Dear David and Christopher,

Thank you for raising this important issue of resuscitating the IFLA
Geography and Map Libraries Section. I am not sure if the the Section was
superseded by the IFLA- Environmental Sustainability and Libraries Special
Interest Group? It will also be go engage the newly appointed IFLA
Secretary General so that he can take it into consideration.

Please count me in!


Nancy Nhendodzashe

Map Librarian

University of Zimbabwe Library
Box MP45 Mount Pleasant
Harare,Zimbabwe

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On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 3:34 PM, MCQUILLAN, DAVID <[log in to unmask]>
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> Dear Christopher,
>
>
>
>    As one of the past chairs of the IFLA Geography and Map Libraries
> Section, I attended the “last” meeting of the Section in Milan, August
> 2009.  Anita Oser and I tried for several years to keep the G&M Section
> going, but our terms of office expired, and we had to sit out 2 years.  By
> that time, 2011,  there was no one in charge and IFLA closed the G&M
> Section.   I attended the 2014 meeting in Lyon and found some support for a
> section devoted to geography and maps.  However the concern still was the
> expense.  There needs to be a substantial program to justify paying the
> high registration fee and travel expenses. It was in South Africa again
> last year and Krakow, Poland next year.   This year it is ideally located
> in Columbus, Ohio, with several local programs offered by OCLC on their
> home campus.
>
>
>
>    I will be at the SLA Annual Conference in Philadelphia next week.  We
> are celebrating 75 years of Map Libraries, June 14, 2016.  If anyone else
> would like to talk about IFLA, please contact me there.
>
>
>
>    Attached is our session flyer.  75th Anniversary booklets have been
> printed, official highway maps collected, and the luncheon set ($35.00
> complete).
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>
>
>    Hope we can keep the discussion going on keeping our profession active.
>
>
>
> David C. McQuillan
>
> Thomas Cooper Library
>
> University of South Carolina
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> 1322 Greene Street
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> Columbia, SC  29208
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> (803) 777-4723
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> *From:* Maps-L: Map Librarians, etc. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On
> Behalf Of *Christopher A. Alario
> *Sent:* Wednesday, June 08, 2016 5:13 AM
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Subject:* IFLA - Geography and Map Libraries Section
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>
>
> Hello All,
>
>
>
> There doesn’t seem to have been any activity at the IFLA Geography and Map
> Libraries Section since 2009. I would be very interested in resurrecting it
> if it has in fact become moribund and in joining if I’m mistaken.
>
>
>
> Does anyone know anything about this? Are there any members or former
> members of the section on Maps-L? Would anyone be interested in
> participating in any capacity? Please feel free to contact me off list.
> Also, if there are any IFLA members with advice to give on (re)starting
> such a section I’d love to hear from you. While it will be too late to get
> something started in time for IFLA 2016 I’d really like to get it going by
> the time of the 2017 IFLA meeting in Warsaw.
>
>
>
> (I am a member of MAGIRT though I won’t be attending the ALA conference in
> Orlando this year, but I will be at the RBMS in June in case anyone wants
> to touch base with me in person about this proposal).
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
>
>
> *Christopher Alario*
>
> *Information Services Librarian – Historical Maps,*
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> *Globes, and other Cartographic Material*
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