--- Begin Forwarded Message --- Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 15:24:00 -0700 From: [log in to unmask] Subject: FW: Conference Notice - Carto 2000 - Edmonton May 31, 2000 Sender: [log in to unmask] > Hi Folks > > Below, as both an attachment and a text in the message, is an announcement > of the forthcoming joint ACMLA/CCA/WAML conference. > > Presentations may still be considered by the program convenors, Cathy > Moulder [[log in to unmask]] and Roger Wheate [ > [log in to unmask]]. > > > Read on! I look forward to seeing you all here in Edmonton! > > > David > > > > David L. Jones, Maps Librarian > William C. Wonders Map Collection > Science & Technology Library > 1-26 Cameron Library > University of Alberta > Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2J8 > voice (780)492-3433 fax (780)492-2721 > e-mail [log in to unmask] > > > <<Carto 2000-Announcement.doc>> > > Carto 2000 > > Into the Millennium: > Cartography and Map Collections for a New Century > > ACMLA/CCA/WAML > > University of Alberta > Edmonton Alberta > May 31 - June 4, 2000 > > > The University of Alberta Libraries, William C. Wonders Map Collection is > hosting an international conference of Cartographers and Map Librarians > from May 31 through June 4, 2000. > > This conference brings together for the first time three kindred > associations - the Association of Canadian Map Libraries & Archives > [ACMLA], the Canadian Cartographic Association [CCA], and the Western > Association of Map Libraries [WAML]. For CCA, this conference celebrates > their 25th anniversary. > > The over-arching theme for the Conference is Cartography and Map > Collections for a New Century. Sessions will cover specific concerns such > as the significance of metadata in the tracking of geospatial information; > the role of GIS in academic Libraries; moving map collections; electronic > media; maps on the web; impact of new technologies on map design; > cartographic education; use of maps and digital data; and GIS in teaching, > research and map production. > > The Conference will bring between 100 and 150 delegates, from all parts of > Canada as well as from many places in the western USA. > > The conference, Into the Millennium: Cartography and Map Collections for a > New Century, begins on Wednesday evening, May 31, 2000 with an Opening > Reception. > > The formal opening ceremonies of the Conference will take place on > Thursday morning, June 1, 2000. > > Please watch our conference website for further details > > Conference website: http://www.library.ualberta.ca/maps2000/ > > > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > ++ --- End Forwarded Message ---