----------------------------Original message---------------------------- THE MAP LIBRARY IN TRANSITION A Joint Conference Sponsored by the Congress of Cartographic Information Specialist Associations and the Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress October 18 & 19, 1993 Mumford Room, James Madison Building Library of Congress Washington, D.C. GOAL: To examine the impact of the digital revolution in the realm of geographic information. THEMES: The relationship of map libraries to their parent organizations; the technical requirements for equipment, software, and communications to support digital forms of geographic information; the skills required for the map librarian of the future; defining the collections and services of the map library of the future. PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS: The Library of Congress; Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives; American Congress on Surveying and Mapping; Committee of Southeast Map Librarians (AAG); Geography & Map Division, Special Libraries Association; International Society of Curators of Early Maps; Map and Geography Roundtable, American Library Association; Map Online Users' Group; North American Cartographic Information Society; Northeast Map Organization; Western Association of Map Libraries. PROGRAM ELEMENTS: --Keynote Speakers. --Where Map Libraries are Today and Where They Are Headed, (Panel Discussion). --Reports on GIS Initiatives. --The Federal Geographic Data Committee and the Federal Depository Program: Prospects for the Map Library of the Future (Presentation and Panel Discussion). --Presentations of GIS Applications within the Federal Government. --Discussion Groups. --Reports on Discussion Groups. PROGRAM COMMITTEE: Gary Fitzpatrick, Geography and Map Division, LC. Christopher Baruth, American Geographical Society Collection. Patrick McGlamery, University of Connecticut. Johnnie Sutherland, University of Georgia. Alberta Auringer Wood, Memorial University of Newfoundland. PARTICIPATION: This is a conference open to all interested individuals from the cartographic information field. To register, contact Gary Fitzpatrick: E-mail: [log in to unmask] Fax: (202) 707-8531 Phone: (202) 707-8542 Postal: Geography and Map Division Library of Congress Washihngton, DC 20540-4761 Note: There will be a modest but yet undetermined registration fee.