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Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 12:39:56 -0500
From: ahudson <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Mercator Society meeting at NYPL Wednesday nite!
Sender: ahudson <[log in to unmask]>
Dear New York Metro area mapsters,
Please join us Wednesday evening if you are able.
R.S.V.P. (212) 930-0654 :)
THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
MERCATOR SOCIETY
Cordially invites you to a reception and presentation
HISTORIC MAPS & THE INTERNET
We will look at the issues and possibilities involved in creating
large,
high resolution virtual libraries of historic maps on the Web.
How will open Internet access to rare maps change their role as
cultural objects?
The potential collaboration between online libraries,
teaching with Web-based map collections, software design issues,
the relationship of the online collections to the physical
collections,
and why maps are uniquely suited to the Web,
are some of the topics to be covered.
David Rumsey
Californian and antiquarian map collector,
with over 100,000 maps in his personal collection,
many of which are now available for viewing at his website,
http://www.davidrumsey.com/
Wednesday, November 15, 2000
5:30 p. m. Reception
6:00 p. m. Program
The New York Public Library
The Humanities and Social Sciences Library
Margaret Liebman Berger Forum (227)
Fifth Avenue & 42nd Street
R.S.V.P. (212) 930-0654
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