------- Original Message -------- Subject: WPC Map Society Mtg; 23 August @UNC-Chapel Hill Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:12:55 -0400 From: Jay L <[log in to unmask]> To: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]> 23 August 2008 William P. Cumming Map Society program scheduled at UNC-Chapel Hill Saturday, August 23, the WPCMS will gather for a program in the Wilson Library on the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill. Our hosts and speakers will include Elizabeth Chenault, Co-manager, Rare Book Collection and Librarian for Public Services, and Nicholas Graham, North Carolina Maps Project Librarian in the Carolina Digital Library and Archives. Libby will discuss and show a variety of maps neatly tucked away in "non-map" books. She will have on display a number of examples from the remarkable Rare Book Collection in the Wilson Library. These maps, though frequently garnering less attention than their atlas siblings, include some true cartographic gems. Nick will give us a preview of the extraordinary work he has been performing as head of a three-year collaborative effort between the North Carolina State Archives, the UNC-Chapel Hill Library, and the Outer Banks History Center. This prodigious project, North Carolina Maps, will eventually digitize around 1,500 maps from the three partner institutions, including nearly all original NC maps published prior to 1923. The exact schedule has not been set, but our intent is a 2 or 2.5 hour late morning affair on August 23. If you anticipate attending and wish to receive final details, please contact me at your earliest convenience via this web site: http://www.cummingmapsociety.org/contact.htm . Mor specific details will be conveyed next month to those interested; this will be the only listserv notification. Best regards, Jay L. Jay Lester William P. Cumming Map Society