-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Cart. Materials preconference workshops announcement Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:41:06 -0400 From: Paige Andrew <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] We've been asked to post the following to various lists; please excuse duplication if you are on multiple lists. Thanks, Paige *_ALCTS Offers this Dynamic Preconference at 2010 Annual Conference _* *Cataloging & Description of Cartographic Resources: From Parchment to Pixels, Paper to Digital *Thursday, June 24, 8:30 a.m.5 p.m. (Basic Map Cataloging) and Friday, June 25, 8:30 a.m.Noon (Digital Cart. Materials Cataloging); Washington Convention Center, Room 146C Event code: ALC1 Intended primarily for the novice, but including advanced topics of interest to experienced catalogers, learn map cataloging basics on day one, focusing on three areas of bibliographic description: title(s), mathematical data and physical description. Additional areas/topics will be covered as well. Day one sessions will focus on hardcopy maps; day two covers digital cartographic resources. Principles covered on day one will be applied to digital items and expanded upon on day two. Speakers: Paige Andrew, Pennsylvania State University and Susan Moore, University of Northern Iowa; Mary Larsgaard, University of California - Santa Barbara Cosponsored by OLAC and MAGERT. *Registration for this preconference: *Advance and Onsite: ALA Member $329; Division (ALCTS) Member $279; Retired Member $129; Student Member $129; Non-Member $389 Registration is through the ALA Annual Conference registration site at www.ala.org <http://www.ala.org/>, click on the AC2010 icon and follow the links to the registration page. ALCTS is a Division of the American Library Association