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Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 13:28:43 -0400
From: ahudson <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Int'l Cartographic Association conf., Ottawa, August 1999
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Dear Fellow map librarians,
The International Cartographic Association, Association of Canadian
Map Libraries & Archives, along with many other associated
organizations, will be meeting in Ottawa August 14-21, 1999.
The 19th International Cartographic Association conference and the
11th General Assembly meeting of the ICA will be meeting in Ottawa.
This world-class event will be held at the outstanding facilities of
the Ottawa Congress Centre and the adjoining hotels. Over 2,000
delegates from 70 member nations will be on hand to participate in the
week-long activities that are planned for the largest cartographic
exposition in the world. The huge map exhibition that will be open to
the public and the exposition trade fair will feature the latest in
cartographic products and services from government and industry. This
will be a forum for leading authorities from around the globe to
present papers and conduct comprehensive workshops on a wide array of
scientific and technical subjects.
Associated with that meeting, thanks to the invitation of Alberta
Wood, will be a called meeting of the Congress of Cartographic
Information Specialists Associations, with a panel discussion focusing
on the future of map librarianship, and a CCISA representatives
meeting, zeroing in on the panel discussion and issuing a position
paper on critical issues. Hopefully that position paper will be a
useful tool for your use with your administrations, with your
professional association, with fellow cartographic professionals -- as
we all look to the future.
I especially urge each of the constituent members of the Congress of
Cartographic Information Specialist Associations, or CCISA, [ACSM,
ALA-MAGERT, SLA G&M, WAML, NACIS, ACMLA, ISCEM, COSML, U.S.L.C.G.&M.,
National Archives, Canada, National Archives U.S., NEMO] to send
representatives to this meeting, and to facilitate attendance of
representives by providing monetary support. Due to the cost factors,
it is critical that each organization move quickly to select
representatives, encourage their membership in ACMLA, and focus on
critical issues we need to discuss in Ottawa.
As convenor of the CCISA meeting, I will attempt to direct this email
to specific association chairs. One difficulty in all this, is that
the leadership of all these groups will probably change before August
1999, so we have to cooperate to bring this meeting to fruition.
Contact me at [log in to unmask] if you have questions on CCISA/Ottawa.
In order not to waste the time of non-interested parties, please
respond to me directly and not to maps-l.
The ICA conference is not inexpensive. ACMLA, however, and several
other participating organizations have been able to negotiate a
discount registration for their members which is half of the normal
registration cost, at $325Canadian. This gives access to the entire
technical program [4.5 full days], cartographic and technical exhibits
and a number of tours. Social events are not included in this
discounted fee. This will be a unique opportunity to participate in an
international conference and meet your colleagues from around the
world. To save costs, campus housing is being arranged by ACMLA, and
most of the Canadian map librarians will stay there. Most of the
corporate and governmental ICA types will be in the Ottaw hotels.
Early ICA conference registration will be in April 1999. To insure
the cost saving on ICA registration, please consider joining ACMLA.
To be considered a current member you must join by September 15, 1998.
ACMLA membership will save you 50% on some fees, most especially
registration, for the ICA conference. Information on ACMLA membership
is available from Bruce Weedmark at [log in to unmask]
If you are interested in attending this very exciting conference,
please note the following:
Associate ACMLA membership for U.S. citizens is $35Canadian. Send a
check, with the word Canadian written in front of the word dollars on
your check, along with your name, position, affiliation, address,
telephone, fax and email address to: ACMLA, C/o Visual and Sound
Archives Division, National Archives of Canada, 395 Wellington Street,
Ottawa, Ontario K1A ON3.
Please consult the following web sites for more information:
ACMLA: http://yoda.sscl.uwo.ca/axxoc/acml/
ICA Conference: www.ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca/ica1999/
ICA conference queries -- email: [log in to unmask]
Many thanks for your time, [and just remember, August in Ottawa sounds
pretty good, climate-wise.]
Alice Hudson
Convenor, CCISA
ICA/Ottawa
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