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From: "Brendan Whyte" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, February 9, 2010 3:54:41 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
Subject: MAPPING CLIMATE conference
Early Bird registration ends next week!
Registrations are now being taken for:
MAPPING CLIMATE, AN ENVIRONMENT FOR CHANGE
2nd annual conference of the Australian and New Zealand Map Society (ANZMapS). ANZMapS was formed last year by the amalgamation of the Australian Map Circle (AMC) and the New Zealand Map Society (NZMS).
When & Where:
Wednesday 7 April - Friday 9 April 2010:
State Library of South Australia, Adelaide.
Conference Brochure http://www.anzmaps.org/docs/2010-brochure.pdf
Program & List of Speakers http://www.anzmaps.org/docs/2010-speakers-list.pdf
Registration Form http://www.anzmaps.org/docs/2010-registration-form.pdf
The conference will be opened by the Hon Dr John Bannon AO, the former South Australian Premier and a leading Australian historian.
The session on Thursday 8 April will be opened by Dr Rob Allan, from the UK Meteorological Office, who is coordinating an international effort (ACRE) to capture climate related information from historical documents. Leading Australian and international cartographers, historians, and scientists are participating.
Besides its topical relevance, the conference theme acknowledges South Australia's exceptional contribution to the analysis of climate and its implications for settlement and development, a history that goes back to the time of South Australian Surveyor-General, George Woodroffe Goyder. Dr Peter Hayman from the Waite Research Precinct will analyse "What we can learn from Goyder's line of Reliable Rainfall in a changing Climate".
Speakers will outline the latest mapping and data analysis technologies; explore the history of climate mapping including the seminal work of Goyder, and outline the relevance of historical records for assessing climate variability today.
Specially organised tours of some of Adelaide's truly exceptional collections of rare maps will take place on the morning of 9 April.
The State Library is located on North Terrace, adjacent to the South Australian Museum of Natural History, the South Australian Art Gallery and to the campuses of University of Adelaide and University of South Australia. It is within easy walking distance of the retail and commercial centre of Adelaide, the beautiful Botanic Gardens and the National Wine Centre.
The conference will be followed by a Closed Session (meeting of professional map managers, curators and librarians) Fri 9 April 1.30‐4.30pm National & State Libraries Australasia Workshop "Mastering Maps: Survival tactics for managing map collections".
The conference will be followed by a Closed Session (meeting of professional map managers, curators and librarians) Fri 9 April 1.30‐4.30pm National & State Libraries Australasia Workshop "Mastering Maps: Survival tactics for managing map collections".
Mastering Maps is aimed at librarians curators and others working with map collections in libraries and universities, and is sponsored by NSLA, "Reimagining Libraries". The Workshop will share information about challenges and approaches to acquisition, cataloguing and digitisation.
Numbers are limited. Workshop bookings and questions to : Maggie Patton [log in to unmask] or Dr Martin Woods [log in to unmask]
Conference registrations should be sent to
DSU Div 2,
National Library of Australia,
Parkes Pla! ce,
Parkes,
ACT 2600
AUSTRALIA
Fax: +61 2 6262 1653
Or emailed to Jesse Stein: [log in to unmask]
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