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Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 12:39:56 -0500
From: ahudson <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Mercator Society meeting at NYPL Wednesday nite!
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     Dear New York Metro area mapsters,

     Please join us Wednesday evening if you are able.


     R.S.V.P. (212) 930-0654    :)


     THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
     MERCATOR SOCIETY

     Cordially invites you to a reception and presentation


     HISTORIC MAPS & THE INTERNET

     We will look at the issues and possibilities involved in creating
     large,
     high resolution virtual libraries of historic maps on the Web.
     How will open Internet access to rare maps change their role as
     cultural objects?
     The potential collaboration between online libraries,
     teaching with Web-based map collections, software design issues,
     the relationship of the online collections to the physical
     collections,
     and why maps are uniquely suited to the Web,
      are some of the topics to be covered.


     David Rumsey
     Californian and antiquarian map collector,
     with over 100,000 maps in his personal collection,
     many of which are now available for viewing at his website,
      http://www.davidrumsey.com/




     Wednesday, November 15, 2000
     5:30  p. m.  Reception
     6:00 p. m. Program

     The New York Public Library
     The Humanities and Social Sciences Library
     Margaret Liebman Berger Forum (227)
     Fifth Avenue & 42nd Street
     R.S.V.P. (212) 930-0654
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