Iowa, and Larsgaard, the longtime guru of map cataloging who is now librarian emeritus of the University of California Santa Barbara lending it a kind of authority that is hard to match." --Technicalities Provides solid guidance for map catalogers of all levels ... clearly written, detailed and easy to use." --ournal of The Australian and New Zealand Map Society Inc. "Written by cartographic resources catalogers for cartographic resources catalogers, this book is most useful and effective for those who are ready to catalog a resource using RDA. As a practical manual, it is a valuable addition to the RDA canon because of its focused and thoughtful coverage of cartographic resource specific concerns." --Library Resources & Technical Services Paige G. Andrew is the Maps Cataloging Librarian at the Pennsylvania State University Libraries, holding the rank of Full Librarian. He participates in three of the Library of Congress Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC) programs: BIBCO, NACO, and SACO. He has published articles on the bibliographic control of cartographic materials and related topics in professional journals such as Cataloging and Classification Quarterly , and authored Cataloging Sheet Maps: The Basics (Haworth Information Press, 2003). He co-edited, with Larsgaard, Maps and Related Cartographic Materials: Cataloging, Classification, and Bibliographic Control (Haworth Information Press, 1999), and with Larsgaard is co-founder of and continues as co-editor of the Journal of Map and Geography Libraries: Advances in Geospatial Information, Collections and Archives. . He has served his profession as an officer and as chair of many committees, including those of the Special Libraries Association, the American Library Association, and several others. He continues to share his expertise in map cataloging through workshops given at conferences and individual institutions as well as through formal presentations. He was the recipient of the 2009 Nancy B. Olson Award for significant contributions to audiovisual cataloging by OLAC (Online Audiovisual Catalogers, Inc.). Susan M. Moore is a Catalog Librarian and Bibliographer at the Rod Library at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, Iowa. She has been teaching map cataloging workshops since 1999. She is a member of the Map and Geospatial Information Round (MAGIRT) of the American Library Association, currently chairs the MAGIRT Committee on Cataloging and Classification and is the MAGIRT liaison to the Library of Congress' MARC Advisory Committee. She recently received the MAGIRT Honors Award in 2009. Mary Larsgaard is Librarian Emeritus of the UCSB Libraries. She was formerly Assistant Head and then Head of the Map and Imagery Laboratory, Davidson Library, University of California at Santa Barbara. She has published extensively in the field of cartographic resources in libraries, most notably Map Librarianship: An Introduction , now in its third edition. Her specialties are cataloging/metadata creation, and collection development and other aspects of twentieth-century and more recent topographic and geologic maps.