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Date:   Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:06:46 +0000
From:   Pete Reehling <[log in to unmask]>
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For those planning to attend the ALA Annual Convention in Anaheim please
take the opporunity to attend the MAGERT Reception and any of the the
various committee meetings, discussion groups, and MAGERT sponsored
programs.  All MAGERT events are open to ALA members.

*MAGERT schedule:*

*Friday - 27 Jun 2008*
6:00-8:00pm - MAGERT Reception - Hilton Palisades


*Saturday - 28 Jun 2008
*8:00am-10:00am - Executive Board I - Hyatt Madrid

10:30am-12:30pm  - Publications committee - Hyatt Madrid

10:30am-12:30pm - Membership Committee - Hyatt Valencia

1:30pm-3:30pm - Program 1: Geographic Information in the World of Web
2.0 - Hyatt Royal A/B

Description:  In the past few years the Web has undergone a significant
transition, from a largely top-down medium for the distribution of
content to a much more flexible environment in which user-generated
content is increasingly important. I trace this transition in the
context of geographic information, and discuss its implications for the
broader geospatial field, with particular emphasis on volunteered
geographic information, the relationship between authority and
assertion, and meta data.

Speaker: Michael Goodchild, Director, Center for Spatial Studies, UC -
Santa Barbara

4:00-5:30pm - Map Collection Management Discussion Group - Anaheim
Convention Center Rm 212B

**
*Sunday - 29 June 2008
*8:00am-10:00am - ALCTS/MAGERT Cartographic Resources Cataloging
Discussion Group - Anaheim Convention Center Rm 203B

10:30am-12:30pm - Cataloging & Classification Committee - Hilton Malibu

1:30pm-3:30pm - Education Committee - Hilton Avilia

4:00pm-6:00pm - GIS/RS Discussion Group - Anaheim Convention Center Rm 206B

*Monday - 30 Jun 2008*
8:00am-10:00am - Federal Spatial Information Discussion Group - Hilton
Oceanside

10:30am-12:30pm - GeoTech Committee - Hilton Coronado

1:30pm-3:30pm - Program 2: Describing and Organizing Geographic
Information: A Comparison of RDA and ISO 19115 Standards - Anaheim
Convention Center Rm 213C

Description: Properly describing and organizing geographic information
resources is the key to ensuring access and usage.  The two predominant
standards used to describe and organize geographic information resources
are  Resource Description and Access (RDA) standard and the ISO Standard
19115 Geographic Information -- Metadata standard.  This program will
introduce librarians to RDA cataloging guidelines and instructions for
maps and geographic e-resources and to the ISO 19115 metadata schema
used to describe GIS data.

Speakers: Mary Larsgaard, Librarian, UC-Santa Barbara; Angela Lee,  ESRI
Libraries and Museums Manager; Aleta Vienneau, GIS Metadata Specialist -
ESRI

4:00pm-6:00pm - Program Planning/Awards & Nominations - Marriott 304

*Tuesday - 1 July 2008*
8:00am-10:00am - Membership Meeting - Hilton El Capitan

Pete Reehling
MAGERT Chair

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