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The following is a preliminary conference announcement. Registration forms
and additional conference information will be sent out with the March issue
of the BULLETIN, late March or early April.
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Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives
1994 Annual Conference
Guelph University, Ontario
June 7 - 11
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
Tuesday, June 7
8:30 - 5:00
Registration
9:00 - 5:00
Pre-conference Workshop: Introduction to Internet Map Sources,
Colleen Beard and Alun Hughes, Brock University
(The computer lab accommodates 15 participants. Depending on interest, this
workshop may be offered as two sessions of the same, am and pm, or an
introductory session in the morning and an advanced in the afternoon. If
you are interested in participating please express your interest to
Colleen [log in to unmask])
Map Redistribution - Tentative
Committee Meetings
6:30 - 8:30 pm
Ice Breaker
Wednesday, June 8
8:45 - 9:00
Opening Remarks:
John Black, Head Librarian, University of Guelph
Cathy Moulder, ACMLA President
9:00 - 11:30
Public Access to Cartographic Information: Government Perspectives -
Panel Discussion
Panelists:
Statistics Canada - Representative to be announced
Department of Natural Resources Canada - Earle Price or Peter Andrews
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources - Stan Mathewson,
Manager, Information Access
11:30 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 3:00
Historical Mapping Session
I. The Deep Hollow, the White Oak Tree and the Split Rock:
the Early Surveys of Niagara", Alun Hughes, Dept. of
Geography, Brock University.
II. [Industrial activities in the Guelph area], Dr. Bloomfield,
Dept. of Geography, University of Guelph.
III. Historical Atlas of Canada database, Byron Moldolfsky,
Manager Cartography Lab, University of Toronto.
IV. Fortification Surveys, Alain Rainville, National Archives
of Canada.
4:00 - 5:30
Slo-pitch baseball game or Volleyball game, which ever the gang prefers!
5:30 - ? BBQ at the Moulders
Thursday, June 9
9:00 - 10:30
Education and Training: Users of Geo-Referenced Data
I. ARL Canadian GIS Literacy Project, Prue Adler, Assistant
Executive Director for Federal Relations and Information
Policy, Association of Research Libraries; John Black,
President, ARL.
II. Bob Maher, Education and Training, Ontario Ministry of
Natural Resources.
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:30
Demonstrations/Presentations of Electronic Products
I. Natural Resources Canada , Dan McKay, SMRSS, Products and
Services Division.
II. Statistics Canada, Keevin Flexhaug, Assistant Manager,
Electronic Data Products and Services
12:30 - 1:30 Lunch
1:30 - 3:00
Group Discussion Session: New Initiatives in Map Librarianship
1. Promoting and marketing our products and services
2. Coping with shrinking budgets
3. Future job requirements for the map curator
4. Integrating digital products in map collections
3:00 - 3:30 Coffee Break
3:30 - 6:00
Vendor Fair: demonstrations and displays of cartographic products
Friday, June 10
9:00 - 12:00
28th ACMLA Annual General Meeting
12:00 - 12:30
Annual Report of the Visual and Sound Archives Division, Betty Kidd,
Director, National Archives of Canada, Visual and Sound Archives Division.
12:30 - 2:00 Lunch
2:00 - 4:30
Tours:
I. Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food with Bob Van den Broek,
Program Manager, GIS.
II. City of Guelph with Pam Ross, Manager, GIS.
6:00 - Banquet, College Inn
Award presentations
Door prizes
Line dancing
Saturday, June 11
Field Trip
9:00 - 5:00
Elmira countryside tour, including visits to a Mennonite homestead, buggy
factory and farmer's market.
Visits to several points of interest along the Niagara Escarpment,
including Elora Gorge, Crawford Lake and Rattlesnake Point.
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PRELIMINARY
CONFERENCE FEES
Full Registration (by May 13) $105.00
Full Registration (after May 13) $120.00
(includes banquet and BBQ)
Extra Banquet tickets $32.00
Extra BBQ tickets $12.00
Internet Workshop $15.00 per session
Field trip tickets $20.00
ACCOMMODATIONS
On Campus:
LENNOX-ADDINGTON and WATSON HALL RESIDENCE
Single $40.88 with tax
Double $35.84 per person with tax
(includes continental breakfast)
Accommodations in close proximity to the University:
COLLEGE INN (across the street from the University)
Single room $63.00 + tax
Double room $75.00 + tax
DAYS INN
Single room $53.00
Double room $60.00
HOLIDAY INN
$80.00 flat rate for single or double room
Accommodation downtown:
CARDEN PLACE HOTEL
Single room $65.00
Double room $79.00
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For more information contact any of the committee members:
Flora Francis, Chair, Conference Committee
University of Guelph, Ontario
t:(519) 824-4120
email: [log in to unmask]
Colleen Beard
Brock University, St.Catharines, Ontario
t:(905)688-5550 ext.3468
email: [log in to unmask]
Cathy Moulder
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
t:(905)525-9140 ext.24745
email: [log in to unmask]
Richard Pinnell
University of Waterloo, Ontario
t:(519)885-1211 ext.3412
email: [log in to unmask]
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