----------------------------Original message---------------------------- The following is a preliminary conference announcement. Registration forms and additional conference information will be sent out with the March issue of the BULLETIN, late March or early April. ***************************** Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives 1994 Annual Conference Guelph University, Ontario June 7 - 11 PRELIMINARY PROGRAM Tuesday, June 7 8:30 - 5:00 Registration 9:00 - 5:00 Pre-conference Workshop: Introduction to Internet Map Sources, Colleen Beard and Alun Hughes, Brock University (The computer lab accommodates 15 participants. Depending on interest, this workshop may be offered as two sessions of the same, am and pm, or an introductory session in the morning and an advanced in the afternoon. If you are interested in participating please express your interest to Colleen [log in to unmask]) Map Redistribution - Tentative Committee Meetings 6:30 - 8:30 pm Ice Breaker Wednesday, June 8 8:45 - 9:00 Opening Remarks: John Black, Head Librarian, University of Guelph Cathy Moulder, ACMLA President 9:00 - 11:30 Public Access to Cartographic Information: Government Perspectives - Panel Discussion Panelists: Statistics Canada - Representative to be announced Department of Natural Resources Canada - Earle Price or Peter Andrews Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources - Stan Mathewson, Manager, Information Access 11:30 - 1:00 Lunch 1:00 - 3:00 Historical Mapping Session I. The Deep Hollow, the White Oak Tree and the Split Rock: the Early Surveys of Niagara", Alun Hughes, Dept. of Geography, Brock University. II. [Industrial activities in the Guelph area], Dr. Bloomfield, Dept. of Geography, University of Guelph. III. Historical Atlas of Canada database, Byron Moldolfsky, Manager Cartography Lab, University of Toronto. IV. Fortification Surveys, Alain Rainville, National Archives of Canada. 4:00 - 5:30 Slo-pitch baseball game or Volleyball game, which ever the gang prefers! 5:30 - ? BBQ at the Moulders Thursday, June 9 9:00 - 10:30 Education and Training: Users of Geo-Referenced Data I. ARL Canadian GIS Literacy Project, Prue Adler, Assistant Executive Director for Federal Relations and Information Policy, Association of Research Libraries; John Black, President, ARL. II. Bob Maher, Education and Training, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break 11:00 - 12:30 Demonstrations/Presentations of Electronic Products I. Natural Resources Canada , Dan McKay, SMRSS, Products and Services Division. II. Statistics Canada, Keevin Flexhaug, Assistant Manager, Electronic Data Products and Services 12:30 - 1:30 Lunch 1:30 - 3:00 Group Discussion Session: New Initiatives in Map Librarianship 1. Promoting and marketing our products and services 2. Coping with shrinking budgets 3. Future job requirements for the map curator 4. Integrating digital products in map collections 3:00 - 3:30 Coffee Break 3:30 - 6:00 Vendor Fair: demonstrations and displays of cartographic products Friday, June 10 9:00 - 12:00 28th ACMLA Annual General Meeting 12:00 - 12:30 Annual Report of the Visual and Sound Archives Division, Betty Kidd, Director, National Archives of Canada, Visual and Sound Archives Division. 12:30 - 2:00 Lunch 2:00 - 4:30 Tours: I. Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food with Bob Van den Broek, Program Manager, GIS. II. City of Guelph with Pam Ross, Manager, GIS. 6:00 - Banquet, College Inn Award presentations Door prizes Line dancing Saturday, June 11 Field Trip 9:00 - 5:00 Elmira countryside tour, including visits to a Mennonite homestead, buggy factory and farmer's market. Visits to several points of interest along the Niagara Escarpment, including Elora Gorge, Crawford Lake and Rattlesnake Point. ************************************** PRELIMINARY CONFERENCE FEES Full Registration (by May 13) $105.00 Full Registration (after May 13) $120.00 (includes banquet and BBQ) Extra Banquet tickets $32.00 Extra BBQ tickets $12.00 Internet Workshop $15.00 per session Field trip tickets $20.00 ACCOMMODATIONS On Campus: LENNOX-ADDINGTON and WATSON HALL RESIDENCE Single $40.88 with tax Double $35.84 per person with tax (includes continental breakfast) Accommodations in close proximity to the University: COLLEGE INN (across the street from the University) Single room $63.00 + tax Double room $75.00 + tax DAYS INN Single room $53.00 Double room $60.00 HOLIDAY INN $80.00 flat rate for single or double room Accommodation downtown: CARDEN PLACE HOTEL Single room $65.00 Double room $79.00 ************************** For more information contact any of the committee members: Flora Francis, Chair, Conference Committee University of Guelph, Ontario t:(519) 824-4120 email: [log in to unmask] Colleen Beard Brock University, St.Catharines, Ontario t:(905)688-5550 ext.3468 email: [log in to unmask] Cathy Moulder McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario t:(905)525-9140 ext.24745 email: [log in to unmask] Richard Pinnell University of Waterloo, Ontario t:(519)885-1211 ext.3412 email: [log in to unmask]