----------------------------Original message---------------------------- ------------------ Hello all, I would like to follow up my previous posting with some additional = information about the ESRI User Conference and the GIS for Libraries preconference = workshop. The User Conference will be help July 27-31 at the San Diego Convention = Center (San Diego, CA). We have a great program prepared this year. We have two entire paper = sessions (a total of seven presentations=21) devoted to the topic of GIS in = Libraries. Abstracts for most of the papers are online at http://www.esri.com/base/events/uc/index.html. We also are planning one technical session in the Computer Lab to provide some hands-on time with = ArcView and the newest extensions (StreetMap, 3D Analyst) and ArcExplorer. All of = these events will occur on Tuesday, July 28. We have a special discount on the registration fee for librarians and others using GIS in libraries (both public and academic libraries). The price for librarians and K-12 educators is =24250 (the standard fee is =24950). To = qualify for this price, you need to include a special code on your registration = form: on the line marked =22Install/Customer No.=22, write =22CRBK12LIB=22. = (Include your Customer number as well, if you know it.) You can register online at http://www.esri.com/base/events/uc/index.html or by completing the = registration form found in the User Conference brochure. Also, I wanted to follow up my earlier note about the preconference workshop with a tentative schedule and registration instructions. To register, you = will need to complete the registration form in the UC brochure. In the area = marked =22Preconference Seminars=22, add the description =22GIS for Libraries - =2450 - Sun. All day=22. (Note: you cannot = register online for the preconferenc workshop.) The tentative schedule is as follows: 8:00 Greetings and Introductions 8:30 Introduction to GIS and ArcView Basics=2A 10:00 Break 10:15 What's new in ArcView 3.1 12:00 Lunch 1:00 Working with government data sources (DOQs, DRGs, DEMs, etc.) 2:30 Break 2:45 GIS and the Web (ArcView IMS and ArcExplorer) 4:30 Wrap-up =2AThe =22ArcView Basics=22 session is designed for librarians with little = or no experience using ArcView. Please contact me if you have any additional questions or need a User = Conference brochure (alee=40esri.com or 612/454-0600). See you in San Diego, Angela Lee ESRI Schools and Libraries Program 1305 Corporate Center Dr., Suite 250 St. Paul, MN 55121-1204