----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Perhaps the map librarian community is not aware that the College Park campus of the University of Maryland has a special program offered jointly by the College of Library and Information Services and the Department of Geography - in which students can, at the graduate level, do work in geographic information systems and library and information science courses. Currently the program leads to dual masters degrees, MLS and MA. I shall welcome enquiries to the personal e-mail address given below. I also welcome comments from librarians and students seeking professional advancement as to what courses they may be interested in. Also, many research libraries across the country are participating in a GIS Literacy Project established by the A.R.L. Derek Thompson Professor, Dept. of Geography University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 [log in to unmask]