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Subject: MAGERT Sunday program--MAGERT contributed papers
Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2003 14:33:53 -0500
From: Mary McInroy <[log in to unmask]>
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Cross-posted, please excuse duplication.
Aside from MAGERT’s committee meetings and discussion groups at the
ALA/CLA joint conference in Toronto (see
http://magert.whoi.edu:8000/conf/2003/ansched03.html for full conference
schedule), MAGERT will be sponsoring three programs.
The first one, “What's New in Cartographic Materials Cataloging,” will
be Saturday morning, from 8:30-noon. The third program, “Providing
Access to Geospatial Data” will be Monday afternoon from 2-4. More will
appear about these programs in later postings.
For the second program, from 1:30-3:30 in the Delta Chelsea Hotel/Wren
Room, we will hear three MAGERT Contributed Papers.
"Cartographers without Borders: French Canadian Maps of the Northeastern
United States, 1604-1760."
Presenter: David Allen, Map Collection Head, University at Stony Brook.
This program focuses on colonial era French mapping of the region
between the French and British settlements in eastern North
America. This area was largely dominated by groups of Indians, many
of which were allied with the French. In comparison to the British
and American colonists the French produced remarkably detailed and
accurate maps of this region. These maps contain a wealth of
information about Indian settlements, trade routes, and military
activities during the colonial period.
“The Arizona Electronic Atlas: Partnering to Create a Dynamic Resource
for the State and Beyond.”
Presenter: Christine Kollen, Geography and Sociology Librarian,
University of Arizona
Library.
The Arizona Electronic Atlas is a dynamic web-based interactive
atlas that will integrate disparate and distinct data sources;
allow users to create, manipulate and download accurate and current
maps and data; meet the educational and research needs of the
users; and provide an innovative tool for improving geographic
literacy. This project is being funded by the Institute for Museum
and Library Services. It is a partnership between the University of
Arizona Library (lead institution), Arizona State Cartographers
Office, the Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records, and
Arizona State University. This presentation will discuss the
origination of the project, development of the grant proposal,
nature and importance of partnerships in developing complex web
products successfully, involvement of faculty and other
stakeholders in identifying data, selection and preparation of the
data, the results of our usability study, and a demonstration on
how to create and manipulate maps.
“Exploring and Mapping the Eastern Canadian-American Border, 1816-27:
The Boundary Commissions under the Treaty of Ghent.”
Presenter: Dr. Francis Carroll, Professor Emeritus of History, U. of
Manitoba, Fellow (ret.), St. John's College.
Dr. Carroll is the author of “A Good and Wise Measure: the Search
for the Canadian-American Boundary, 1783-1842,” published in 2001
by the University of Toronto Press and winner of the Albert B.
Corey Prize for 2002. The Corey Prize, jointly sponsored by the
Canadian Historical Association and the American Historical
Association, is awarded biennially to the best book dealing with
the history of Canadian-American relations or the history of both
countries, and was presented to Professor Carroll at the annual
meeting of the American Historical Association in Chicago, 3
January 2003.
The nearly 60-year process to establish the 2,540 mile eastern
boundary between Canada and the United States was “... one of the
great stories of exploration and adventure in North American
history.” Dr. Carroll will discuss the background of the numerous
commissions and some of the factors that caused the process to go
on for decades, including the scarcity of accurate maps when the
process began.
Mary McInroy
Government Publications Department
and Map Collection
University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City, IA 52242-1420
(319)335-6247 or (319)335-5926
FAX: (319)335-5900
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