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Subject:        SLA - Seattle
Date:   Mon, 19 May 2008 13:57:31 -0400
From:   David McQuillan <[log in to unmask]>
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The time is fast approaching for the SLA Annual Conference in Seattle, June 15 - 18, 2008.  Below is a brief outline of the Geography and Map Section and related Social Science Division meetings:

Washington State Convention & Trade Center

Sunday, June 15, 2008

1:30 p.m. Exhibits Open
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Opening Session
8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Social Science Division Open House (Sheraton Seattle Hotel, Metro B)

Monday, June 16, 2008

1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Government Mapping and Information Update (CC 618)

Speaker(s):
Helen Sherman, Defense Technical Information Center
Wendy Hill, Defense Technical Information Center
Allyson Jason, U.S. Geological Survey
Timothy Trainor, U.S. Census Bureau Geography Division

3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Seattle Public Library

Tour of the Library and remarks from Mary Douglass, Librarian, History, Travel and Maps, at 4:15 p.m.

6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. International Reception (Sheraton, Cirrus Room, 35th Floor)

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

7:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Social Science Division Breakfast/Business Meeting (Sheraton, Cedar Room)

2:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. FIELD TRIP TO THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MAP LIBRARY

The tour will include the Map Collection and GIS Services along with
Historic Maps from UW Special Collections.
People who want to come on the tour should contact Vanette Schwartz
([log in to unmask] or 309-438-3486) in advance for information about getting
to the library using public transportation.

Speaker(s):
Anne Zald, Head, Map Collection and Cartographic Information Services,
University of Washington Libraries
Nicole Bouche, Pacific Northwest Curator, Special Collections, University of
Washington Libraries

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon Final hours of Exhibits

12:15 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Social Science Division 85th Anniversary Luncheon (CC 604)

2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. SLA Closing Session

5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Closing Reception

For any last minute questions please contact Vanette Schwartz at the above e-mail.

David C. McQuillan, chair
Public Relations
Geography and Map Section
SLA Social Science Division



David C. McQuillan
Map Cataloger
Thomas Cooper Library
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC  29208

Phone:  (803) 777-4723
Fax:  (803) 777-6871
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