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                       THE MAP LIBRARY IN TRANSITION
 
                    A Joint Conference Sponsored by the
        Congress of Cartographic Information Specialist Associations
                                  and the
              Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress
 
 
                           October 18 & 19, 1993
                    Mumford Room, James Madison Building
                            Library of Congress
                              Washington, D.C.
 
 
GOAL: To examine the impact of the digital revolution in the realm of
geographic information.
 
THEMES: The relationship of map libraries to their parent organizations;
the technical requirements for equipment, software, and communications to
support digital forms of geographic information; the skills required for
the map librarian of the future; defining the collections and services of
the map library of the future.
 
PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS: The Library of Congress; Association of
Canadian Map Libraries and Archives; American Congress on Surveying and
Mapping; Committee of Southeast Map Librarians (AAG); Geography & Map
Division, Special Libraries Association; International Society of Curators
of Early Maps; Map and Geography Roundtable, American Library Association;
Map Online Users' Group; North American Cartographic Information Society;
Northeast Map Organization; Western Association of Map Libraries.
 
PROGRAM ELEMENTS:
 
--Keynote Speakers.
--Where Map Libraries are Today and Where They Are Headed, (Panel
  Discussion).
--Reports on GIS Initiatives.
--The Federal Geographic Data Committee and the Federal
  Depository Program: Prospects for the Map Library of the Future
  (Presentation and Panel Discussion).
--Presentations of GIS Applications within the Federal Government.
--Discussion Groups.
--Reports on Discussion Groups.
 
PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
 
Gary Fitzpatrick, Geography and Map Division, LC.
Christopher Baruth, American Geographical Society Collection.
Patrick McGlamery, University of Connecticut.
Johnnie Sutherland, University of Georgia.
Alberta Auringer Wood, Memorial University of Newfoundland.
 
 
PARTICIPATION:  This is a conference open to all interested individuals from
the cartographic information field.  To register, contact Gary Fitzpatrick:
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Fax: (202) 707-8531
Phone: (202) 707-8542
Postal:  Geography and Map Division
         Library of Congress
         Washihngton, DC  20540-4761
 
Note: There will be a modest but yet undetermined registration fee.