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MAPS-L subscribers:
Several weeks ago I posted information regarding an exhibit (Visual
Geography) prepared by The U.S. Geological Survey and National
Geographic Society that is currently on exhibit here at The
University of Tennessee (Knoxville). Since then several of you
have inquired about what it is, how do you "get" it, how much does
it cost, etc., etc. So, I thought I would post my answer to all of
you at once. NOTE: The USGS underwrites the museum/library tour.
I think Bruce Hubbard of USGS-Reston first posted on MAPS-L
information about the exhibit several months ago. The USGS and NGS
are responsible for the design, contents, and preparation of the
exhibit. HOWEVER you must contact a company: Association of
Science-Technology Centers (ASTC) in Washington, DC to reserve and
rent the exhibit. The exhibit is currently booked from now through
December 3rd, 1994 EXCEPT maybe for one time slot: July 16th - Sept
4th. Please check with ASTC to make sure of the itinerary. If I
were you, I would call now and make a tentative reservation and
follow up later with all the required papers. There is a 5 page
contract that has to be submitted. Just think about your
university lawyers and how much time it takes to get contracts
through the bureaucracy. This also assumes that you can convince
your Dean/Director to approve the money. I took a chance and it
worked. The people at ASTC are very easy to work with and VERY
accomodating.
You should call: MS Beth Porter
Circulation Manager
Traveling Exhibition Service
1025 Vermont Ave. NW
Suite 500
Washington, DC 20005-3516
(202) 783-7200 Voice
(202) 783-7207 FAX
or
Bernard (Bernie) Jim (Jim is the last name)
Circulation Assistant
The exhibit consists of 64 free-standing double-sided panels, each
33" (or 34" on outside curve) by 94" high. The exhibit contains
500 images and 350 maps with a lot of explanatory text. The
exhibit comes with folded brochures (ca. 4" X 8" color) and several
hundred larger (ca. 18" X 24") unfolded (beautiful) posters.
The exhibit comes packed in 5 cases: 4 @ 50" X 97" X 15" and 1 @
30" X 40" X 24". The boxes (crates) all have rollers and are very
easy to move and store. Everything is so easy to unpack and
assemble. Four of us here at UT took about 2 hours to assemble the
whole thing.
There is a price: expect to pay anywhere from $500 to $1000 for
the rental fee and you must pay for the in-bound shipping (not the
out-bound). We payed to have the exhibit moved from Sioux Falls,
SD. Cost was about $600.
We mounted it on Monday October 4th and will take it down on
December 2nd.
We have placed ads in the student newspaper, sent info to local
newspapers, mailed poster , letter, and promotional literature to
all deans, directors, and department heads. I also have given
talks at the departments of Geography and Geological Sciences. I
also mailed announcements to all school systems across Tennessee.
We're hoping the television stations pick up on it.
The library staff (including the faculty librarians) are very
impressed with the exhibit. We also have a smaller (home-made)
exhibit in the main library tracking the history of the
Cartographic Information Center from its founding days until now.
CIC is located about a 10 minute walk from the main library where
the exhibit is on display.
I was surprised that few map libraries had displayed the exhibit.
If any of you that were interested have further questions, please
call or write and I will be more than happy to give you additional
details. I hope this answered at least some of your questions.
James O. Minton
Head, Cartographic Information Center
The University of Tennessee - Knoxville
15 Hoskins
Knoxville, TN 37996-4006
(615) 974-4315
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