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Subject: Map Curators’ Group Workshop - September 9-11 2009
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:33:27 +0100
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Dear all
Apologies for cross posting.
The Map Curators’ Group of the British Cartographic Society is pleased
to invite map curators, map librarians, archivists and all those charged
with the care of maps to its 2009 Workshop at the National Library of
Scotland in Edinburgh, in September.
This year’s theme is */From Paper to Screen: Putting Maps on the Web/,*
and we have three days of interesting and useful talks and
demonstrations, visits, and other cartographical delights planned for you.
*Wednesday 9 September:* join us for six talks about making your map
collection accessible to the world on the internet and about the
possibilities for putting index maps on the web. Our speakers are from
Britain and Europe, and include people doing cutting edge work in these
areas: Rod Adkins (OLDUKMaps.com); John Davies (member of the Charles
Close Society and Soviet mapping specialist); Bruce Gittings (Institute
of Geography, University of Edinburgh); Peter Levi (Royal Tropical
Institute, Amsterdam); Petr Pridal (technical manager of
OldMapsOnline.org, Moravian Library, Brno, Czech Republic); and Benjamin
Pucknus (Map Curator, RCAHMS, The Aerial Reconnaissance Archives and
University of Würzburg, Germany). Following the talks we will hold the
MCG’s annual Business Meeting, and then delegates are invited to a wine
reception and private viewing of an exhibition of the Bartholomew
Archive, now housed at the National Library of Scotland.
*Thursday 10 September*: Chris Fleet (National Library of Scotland) and
Petr Pridal will host a morning demonstration on putting maps on the
web. In the afternoon there is a choice of visits to The Aerial
Reconnaissance Archive (TARA) at the Royal Commission for Ancient and
Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS) or the British Geological
Survey’s Edinburgh office, followed by a guided walking tour of
Edinburgh’s historic map and book printing sites. Join us in the evening
for a meal and some collegial networking at a local Italian restaurant.
*Friday 11 September*: a coach will take us to Perth, where the Royal
Scottish Geographical Society will be our hosts. We’ll have a
presentation and tours of their new headquarters and the Fair Maid’s
House, future home of the RSGS collection and exhibitions. There will be
a lunch break and time for walkabout in town.
And for those who can’t get enough about maps, The Charles Close
Society for the Study of Ordnance Survey Maps (
http://www.charlesclosesociety.org/ ) is planning an Edinburgh programme
for Saturday 12 September.
We hope you will join us for this exciting event!
Please see our brochure with full details at
http://www.cartography.org.uk/downloads/MCG_web.pdf
and our booking form at
http://www.cartography.org.uk/downloads/MCG_Sep09_booking_form.pdf
or for direct online booking
http://www.cartography.org.uk/default.asp?contentID=900.
There is a specially priced offer for those wishing to attend the entire
MCG event, and a la carte options as well. Early bird booking closes on
31 July and all booking closes on 21 August, so reserve your place now!
--
Anne Taylor
Head of Map Department, Cambridge University Library, West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DR
Tel: 01223-333041. Fax: 01223-333160. email: [log in to unmask]
http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/deptserv/maps/
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