================================================ MAPS-L ** MAPS-L ** MAPS-L ** MAPS-L ** MAPS-L ================================================ Subject: ALA Midwinter Meeting Announcement Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 From: David Cobb <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Colleagues - MAGERT ALA MIDWINTER DISCUSSION The Research Libraries Map Collection Management Group and Small Map Collections Discussion Group plan to hold a joint meeting during the upcoming ALA Midwinter meetings in San Antonio (www.ala.org/ala/eventsandconferencesb/midwinter/2006/home.htm). The topic for this meeting will be LIBRARY SECURITY FOR MAP COLLECTIONS: THE FUTURE and will be co-chaired by David Cobb (Harvard Map Collection) and Alice Hudson (New York Public Library Map Division). Among the topics to be discussed will be: existing security guideline documents; security policies; access to rare materials; physical facilities; staffing; and an open discussion among attendees. The meeting is tentatively scheduled for Sunday afternoon, January 29th. Comments or questions are welcomed by Alice ([log in to unmask]) and David ([log in to unmask]). *************************************************************************** David A. Cobb Tel. 617.495.2417 Harvard Map Collection FAX 617.496.0440 Harvard College Library Email: [log in to unmask] Cambridge, MA 02138 HTTP://hcl.harvard.edu/maps ************************** VERITAS **************************************** --