"Joanne M. Perry" <[log in to unmask]>

I wanted to alert and/or remind map librarians that NACIS (North American
Cartographic Information Society) will be meeting on October 9-13, 2002 in
Columbus, Ohio at the Adams Mark Hotel.

The Call for Participation has gone out with abstracts due to the program
chair, Gordon Kennedy, by May 31, 2002.

I hope that map librarians will respond to the Call so that we can have a
map librarianship session this year. Last year there were no papers offered
that were library focused which was a shame as this is a wonderful venue
for library PR. This is a place where elusive cartographers and GIS
professionals (teaching faculty, commercial, state and federal employees)
get together to talk shop -- if we take the time to talk, they will attend
and listen.
I am hoping to moderate the session, so if you wish to speak to me before
submitting an abstract to Gordon, feel free to do so (814/865-0139 or
[log in to unmask]).

NACIS has existed for about 22 years and is an organization of librarians,
teaching faculty, cartographers and GIS professionals (city, state, county,
federal, corporate, free-lance). Annual membership is $42.00/year,
registration costs at the annual conference run about $125 (includes
significant amounts of food; workshops and fieldtrips extra and optional)
and there is a journal (Cartographic Perspectives) as well as a Web site:
WWW.NACIS.ORG. This is a great organization and each year the conference
gets better. I invite anyone who has an interest in cartography, digital or
otherwise, to consider joining us.

"Joanne M. Perry" <[log in to unmask]>