Abstract

Following the end of World War II the U.S. Army Map Service distributed maps captured from the German military to research libraries across the United States, where they have remained largely hidden collections. One focus of the University of California Berkeley’s German World War II captured maps digitization project has been the creation of detailed metadata for the German military map series. Data-rich catalog records with information about source maps and the need to do authority work for related corporate bodies provided entry points for exploring issues of provenance. The topographic map series that make up the bulk of this collection reflect the fragmentary nature of German cartographic history, with varying contributing corporate bodies, diverse source material, and a range of sophistication and technique. All of these characteristics evolved between 1936 and 1945 when the Nazi regime ramped up production of military maps. The authors make the case that it is worth the time and effort for libraries to invest in creating rich bibliographic descriptions for these map series.

摘要

二战结束后，美国陆军地图服务部将从德国军方捕获的地图分发到美国各地的研究图书馆，在那里，这些地图主要是隐藏的藏品。加州大学伯克利分校的德国二战捕获地图数字化项目的重点之一是为德国军事地图系列创建详细的元数据。包含有关源地图信息的数据丰富的目录记录以及为相关团体机构进行权威工作的需要为探索出处问题提供了切入点。构成该系列大部分内容的地形图系列反映了德国制图历史的碎片化性质，包括不同的贡献团体、不同的源材料以及一系列复杂性和技术。所有这些特征都在 1936 年至 1945 年间演变，当时纳粹政权加大了军事地图的制作。作者认为，图书馆投入时间和精力为这些地图系列创建丰富的书目描述是值得的。