----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Geography & Map Division, S.L.A. conference update follows: Hoping to see you all in Montreal! Difficulties in transferring Word attachments to my email and getting them down to Maps-l, have meant that the complete updated schedule could not be posted. The new technology got me, folks, or it got Maps-l or Johnnie. Anyway, following is a brief list of the programs, and their room assignments in Montreal. Sunday June 11 8-9 Govt relations workshop CC403C; Public Relations Workshop CC403A; Treasurers' Workshop CC403B 9-1 DACOLT: Division and Officer leadership training CC407C 10:30-11:45 G&M Division committees urged to meet prior to Exec Bd. 1-2 Bulletin Editors Workshop CC403A; Membership Workshop CC403B; Professional Development Workshop CC403C 1:30-3 Boston conference planning committee CC402 [Elaine, not sure you have to attend this..] SLA Reception for firt time attendees CC611 4:30-6 G&M executive board SH Salon 2 6-8:00 Reception at David M. Stewart Museum on St. Helene Island in St. Lawrence River. Take the Metro over early to see the exhibit Beauty and Image: Women and Allegory in Antique Maps from 10:00 am to 5 pm. RECEPTION SPONSORED BY MAPLINK Monday June 12, 1995 9-10:15 SLA General Session I CC407B 10:30-11:45 Membership Forum G&M Division: How S.L.A. G. & M. Division Promotes Your Career CC404B Speaker: Charlene Baldwin, University of California, Riverside. 1;30-2:45 Business Meeting G&M Division CC 404B 3:00-4:15 Reports Session G&M Division CC404B 4:30-6 Champagne and Strawberries reception honoring former chairs of the Geography and Map Division, former Honors Award Winners Ticketted event. SOLD OUT. QE Galerie 2. [Come anyway, I am trying to work out more tickets!] 6:00+ Montreal on your own Tuesday June 13, 1995 9-10:15 S.L.A. General Session II CC 407B 10:30-11:45 Promoting the Map Library to your boss and to the public: How local map societies, library friends groups and geographic alliances further the work of map libraries. CC 403B Speakers: William Barrow, Kent State University & Case Westerm Reserve; Alice Hudson, New York Public Library. Members of the Geography & Map Division are invited to bring along anecdotes, examples of posters, invitations, etc. to share at this meeting. We need to help each other keep map librarianship alive and kicking! SPONSORED BY OMNI RESOURCES 1:30 -2:45 Cataloging Geospatial Data in Digital Form/ cospponsored by the S.L.A. Cataloging Committee Speaker: Mary Larsgaard of the University of California, Santa Barbara. CC411B 3:00-4:15 GIS transforming our world: standards for reference service I CC 411B Speakers: Elaine Clement & Todd Bacastow of Pennsylvania State University on providing an effective environment for the use of GIS in libraries; and Roberta Brody of Rutgers University on issues and concerns in enabling access to public information through GIS. SPONSORED BY GIS WORLD 4:30-6 Visit the exhibits! 4:30-6 S.L.A. Division Cabinet QE Marquette 6:00-7:30 S.L.A. Joint Cabinet, if necessary QE Le Grand Salon 6:00+ Montreal on your own Wednesday June 14, 1995 9-11:15 S.L.A. Annual meeting CC407A 11:30-12:45 GIS transforming our world: standards for reference service II. CC 411 B Speakers: Myke Gluck, Florida State University on Public library users and GIS; and Ardis Hanson and Diane Powell, Florida Mental Health Institute on the use of Geographic and map information in evaluating neighborhood use of social services. 2:30-3:45 Vendor presentations -- From paper maps to scanned maps CC 411 B Earl McElfresh of McElfresh Map Co will speak on researching and creating Civisl War battle maps for today's market; Ara Hourdajian, Microcolor International, Inc. will speak on Hybrid Imaging; The use of colro microfiche and Photo CD(r) for preservation and access. 4-6 Environmental Mapping and Information Systems. Cosponsored by ERM Division. QE St. Laurent Kathleen Eisenbeis, yale University will speak on EOSDIS -- The next step. A description of NASA's Earth Observing System data and information system. Martin Jean, of the St. Lawrence Centre, Environment Canada will speak on the managment and access of environmental information: the St. lawrence Case Study. 5:00-6:00 G&M Executive Board [if necessary] 5:00+ Montreal on your own Thursday, June 15, 1995 GEOGRAPHY & MAP DIVISION FIELD TRIP 8:30-3:00 "Le Tour de la Montagne: A geo-architectural tour of Montreal" will be led by Professor David Hanna of the Dept of Urban and Tourist Studied at the University of Quebec in Montreal. We will visit Westmount and Outremont with their fabulous architecture, and the multi-ethnic Plateau, where we will eat lunch at the Greek restaurant, Jardin de Panos. Lunch costs are in addition to the field trip ticket cost. We will return to the Queen Elizabeth Hotel around 3 pm 6-9:00 Wrap up dinner for G&M folk; perhaps Macauslan's Microbrewery. Meet Queen Elizabeth Lobby at 6:00 CC Convention Center QE Queen Elizabeth Hotel SH Sheraton