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Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 16:34:24 +0100
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Subject: LIBER Conference - Copenhagen - June 2000
LIGUE DES BIBLIOTHEQUES EUROPEENNES DE RECHERCHE
GROUPE DES CARTOTHECAIRES DE LIBER
12th CONFERENCE: COPENHAGEN, DENMARK, 27 JUNE - 1 JULY 2000
The provisional programme for the LIBER Groupe des Cartothecaires’
forthcoming
conference has been posted to:
http://www.konbib.nl/kb/skd/liber/12th.htm
Theme: Caught in the Web or spinning it? : the role of map curators in
building
WWW-sources of cartographic information
Place: The Royal Library, Copenhagen
What should map curators be doing in actively exploiting recent
technological
developments in imaging and Internet technology? How and why should they
be making digital images of their materials available externally? This
conference
would focus on the creation, development, and maintenance of new virtual
collections by map libraries, and consider the problems that need to be
addressed for these projects to be successful. Providing effective
access to
such images will be a central concern. A number of particular sub-themes
will be covered:
Access
- how can effective access be provided to these images and their
metadata,
using search engines or by other means
- which finding aids should be employed (catalogues, indexes, gateways
and standards)?
- how should the images be made available for our various user
communities?
Management and policy
- how can this work be best organised co-operatively?
- how should this work be best funded and managed?
- which maps should be made available over the Internet and why?
Presentation
- what type and quantity of textual information should be provided with
these
images?
- what technology is most appropriate for scanning, compression, and
access?
- what metadata standards should be employed for access and retrieval?
Joint Meeting
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As the conference has been organised to run simultaneously with the main
LIBER conference, we will be holding a joint meeting with the theme of
'Successful management of virtual collections'. This will concentrate on
common concerns that map curators share with their library colleagues in
providing access to WWW collections, and their special skills and
techniques
that could benefit non-cartographic collections. The following themes
will
be addressed:
- the provision of effective access methods to images
- the management of electronic images of materials
- the costs and benefits of digitisation in the short and long-term
- the need for co-operation and specialisation in European work
Further conference information
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The conference will be organised by the Map Department of the
Royal Library in Copenhagen. The conference organiser is Mr
Henrik Dupont.
Conference languages will be English, German and French.
The programme includes map exhibitions, posters, as well as
demonstrations by institutions and manufacturers.
A final programme will be circulated in January/February 2000.
However, to give us a guide to the likely numbers that will attend
you are requested to return provisional booking details below.
Papers offered should bear on one of the above subjects.
Offers for papers should be send to the Secretary (Chris Fleet)
and state: name, function, and full paper title. The offer should be
accompanied by an abstract of between 150 and 250 words.
When a paper is offered which is not selected to be read at the
conference it will still be published with the proceedings of the
conference.
Preliminary programme:
Tuesday 27th June
9.00-18.00 Registration
10.00-14.00 Board and Working Group meetings
14.00-15.00 LIBER Business Meeting
15.30-17.00 National Reports
19.00 Reception - official opening of LIBER Conference
Wednesday 28th June
9.30-10.30 Opening session, keynotes, stands/posters
11.00-12.30 1st working session
13.30-15.30 2nd working session
19.00 GdC Reception in the Map Collection
Thursday 29th June
9.30-14.30 GIS and CD-ROM Workshop
13.30-15.00 Working Group for Education - Public Presentation*
15.30-17.00 Working Group for Central and Eastern Europe -
Public Presentation*
Free evening
Friday 30th June
9.30-12.30 Sessions 3 and 4*
13.30-17.00 Sessions 5 and 6*
Saturday 1st July
Full day excursion - details to follow
* A joint session with the main LIBER conference may alter the timings
of these sessions
Registration Fee: $75
Excursion Fee: $50
Inscription to be sent before 1 December 1999 to:
Chris Fleet, Map Library, National Library of Scotland, 33 Salisbury
Place,
Edinburgh, EH9 1SL, United Kingdom.
Name:
Function:
Institution:
Address:
Date:
I propose to read a paper on the subject:
I propose to read a Progress Report 1998-2000 for the country/area:
I shall present a poster on the subject:
Christopher Fleet
Map Library
National Library of Scotland
33 Salisbury Place
Edinburgh, EH9 1SL
United Kingdom
Tel. 0131 466 3813
Fax. 0131 466 3812
E-mail. [log in to unmask]
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