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As Chair of the MAGERT membership Committee, I would like to invite you
to become a member of MAGERT, the Map and Geography Round Table of the
American Library Association (ALA).
MAGERT puts on programs of interest to map librarians at the annual
conference of ALA, produces a newsletter, _base line_, which includes
such useful information as a column on map cataloging, a list of
recently-published maps, information on MAGERT programs and meetings,
employment opportunities in map librarianship, information of interest to
small map collections, current government activities, and news of recent
events in map librarianship. MAGERT also produces a semi-annual
scholarly journal _Meridian_, which explores, through refereed articles
and reviews, maps as contemporary tools, historical documents, and
important resources in today's libraries.
MAGERT also publishes the _Occasional Paper_ series, which includes
titles of interest to map librarians, geographers, historians, and the
general reader; the _Open File Reports_, which are on a series of useful
and timely topics and are available for a nominal fee; and the _Circular_
series on such topics as a manual for making cartographic citations.
Map librarianship is a very small and specialized field, so map
librarians are a cohesive support group, and because MAGERT is such a
small round table, it is easy to become a member of a MAGERT committee.
I believe that you will find there are many advantages to becoming a
member of MAGERT. If you are already a member of ALA, your dues are only
an additional fifteen dollars for all the benefits of MAGERT.
If you would like a membership brochure or have questions about MAGERT,
please do not reply to this message, but send a message to my e-mail
address ([log in to unmask]) instead.
Katherine L. Rankin
Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas
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