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Subject: MCG Cambridge Sept 2010--last call for reduced fees!




Hello everyone

For those of you who've been waiting for the last minute before booking this year's Map Curators' Group Workshop without paying the late booking fee, the last minute is now here!!

Fees go up at the end of the week, and all booking finishes on the 27 August.

Last year's event in Edinburgh was a great success and we've got another excellent programme planned for Cambridge, so if you haven't booked already, DROP EVERYTHING and BOOK IT!

Details are in the Convener's message below.

Looking forward to seeing you in September!

April

April Carlucci, The Itinerant Map Catalog(u)er for the Map Curators' Group

--- On Mon, 19/7/10, [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> wrote:







Dear Colleagues



Apologies if you have read a similar note on one of the lists.



Last year the Map Curators’ Group of the British Cartographic Society held its annual workshop in Edinburgh at the National Library of Scotland with an exciting three day programme.



This year, at the invitation of Anne Taylor Map Librarian, we are holding our workshop in Cambridge at Cambridge University Library from 8 th – 10 th September. The map room has recently been completely refurbished and is well worth a visit. It is, as you no doubt know, one of the five copyright libraries in this country.

Cambridge is an historic city with much to offer and is easily accessible
We have a very exciting programme arranged which includes a curator guided tour of the British Library’s map exhibition in London, “Magnificent maps, power, propaganda and art” at the invitation of Peter Barber, Head of the Map Collections, British Library and Tom Harper, Curator of Antiquarian Mapping, British Library. This in addition to some interesting visits to collections in Cambridge itself. One day is devoted to a full programme of talks on the theme of “Beyond the Neat Line, more than just geography” with the following speakers:

    • Martin Andrews, University of Reading Department of Typography, 18th and 19th century map printing processes
    • Steve Chilton and Ifan Shepherd, Middlesex University , Staff carriers and bean counters: Unravelling the who and the why of the first 6-inch survey of England and Wales
    • Marco van Egmond, Map Curator, Utrecht University Library, Collecting digital cartographic data in Utrecht : storage and accessibility
    • Matt Knutzen, Geospatial Librarian, The New York Public Library Map Division, Maps@NYPL: New collaborative methods in (re)presenting historical geography
    • Richard Oliver, University of Exeter , Honorary Research Fellow in the History of Cartography, 20th century Ordnance Survey paper map marginalia and metadata


The full programme and booking form is available on the British Cartographic website at http://www.cartography.org.uk/default.asp?contentID=938 .

Booking can be done online or by posting or faxing your completed form to BCS Administration (details on the booking form; (please be sure to use the current form since the older version has incorrect contact details). If you have problems accessing this or have any other queries please contact the organisers whose email addresses are given below.

*Please note that a late booking fee applies after the 30 July and
that no bookings will be accepted after the 27 August!*

Accommodation in Cambridge can be expensive. The MCG has therefore
arranged that Robinson College (which is just behind the library)
holds a block of rooms for us. Check this out at: http://rooms.robinson.cam.ac.uk/BnB/Step1.aspx .
Please book using the promotion code 11159.

We look forward to you joining us to meet old friends and make new
ones at what promises to be a stimulating and exciting event.



Ann Sutherland
Convener, Map Curators' Group, British Cartographic Society
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April Carlucci Email: [log in to unmask]
Anne Taylor. Email: [log in to unmask]