--- Begin Forwarded Message --- Date: Mon, 05 Jul 1999 08:47:30 -0400 From: David McQuillan <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Draft Schedule--IFLA Bangkok Sender: David McQuillan <[log in to unmask]> DRAFT SCHEDULE Geography and Map Libraries Section 65th IFLA Council and General Conference BITEC Bangkok, Thailand 1999 Friday, August 20 14:00 - 18:00 Special Libraries Coordinating Board I (#3) Saturday, August 21 09:00 - 11:50 Geography and Map Libraries Standing Committee I (#18) 17:00 - 18:30 National Caucuses (#55 - #65) 19:00 - 22:00 Reception for IFLA Officers (on invitation only) (#16) Sunday, August 22 09:00 - 10:20 IFLA Orientation for Newcomers (#67) 16:30 Opening of Exhibition/Reception (#78) Monday, August 23 10:30 - 11:50 Genealogy and Local History Discussion Group (#91) 12:00 - 14:25 Open Session (#94) 1) Genealogical Geography: Place Identification in the Map Library WILLIAM H. LAMBLE (Perth, Western Australia) 2) How to Put Your Maps on the Internet DAVID Y. ALLEN (State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY, USA) 3) The Impermanence of Maps in the Information Age PATRICK MCGLAMERY (University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA) 4) TBA 16:00 - 18:00 IFLA Opening/Plenary Session (must be seated by 15:30) (#98,99) 19:30 - 23:30 Gala Reception/Dinner and Cultural Performance (#100) Tuesday, August 24 9:00 - 12:00 Visits to cartographic organizations 12:00 - 14:00 Lunch 14:00 - 17:00 Library Visits Wednesday, August 25 6:00 - 19:00 Geography and Map Libraries Section Field Trip Travel south from Bangkok, to the Malay Peninsula, along the western shore of the Gulf of Thailand, to Prachuap Khiri Khan, at Thailand's narrowest point (7.5 miles/12 km across). Visit important cultural sites, a village where traditional fishing boats are built, a town known for its seafood, a border settlement next to Myanmar (Burma), and a pineapple plantation. Return to Bangkok in the early evening. Thursday, August 26 Chulalongkorn University Library 9:00 - 17:00 Geography and Map Libraries Section: Workshop Theme: "Managing Digital GeoData in Libraries" Convenor: PATRICK MCGLAMERY (University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA) Instructor: MELISSA LAMONT (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Woods Hole, MA, USA) Instructor: TERRY PLUM (University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA) Friday, August 27 10:30 - 12:20 Geography and Map Libraries Standing Committee II (#198) 12:30 - 14:25 Special Libraries Coordinating Board II (#210) 15:00 - 18:00 Council II and Closing Session (#218) Saturday, August 28 Full day excursions to cultural sites The 66th IFLA General Conference will be held from August 13 through August 18, 2000 in Jerusalem. Future conferences are: Boston, Massachusetts, USA, August 16 through August 25, 2001; Glasgow, Scotland, UK, August 18 through August 24, 2002; and Berlin, Germany, August 1 through August 8, 2003. David C. McQuillan Map Librarian Thomas Cooper Library University of South Carolina Columbia, SC 29201 Phone: (803) 777-4723 Fax: (803) 777-4661 E-mail: [log in to unmask] --- End Forwarded Message ---