-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Map Curators’ Group 2010 Workshop, Cambridge, England, 8-10 September. Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 13:21:38 +0100 From: Anne Taylor <[log in to unmask]> To: lis-maps messages <[log in to unmask]>, Carto Soc messages <[log in to unmask]>, Maps-L messages <[log in to unmask]>, Map Hist messages <[log in to unmask]>, Ordnance Survey Group messages <[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask], Liber GdC Group <[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 *2010 Workshop* at Cambridge University Library, in the historic city of Cambridge, England, 8-10 September 2010. This year’s theme is */Beyond the neat line: More than just geography/*, and we’ll be looking at what the marginalia tells us, how early mass-produced paper maps were printed, and how digital initiatives are giving map users more possibilities than ever before. *Wednesday 8 September*: join us for five talks this year with our speakers from Britain, Europe and America. Martin Andrews, University of Reading Department of Typography, /18th and 19th century map printing processes/ Steve Chilton and Ifan Shepherd, Middlesex University, /Staff carriers and bean counters: Unravelling the who and the why of the first 6-inch survey of England and Wales/ Marco van Egmond, Map Curator, Utrecht University Library, /Collecting digital cartographic data in Utrecht: storage and accessibility/ Matt Knutzen, Geospatial Librarian, The New York Public Library Map Division, /Maps@NYPL: New collaborative methods in (re)presenting historical geography/ Richard Oliver, University of Exeter, Honorary Research Fellow in the History of Cartography, /20th century Ordnance Survey paper map marginalia and metadata/ Following the talks we will hold the MCG’s annual Business Meeting, and then delegates are invited to a wine reception at Emmanuel College. *Thursday 9 September*: Seppe Cassettari and Fiona Cocks of The GeoInformation Group will lead two demonstration sessions: /A Beginner’s Guide to UKMap/ and /Discovering the Past through Aerial Photography/. The GeoInformation Group is a leading provider of high resolution aerial photography and geospatial information products, and is also developing a large scale database of the UK. After lunch we will have a “Town and gown” walking tour of Cambridge, and then delegates have a choice of visits to the *Whipple Museum of the History of Science*, whose internationally known collection of early scientific instruments includes one of the country’s finest collections of globes, or *Gonville & Caius College Archive*, where the collections span eight centuries and we will view some of their cartographic treasures. Join us in the evening for a meal and some collegial networking at a local traditional English restaurant. *Friday 10 September*: a coach will take us to London where the *British Library Map Collections* will host our private guided tours of the major exhibition /Magnificent Maps: Power, Propaganda and Art/, conducted by curators Peter Barber and Tom Harper. We hope to visit the Maps Reading Room and the Library’s Treasures Gallery, where even more maps are on display. Come along to see new things, discuss interesting subjects, meet old friends and make new ones! Please see our brochure with full details at http://www.cartography.org.uk/downloads/MCG/MCG_Sept2010_brochure_final.pdf and our booking form at http://www.cartography.org.uk/downloads/MCG/MCG_Sept2010_booking_form_final.pdf. Direct online booking on the BCS website will be available at the end of June, but booking by post and fax is now open. You may also request an invoice for institutional payments. If you wish to book online, please contact Anne Taylor via e-mail (address below) with an expression of interest and to hold a place. 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 30 July and all booking closes on 27 August, so reserve your place now! This year the MCG has reserved a limited number of rooms at Robinson College, less than five minutes by foot from our main venue. Rooms are well appointed and some overlook a lovely garden. Bed and breakfast rates for single rooms are Ł60/night. Book early on the Robinson website http://rooms.robinson.cam.ac.uk/BnB/Step1.aspx using the booking reference 11159. If delegates wish to book extra nights, or wish to book one of the limited number of twin rooms, please contact Anne Taylor (details below). We hope you will join us for this exciting event in the historic city of Cambridge! Anne Taylor Cambridge University Library, West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DR (Tel: 01223-333041. Fax: 01223-333160. email: [log in to unmask]) -- 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!!