This is a draft agenda of the IFLA Workshop on Paper Maps.  Final
details will be published in the near future.  Many need to make plans
before March 1 for the CUAC conference, so hopefully this will provide
enough information for planning purposes.  Please contact me at
[log in to unmask] if you want to discuss this further.



David C. McQuillan
Map Librarian
Thomas Cooper Library
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC  29201

Phone:  (803) 777-4723
Fax:  (803) 777-4661
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DRAFT AGENDA

IFLA WORKSHOP ON PAPER MAPS

International Federation of Library Associations
And Institutions

Special Libraries Division
Geography and Map Libraries Section

Library of Congress
Washington, DC

May 11, 2005


8:00 – 8:30
Registration and Welcome

8:30 – 10:00
Paper Session I

1)  Spatial Will Be Even More Special:  The Rise of Digital Earth
       As The Map Collection
       JAMES BOXALL (Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova
        Scotia)

2) Government Information Librarian’s View of Maps
WILLIAM SUDDUTH III (University of South Carolina,
Columbia, South Carolina)


3) Bridging the Digital Divide and Legacy Collections
DAVID A. COBB (Harvard College Library, Cambridge,
Massachusetts)

10:00 – 10:30
Session Break

10:30 – 12:30
Paper Session II

4) Commercial Map Publishing and Distribution
RUSSELL GUY (Omni, Burlington, North Carolina)

5) The Old Maps In Our Libraries and the Challenges That Await Us
CHRISTOPER BARUTH (American Geographical Society Library, UW-Milwaukee,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin)

6) To Be Announced

7) Maps and the Muddy Waters of Manoa:  An Update
On the University of Hawaii Map Collection Flood
GARY FITZPATRICK (Library of Congress, retired,
Washington, DC)

12:30 – 2:00
Lunch on Your Own

2:00 – 4:30
Roundtable Discussion and Conclusion