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Subject:        Map Curators’ Group (MCG) Annual Workshop - Leeds, 29-30 August
Date:   Tue, 19 Jun 2012 13:12:32 +0100
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Dear friends and colleagues

We are pleased to announce that booking is now open for the Annual
Workshop of the Map Curators’ Group (MCG) of the British Cartographic
Society.

This will be held at the University of Leeds, England, on Wednesday 29th
and Thursday 30th August 2012.

Thetheme is *“The customer and the map curator, or, the importance of
being relevant”*.

The programme and booking form can be found at
http://www.cartography.org.uk/default.asp?contentID=1035 . The programme
is also reproduced below.

Please note that a late booking fee of £50 applies for bookings made
after 10 August and that no bookings can be accepted after 17 August -
so fill in those forms now!

B&B arrangements in the University’s newly refurbished Storm Jameson
Court http://www.meetinleeds.co.uk/stormjamesoncourt.php are available
at special rates for the Workshop. Delegates should book and pay via the
link available on the booking form.

So please come and join us in Leeds - you don't have to be a member of
the Map Curators’ Group (MCG) or the British Cartographic Society - to
meet with colleagues, hear some fascinating talks and go on some
intriguing visits.


*Wednesday 29 August – (approx. 9.30am-6pm)*

April Carlucci (consulting map librarian) - Do we have what they need?
Assessing map collections and geographic information requirements at the
Natural History Museum

Tom Armitage (Geoservices Support, EDINA) - Assessing User Satisfaction
for the Digimap Service: Surveys, spreadsheets and a different kind of chart

Paula Williams (Senior Map Curator, National Library of Scotland) -
Mystery shoppers and survey monkeys: evaluating the map customer experience

Kimberly Kowal (Lead Curator - Digital Mapping, British Library) -
Engaging with users + enhancing access to maps: crowdsourced georeferencing

Stephanie Davidson (Records Management and Digital Collections
Coordinator, West Yorkshire Archives) - Taking history off the map

Richard Oliver (Honorary Research Fellow in the History of Cartography,
University of Exeter) - Writing for lay audiences?

The annual Business Meeting of the Map Curators' Group will follow the
speakers (approx. 4pm).

The evening will finish with an optional group meal at a local
restaurant (for those who have booked, time tbc).

*Thursday 30 August – Visits (approx. 10.00am-4pm)

*The /University of Leeds School of Earth and Environment/ will host our
morning visit which will include SEE’s map library, GIS and 3D
visualisation suites. Clare Gordon (Teaching Fellow and Map Curator) and
Geoffrey E. Lloyd (Reader in Microgeodynamics) will give the
presentation Geological map making with students: combining the old with
the new. Come see maps at work!

/Marks & Spencer Company Archive/ – Recently opened to the public for
the first time, the Archive contains materials from the 128 year history
of this British institution, including staff publications, photographs
and films, garments and household products, design and advertising
material. If you’ve ever bought anything in M&S, you’ll want to see this!


If you would like more information, please contact:

Ann Sutherland, Convener, The Map Curators' Group
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April Carlucci, The Itinerant Map Catalog(u)er [log in to unmask]

Paula Williams [log in to unmask]

Anne Taylor, Cambridge University Library Map Department [log in to unmask]

See you in Leeds!

Anne Taylor

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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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