-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: MAPS-L: LIBER Groupe des Cartothecaires Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 13:03:14 -0400 From: James Boxall <[log in to unmask]> To: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]> Francis! That sounds like a project! Ok, I am not going to submit my name to do it now...but it's something I could see doing (and the joys of having and supervising graduate students is that much work can be done by them and/or totally contributed by them :-)..I prefer that they get credit to start their careers.......... I won't remark about quality of papers as I have been known to give some questionable ones :-) A review of activities over "there" and over "here" might be interesting to think about??? yes..and FRGS in Halifax...only one in Nova Scotia...go figure :-) makes for an interesting local RGS(IBG) meeting :-) :-) all the best james Maps-L wrote: > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: RE: MAPS-L: LIBER Groupe des Cartothecaires > Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 16:27:07 -0000 > From: Francis Herbert <[log in to unmask]> > To: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum > <[log in to unmask]> > > > Ah, an FRGS in Halifax . . . > > It would be interesting (?) for some map curating folk to 'compare and > contrast' the 'raison-d'-etre' of several overlapping (in membership, > objectives, quality of papers presented at conferences, the frequency of > latter, etc.) of all these map curators' societies. A couple of us > European (LIBER GdC) members - 'names withheld to protect the innocent' > - have whispered about this subject in a quiet corner on occasions. If > you're a Brit you have BCS and its Map Curators' Group, Society of > [University] Cartographers, LIBER GdC, IFLA Geogr. & Map, ICA, and ISCEM > [no need to spell out these acronyms as they are well-known to you all . > . .]. > > Now just off to 'Auld Reekie' for the weekend (in time to avoid the > inevitable fall-out, raging, and gnashing of international teeth), > Francis Herbert Hon. FRGS > [log in to unmask] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Maps-L [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 4:11 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: MAPS-L: LIBER Groupe des Cartothecaires > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: MAPS-L: LIBER Groupe des Cartothecaires > Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 11:04:53 -0400 > From: James Boxall <[log in to unmask]> > To: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum > <[log in to unmask]> > > > > > > Great news that things are not moribund....slow..quiet...but not dead > :-) As for the education group...that looks great and thanks for the web > site... I may send along a bit of info to add related to a library > school course I have taught this term which, if the outline works, might > be of use to others??? > > By the way, I have used many of the papers from the Group within the > course this year....those papers are wonderful, high quality sources for > relatively current views but (more importantly) great papers showing > where things have come from and some wonderful examples of what others > have done! > > thanks > james > > -- > James C. Boxall, FRGS > Director and Curator > GIS Centre and Map Collection, > Killam Memorial Library > 6225 University Avenue, > Dalhousie University > Halifax, Nova Scotia, > B3H 4H8 Canada > http://www.dal.ca > [log in to unmask] > 902.494.6126/6719 (o) > 902.494.2062 (f) > > Vice President, Canadian Cartographic Association > http://www.cca-acc.org/ > > Vice President, Geomatics Association of Nova Scotia http://www.gans.ca -- James C. Boxall, FRGS Director and Curator GIS Centre and Map Collection, Killam Memorial Library 6225 University Avenue, Dalhousie University Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4H8 Canada http://www.dal.ca [log in to unmask] 902.494.6126/6719 (o) 902.494.2062 (f) Vice President, Canadian Cartographic Association http://www.cca-acc.org/ Vice President, Geomatics Association of Nova Scotia http://www.gans.ca