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Registration packages were mailed to WAML Lifetime and Principal Region
members two days ago. If this does not include you and you would
like receive a registration package in the mail, please let me know and
I'll be happy to mail one to you. Non-WAML members are more than welcome
and especially invited to attend WAML meetings.
The meeting registration cost is $25. Banquet cost is $18-22 and field
trip cost is $24. Additional information including a housing reservation
form is provided in the registration package. Below is a copy of the
preliminary program. See you in Seattle!
Kathryn Womble
Seattle WAML Meeting Host
Map Collection
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA 98195-2900
(206) 543-9392
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Western Association of Map Libraries
Fall Meeting, September 12 - 14, 1996
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
Wednesday, Sep 11
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm Welcoming complimentary picnic, Gas Works Park
Thursday, Sep 12
8:30 am - 11:30 am Executive Board Meeting, Map Collection, Basement,
Suzzallo Library
11:30 am - 1:00 pm Lunch on your own
12:15 pm - 1:00 pm Meeting Registration, 5th floor, Suzzallo Library
1:00 pm - 1:15 pm Welcomes and Vendor Introductions
Kathryn Womble, meeting host
Betsy Wilson, Associate Director of Libraries,
Public Services, University of Washington
1:15 pm - 2:00 pm City of Seattle's Catalog of GIS Products and
Services for the Public
Kirsty Burt, Kirsty Burt GIS
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Geospatial Data Dissemination and the National
Spatial Data Infrastructure
Larry Sugarbaker, GIS Manager, Information
Technology Division, Washington State Department
of Natural Resources
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Break
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm WAML Business Meeting and Sounding Board
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Banquet, Ivar's Salmon House, 401 NE Northlake Way
Friday, Sep 13
8:30 am - 9:30 am Collaborative Spatial Decision Making
Tim Nyerges, Associate Professor of Geography,
University of Washington
9:30 am - 10:15 am A Tsunami in Seattle 1000 Years Ago
Brian Atwater, U.S. Geological Survey at
Department of Geological Sciences, University
of Washington
10:15 am - 11:00 Break. Refreshments in Map Collection, Basement,
Suzzallo Library.
11:00 am - noon Digital Developments in the Geography & Map
Division, Library of Congress
Gary Fitzpatrick, GIS Specialist, Library of
Congress, Geography & Map Division
Noon - 1:30 pm Lunch on your own
1:30 pm - 2:15 pm Managing the Temporal Aspects of Spatial Information
Gail Kucera, Senior Principal, Mercator Systems Ltd.
2:15 pm - 3:00 pm Wilderness Area Mapping in Washington State
John Kawula, Reference Librarian, Pacific
Lutheran University
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Break
3:30 pm - 4:15 pm GIS in Libraries (continuation of group discussion
begun at Eureka, CA meeting in April 1996)
Janet Collins, Map Librarian, Western
Washington University
Julie Hoff, Map Librarian, Arizona Department
of Library, Archives and Public Records
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm 19th-Century Bird's-eye Views of the Pacific Northwest
Reception and Exhibit, Special Collections Division,
Basement, Allen Library. Complimentary wine and
hors d'oeuvres.
5:30 pm - Dinner on your own
Saturday, Sep 14
7:30 am - 5:30 pm* Field trip to Port Townsend, 1868 Rothschild House
and Fort Worden State Park. Return to Seattle via
a Washington State Ferry. Gather at 7:30 to board
bus for an 8:00 departure in front of Haggett
Residence Hall, UW Campus. Boxed breakfast will
be provided on bus.
*May vary depending on traffic and ferry delays.
Sep 14 is a football game day on campus and still
a very busy ferry time in the Northwest. Please
allow for up to a 6:30 pm return to campus if
you're making travel plans for Sat evening.
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