-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Map Curators’ Group Workshop - September 9-11 2009 Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:33:27 +0100 From: Anne Taylor <[log in to unmask]> To: lis-maps messages <[log in to unmask]>, Maps-L messages <[log in to unmask]>, Map Hist messages <[log in to unmask]>, Carto Soc messages <[log in to unmask]>, Ordnance Survey Group messages <[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask] Dear all Apologies for cross posting. The Map Curators’ Group of the British Cartographic Society is pleased to invite map curators, map librarians, archivists and all those charged with the care of maps to its 2009 Workshop at the National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh, in September. This year’s theme is */From Paper to Screen: Putting Maps on the Web/,* and we have three days of interesting and useful talks and demonstrations, visits, and other cartographical delights planned for you. *Wednesday 9 September:* join us for six talks about making your map collection accessible to the world on the internet and about the possibilities for putting index maps on the web. Our speakers are from Britain and Europe, and include people doing cutting edge work in these areas: Rod Adkins (OLDUKMaps.com); John Davies (member of the Charles Close Society and Soviet mapping specialist); Bruce Gittings (Institute of Geography, University of Edinburgh); Peter Levi (Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam); Petr Pridal (technical manager of OldMapsOnline.org, Moravian Library, Brno, Czech Republic); and Benjamin Pucknus (Map Curator, RCAHMS, The Aerial Reconnaissance Archives and University of Würzburg, Germany). Following the talks we will hold the MCG’s annual Business Meeting, and then delegates are invited to a wine reception and private viewing of an exhibition of the Bartholomew Archive, now housed at the National Library of Scotland. *Thursday 10 September*: Chris Fleet (National Library of Scotland) and Petr Pridal will host a morning demonstration on putting maps on the web. In the afternoon there is a choice of visits to The Aerial Reconnaissance Archive (TARA) at the Royal Commission for Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS) or the British Geological Survey’s Edinburgh office, followed by a guided walking tour of Edinburgh’s historic map and book printing sites. Join us in the evening for a meal and some collegial networking at a local Italian restaurant. *Friday 11 September*: a coach will take us to Perth, where the Royal Scottish Geographical Society will be our hosts. We’ll have a presentation and tours of their new headquarters and the Fair Maid’s House, future home of the RSGS collection and exhibitions. There will be a lunch break and time for walkabout in town. And for those who can’t get enough about maps, The Charles Close Society for the Study of Ordnance Survey Maps ( http://www.charlesclosesociety.org/ ) is planning an Edinburgh programme for Saturday 12 September. We hope you will join us for this exciting event! Please see our brochure with full details at http://www.cartography.org.uk/downloads/MCG_web.pdf and our booking form at http://www.cartography.org.uk/downloads/MCG_Sep09_booking_form.pdf or for direct online booking http://www.cartography.org.uk/default.asp?contentID=900. There is a specially priced offer for those wishing to attend the entire MCG event, and a la carte options as well. Early bird booking closes on 31 July and all booking closes on 21 August, so reserve your place now! -- Anne Taylor Head of Map Department, Cambridge University Library, West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DR Tel: 01223-333041. Fax: 01223-333160. email: [log in to unmask] http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/deptserv/maps/ !!NOTE NEW VAT NUMBER: G.B. 823 8476 09!!